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    Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which tore through an Allandale Rd, Dunedin, house shortly...

    ‘Glad everyone is safe’ after fire destroyed home

    A Dunedin man who lost his home to a blaze in St Clair overnight says he is relieved his family got out safely.

    Hospital stall due to contract

    Pete Hodgson. File photo: Peter McIntosh

    Hospital stall due to contract

    The government bungled the opportunity to crack on with the new Dunedin hospital’s in-patient building last year by blowing up contract negotiations in sight of the finish line, sources say.

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    Living life to the fullest after beating all the odds

    Phoebe Finlay, 17, visits staff and parents at Dunedin Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit...

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    Living life to the fullest after beating all the odds

    Phoebe Finlay looks pretty good for someone who has died several times.

    Sing it with some country soul for the South

    PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Sing it with some country soul for the South

    Meila Scully, 12, of Riversdale, was a finalist in the junior gospel, junior solo and open western sections of the Southern Country Music Awards (SCMA), at the Taieri Bowling Club on Saturday night.

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    Accident numbers putting pressure on ACC

    ACC says it will need to collect $4.7 billion in levies in the 2025/26 financial year, Photo:...

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    Accident numbers putting pressure on ACC

    Nearly half the population of Otago had active Accident Compensation Corporation injury claims last year, prompting the government agency to raise concerns about the financial pressure it was...

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    City celebrates Matariki at park

    The Matariki Festival was held at Logan Park on Saturday night. PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    City celebrates Matariki at park

    Trees sparkled and there was a plentiful supply of food from trucks, but it was really the drones that drew crowds to Dunedin’s Logan Park.

    Access to file on police woman’s death abused

    Lyn Fleming. Photo: supplied

    Access to file on police woman’s death abused

    An internal police investigation has revealed 50 employees snooped into the file relating to the death of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming without good reason.

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    US attack on Iran will worsen conflict: prof

    "I think it’s reflective of the fact that Mr Trump and his administration are living in something...

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    US attack on Iran will worsen conflict: prof

    The United States attacks on three principal nuclear sites in Iran will likely worsen conflict in the Middle-East, the University of Otago’s leading international relations academic says.

    Korean society, veteran mark war’s 75th anniversary

    PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Korean society, veteran mark war’s 75th anniversary

    Joined by family and members of the Dunedin Korean Society at WongGok Restaurant yesterday are Changsik Kim, Ken Wright, Avro Carman and Euija Kim.

    Direct flights across the Ditch set to leave the runway

    Direct international flights return to Dunedin Airport tomorrow. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Direct flights across the Ditch set to leave the runway

    Fasten your seatbelts Dunedin, it is almost time for liftoff.

    Housed youth commit less crime: study

    Chang Yu. Photo: supplied

    Housed youth commit less crime: study

    Having a safe, stable roof overhead appears to be one of the key factors in curbing New Zealand’s high rate of youth offending.

    Pacific relationship will ‘remain constant’: Peters

    Winston Peters out and about in the South Pacific. Photo: supplied

    Pacific relationship will ‘remain constant’: Peters

    Few people are as well placed to comment on the shifting sands of international politics in the South Pacific as Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

    Hatching of condor chicks at zoo ‘a conservation win’

    Condors at the California Condor Recovery Program at the Los Angeles Zoo. Photo: Getty Images

    Hatching of condor chicks at zoo ‘a conservation win’

    Once there were only 22 condors left on Earth. Last week, the Los Angeles Zoo hatched 10 chicks, reports Summer Lin, of the Los Angeles Times.

    Censoring signs Trump’s attempt to rewrite history

    A monument honouring the dead stands in the cemetery at Manzanar National Historic Site, near...

    Censoring signs Trump’s attempt to rewrite history

    US President Donald Trump has banned "negative" signage at national parks and is asking visitors to snitch on unpatriotic text, reports Jack Dolan, of the Los Angeles Times.

    World in pictures: recent photographs

    Activists stage a theatrical show during a protest against Israel and in support of Palestinians...

    World in pictures: recent photographs

    Photos by Reuters and Getty Images

    Defence Force deploying plane to Middle East

    A C-130J Hercules at Whenuapai RNZAF base. Photos: RNZ/Calvin Samuel

    Defence Force deploying plane to Middle East

    The Defence Force is sending a plane to the Middle East to assist any New Zealanders stranded in Iran or Israel.

    Body found in search for missing Christchurch woman

    Police believe they have found the body of Elisabeth Nicholls in Christchurch. Supplied photo

    Body found in search for missing Christchurch woman

    Police searching for a missing 79-year-old woman in Christchurch have today found a body they believe to be hers.

    Iranian in NZ fears 'a bigger war'

    Smoke rises following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran, earlier this month. Photo: Majid...

    'I'm so scared': Iranian in NZ fears 'a bigger war'

    An Iranian in New Zealand says she has been plagued by stress as the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates.

    'Peace or tragedy', Trump warns Iran

    'Peace or tragedy': Trump issues warning after strikes on Iran

    US forces have struck Iran's three main nuclear sites, President Donald Trump said, and he warned Tehran it would face more attacks if it did not agree to peace.

    Eight killed in hot-air balloon crash in Brazil

    A hot air balloon in the air in Brazil. Stock photo: Getty

    Eight killed in hot-air balloon crash in Brazil

    Eight people were killed when a hot-air balloon carrying 21 people, including the pilot, crashed in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina.
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