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Local picks add variety on blooming busy day

Company of Flowers owner and florist Esther Bosshard with some freshly cut dahlias that will be...

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Local picks add variety on blooming busy day

WhWhile couples plan their day of love, Dunedin florists are rushing around cutting, arranging and preparing dozens of bouquets for Valentine’s Day.

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Ong’s use of 'monkey' metaphor causes stir

"Our South Asian community act in bad faith in taking business degrees, not in the intent of...

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Ong’s use of 'monkey' metaphor causes stir

References to a blindfolded monkey caused a stir at a Dunedin City Council meeting.

Otago tugs in a spin over new arrival

Port Otago vessels in a spin after greeting latest tug Otepoti yesterday. Boats are (from left)...

Otago tugs in a spin over new arrival

A ship — make that boat — came up the harbour and met its new family yesterday.

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'Advanced' talks to sell Mercy Hospital

A potential buyer is interested in Mercy Hospital. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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'Advanced' talks to sell Mercy Hospital

Otago's biggest private hospital is up for sale, and discussions with a potential buyer are said to be ‘‘advanced’’.

AI may change face of anatomy dissection: expert

AI may change face of anatomy dissection: expert

Picture this — you are a young medical student, conducting a dissection and the deceased suddenly says: ‘‘You are now cutting into my heart. It looks like this because I have a long history of...

Cool fun on a hot day

Enjoying the surf at Dunedin’s St Kilda Beach yesterday are (from left) Helene Kohler, Johann Hakanson, Jaden Liese and Mila Alpsoy (all 14), all of Germany.

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Gang member in crayfish scam denied home detention term

A sentence of home detention was not appropriate for Paul Faavaoga’s crayfish crimes, a judge has...

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Gang member in crayfish scam denied home detention term

A gang member who distributed nearly $200,000 of stolen crayfish has won an appeal — but will remain behind bars.

Accessible toilet first in South

The Changing Places bathroom being craned into place next to the Dunedin Railway Station...

Accessible toilet first in South

A first of its kind in the South, fully accessible, $750,000 bathroom block has been installed in Dunedin.

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Man jailed for ‘brazenly’ abusing stepsister

The case is being heard in the Dunedin District Court. Photo: ODT files

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Man jailed for ‘brazenly’ abusing stepsister

A man who ‘‘brazenly’’ abused his stepsister, after the family opened their home to house him on bail, has been jailed for four years.

'It can go wrong, it does go wrong': Cadogan offers water regulation advice

Former Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan is now the Taumata Arowai local government engagement...

'It can go wrong, it does go wrong': Cadogan offers water regulation advice

A former mayor-turned water specialist has offered some humorous advice on dealing with complaints - just ask people how much contamination they're comfortable with.

Concern for wellbeing of seafarers on anchored former Interislander ship

The Aratere ferry has been renamed Vega and sold to India - yet it remains in New Zealand waters....

Concern for wellbeing of seafarers on anchored former Interislander ship

The Maritime Union of New Zealand is concerned about the wellbeing of seafarers on board the former Interislander ferry which is anchored in Tasman Bay waiting to sail to India.

Govt increases NZ space launch limit to 1000

Govt increases NZ space launch limit to 1000

A physics professor says he does not trust the New Zealand Space Agency to make good decisions about a likely host of new space launches.

Person seriously injured as classic car mangled on motorway

One person has been seriously injured in a crash north of Dunedin.

Global Insight: Govt urged to show leadership

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with members of the National Party at the Beehive last month....

Global Insight: Govt urged to show international leadership

Young people want New Zealand politicians to show leadership on the world stage, Prof Robert Patman says.

NZ First to campaign for referendum on Māori seats

NZ First leader Winston Peters Photo: RNZ

NZ First to campaign for referendum on Māori seats

New Zealand First will campaign on a referendum on the Māori seats this year, with the party saying the time had come for a decision on their future.

Customers upset as Air NZ strikes disrupt travel plans

Flight attendants working on Air New Zealand's Boeing 777 and 787 long range aircraft are...

Customers upset as Air NZ strikes disrupt travel plans

An Air New Zealand customer has been left upset after discovering at the last minute that a cabin crew strike had disrupted her travel plans.

'Minimum expectations' should apply to mosque shooter's prison conditions, lawyer argues

Fifty-one people were killed in two attacks on mosques in Christchurch in 2019. Photo: RNZ /...

'Minimum expectations' should apply to mosque shooter's prison conditions, lawyer argues

"No one truly knows a nation until he's been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged on how it treats its highest citizens but how it treats its lowest ones," the Australian mosque terrorist's lawyer has claimed.