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'Showstopper events' back on radar after funding package

Frontier Touring Company's Brent Eccles. Photo: Supplied via RNZ

'Showstopper events' back on radar after funding package

A veteran music promoter says New Zealand is back in the game for "showstopper events", thanks to a $40 million funding package from the government.

Teacher strike action to begin

Primary school teachers have voted the reject the 1% pay rise offer. Photo: Getty Images

Teacher strike action to begin

Year 12 and 13 students will not be taught or supervised today by union members as teachers begin a week of industrial action.

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Anger over 10% wage deduction

Job losses at the MInistry of Education are to be announced today. Photo: RNZ

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Anger over 10% wage deduction

Desperate learning support workers are struggling to pay mortgages and put food on their tables after a "harsh" move by the Ministry of Education to cut their wages by 10%.

Uni mates settle 20-year-old bet

Jolyon Swinburn (left) and Blake Plummer, get ready for the Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon yesterday....

Uni mates settle 20-year-old bet

A 20-year bet between friends paid off yesterday.

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Hopes funding will boost plans to bring events to Dunedin

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Hopes funding will boost plans to bring events to Dunedin

A $70 million boost to events and tourism could "really put some flesh on the bones" of the Dunedin City Council’s existing plans to attract events to the city, Mayor Jules Radich says.

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Blondini moment at auto show thrills visitors

New Zealand Mini Owners admin Josh Kelly in the original 1978 yellow Mini used in the 1981 film...

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Blondini moment at auto show thrills visitors

A slice of iconic New Zealand film history has come out of retirement and made its debut at Dunedin’s largest indoor car show.

Chopper used in pursuit

A man will appear in Christchurch District Court after a police pursuit in the early hours of yesterday.

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Dunedinites join rally for sanctions on Israel

Dunedin Justice for Palestine organiser Rinad Tamimi takes part in the "March for Humanity"...

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Dunedinites join rally for sanctions on Israel

Taking part in a large march for Palestine in Auckland was "the least" a Dunedin woman said she could do.

Lotto 2516

The man purchased his ticket from Bell Block Supermarket in New Plymouth, and is the 17th person...

Lotto 2516

Results from Saturday night's Lotto draw.

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Dunedin band rapt with placing in Rockquest finals

SEEK HELP! band members and Queens High School students (from left) Phia Caldwell and Lucy Hughes...

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Dunedin band rapt with placing in Rockquest finals

A Dunedin band has battled against over 1000 musical acts from across New Zealand to take third place in the Smokefree Rockquest national finals.

Slamming poetry with the best of them

Slamming poetry with the best of them

Sharing her tips and tricks for writing slam poetry at a workshop during the New Zealand Young Writers Festival on Saturday is poet and writer Amy Grace, of Wellington.