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    Otago Anglers Association president Mark Barrett shows a rabbit tail streamer fly to Carrie...

    Initiative out to bring women to fly-fishing

    Women are being encouraged to learn the cast, select the right nymph and get the drift.

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    Alarm over mental health field staffing

    Mental health for older persons specialist Dr Yoram Barak is worried about the lack of staffing...

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    Alarm over mental health field staffing

    Mental healthcare for older people in the South is ‘‘dangerously under-resourced’’ at a time when demand is at its highest, a senior clinician says.

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    Disappointment as storied Otago student mag downsized

    Former editor Joel MacManus with an edition of the Critic. Photo: Craig Baxter

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    Disappointment as storied Otago student mag downsized

    An award-winning Otago University student magazine has been significantly cut down in size just one year after celebrating its centennial.

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    Oysters arrive in Dunedin after Southlanders supplied

    Best Cafe’s chef Lisa Chan serves up a plate of Bluff oysters a day after the shop received their...

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    Oysters arrive in Dunedin after Southlanders supplied

    Dunedin has finally been granted access to the South’s favourite seafood delicacy, after the lion’s share were gobbled up quickly by Southland.

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    Rūnanga requests shellfish closure

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    Rūnanga requests shellfish closure

    Shutting down the taking of shellfish at Moeraki is needed to stop the ‘‘gutting’’ of a local resource by newcomers to New Zealand, an iwi leader says.

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    Dart liquidated; staff know little

    The Dart Engineering building in Kaikorai Valley Rd was mostly empty yesterday as the business...

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    Dart liquidated; staff know little

    Dart Engineering Ltd was put into liquidation yesterday with staff still in the dark about their future.

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    Parking tech set to boost coffers

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    Parking tech set to boost coffers

    The chances of getting caught by Dunedin’s parking police will soon be significantly higher, because of new technology.

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    Thirteen town houses set to occupy Baptist site

    Developer Liam Horne is set to build some town houses on the site of the former North East Valley...

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    Thirteen town houses set to occupy Baptist site

    Work will start next week on the construction of 13 town houses on the site of the now demolished North East Valley Baptist Church.

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    Assault while on bail adds to jail time

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    Assault while on bail adds to jail time

    A high-profile criminal who beat up his former partner in front of their children has been granted name suppression.

    Flat stones put to use

     PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Flat stones put to use

    A relic of the past holds a mob of sheep at Longford, near Middlemarch.

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    Poetic submission backs tree’s removal

    A Mosgiel pin oak tree poses an urgent risk to people and property, the owners say. PHOTO: GERARD...

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    Poetic submission backs tree’s removal

    An arboreal verse penned for a protected Mosgiel pin oak has joined artificial intelligence in backing the tree’s removal.

    Where there’s smoke, there isn’t fire, actually

    PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Where there’s smoke, there isn’t fire, actually

    Firefighters work to clear fog from the On the Spot dairy in Taieri Rd, Wakari about 11.30am yesterday.

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    Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child

    Dunedin District Court. File photo: ODT

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    Year’s home detention for assault and injuring child

    A day after attacking someone he believed had abused his child, an Oamaru man pinched his own daughter so hard he drew blood.

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    Sex offences against girl lead to home detention

    Photo: ODT files

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    Sex offences against girl lead to home detention

    A man in his late 30s has received seven months’ home detention for sexually violating a 15-year-old girl at a family party and again in a public location.

    Watchdog 'horrified' at beer wrongly labelled

    More than 2500 cases have been recalled. Photo: MPI/supplied

    Watchdog 'horrified' at beer wrongly labelled

    Alcohol Healthwatch's executive director says he is "horrified" after tens of thousands of Steinlager beer bottles were mislabelled as alcohol free.

    Cromwell College student second in national poetry competition

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    Cromwell College student second in national poetry competition

    Year 9 Cromwell College Student Katie Anne Ley has come second place in the Junior Section of a National Poetry Competiton with her poem, 'A Love Letter to Colours'.

    Minister quizzed about exchange with TVNZ chair

    Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photo: RNZ

    Minister quizzed about exchange with TVNZ chair

    Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith says he "may have grunted" at TVNZ's board chair Andrew Barclay, who raised a crime story with him.

    Equipment to fix sewage plant not yet ordered: company

    Wellington Water's Moa Point treatment plant (file photo). Photo: Wellington Water

    Equipment to fix sewage plant not yet ordered: company

    A fault at the Wellington wastewater plant caused it to shut down, sending up to 70 million litres of untreated sewage into the sea daily.

    Former All Black sells home for $2.45m with brother's help

    Sam Whitelock at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. Photo: Getty Images

    Former All Black sells home for $2.45m with brother's help

    Former Crusaders and All Blacks captain Sam Whitelock has teamed up with his brother Adam again - but this time it was to sell Sam's Christchurch home for $2.45 million.

    Health worker forced to dip into son's account

    Photo: RNZ

    Health worker forced to dip into son's account

    About 5500 staff in Waikato didn't get paid due to a glitch.
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