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‘Tricky balance’: free child bus fares end
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‘Tricky balance’: free child bus fares end
Making children pay bus fares was a bitter pill to swallow for Otago regional councillors yesterday.
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Fear Bill will increase compliance burden
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Fear Bill will increase compliance burden
A Government drive to cut red tape could make the compliance burden on councils worse, the Dunedin City Council fears.
Dunedin teen's amazing photo tops comp
Dunedin teen's amazing photo tops wildlife competition
Seventeen-year-old Sam McGee has been named Tūhura Otago Museum’s photographer of the year.
Kapa haka group fostering connection
Kapa haka group fostering connection
A new kapa haka group is helping Maori students from two Dunedin secondary schools connect with each other and their culture.
Work on building advancing
Work on building advancing
Work is well and truly forging ahead to turn a derelict Port Chalmers building into a community venue.
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‘Hard look’ at operation kept rates rise down
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‘Hard look’ at operation kept rates rise down
Keeping the rates rise to 5.5% was the result of having "a really hard look" at how things are done at the Otago Regional Council, its chairwoman says.
Dismantling chimney challenging job
Dismantling chimney challenging job
The preservation of the former Gasworks building’s chimney has been a matter of taking it apart brick by brick — all 4000 of them — in a bid to protect the rest of the South Dunedin structure.
Children who had parents in prison form new panel
Children who had parents in prison form new panel
By Louise Ternouth of RNZRangatahi impacted by a parent in prison say more needs to be done to ensure they are not punished for the crimes of their family members.
Storytelling gets technical
Storytelling gets technical
A residency in Dunedin provided the breakthrough for writer and technical storyteller Karen Wrigglesworth, so she is hoping that another visit to write will prove to be equally successful. She...
Paedophile has sentence extended as new victim comes forward
Paedophile has sentence extended as new victim comes forward
A convicted paedophile and former school deputy principal, who was on the verge of being released, has had his sentence upped after another victim came forward.
NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels
NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels
By Eloise Gibson of RNZThe New Zealand government has quietly pulled out of an international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels.
UK to buy fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons
UK to buy fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons
Britain said it would buy a dozen F-35A fighter jets capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons in what it described as the biggest expansion of its nuclear deterrent in a generation.
Woman jailed for stealing more than $200k from charitable health trust
Woman jailed for stealing more than $200k from charitable health trust
A former accounts manager has been sentenced to more than two years prison in the Auckland District Court today for stealing more than $200,000 from a charitable health trust.
Prison fuel leak leaves surrounding properties unable to drink water
Prison fuel leak leaves surrounding properties unable to drink water
Twenty-three properties around Christchurch Men's Prison are unable to drink water from their private bores, a month after a fuel leak was discovered, Corrections has confirmed.
Kiwis in Israel not taking option to leave: MFAT
Kiwis in Israel not taking option to leave: MFAT
New Zealanders in Israel are not taking up the opportunity to leave, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).
Free bus fares for kids axed
Free bus fares for kids axed
The days of a free ride for children on Otago buses are almost over.
Gang member found responsible for baton attack
Gang member found responsible for baton attack
An ex-Mongrel Mob member was lying on his bed when two Black Power associates entered his flat and he was smashed in the head with a truncheon over an alleged $25 cannabis debt.
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