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DunedinAugust 7

Major blaze in Caversham starts during firefighters’ strike

A fire which ripped through a house in Caversham today started during strike action by Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff.
Laine Priestley
    Major blaze in Caversham starts during firefighters’ strike
    Major blaze in Caversham starts during firefighters’ strike
    DunedinAugust 6

    Otago Uni expert warns against holding MMP and voting referendums together

    Prof Andrew Geddis says the PM appeared to have "a little bit of a brain explosion" when advocating holding referendums on how and when we vote at the same time.
    Otago Uni expert warns against holding MMP and voting referendums together
    Otago Uni expert warns against holding MMP and voting referendums together
    DunedinAugust 6

    One seriously hurt in Dunedin crash

    One person was seriously hurt in a crash which brought down a power pole in South Dunedin.
    One seriously hurt in Dunedin crash
    One seriously hurt in Dunedin crash
    DunedinAugust 6

    Dunedin home’s windows smashed in drunken axe rampage

    A Dunedin man smashed in all but one window of a home using an axe during an alleged drunken fit of rage.
    Laine Priestley
    Dunedin home’s windows smashed in drunken axe rampage
    Dunedin home’s windows smashed in drunken axe rampage
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    DunedinAugust 6

    Green-lipped mussels may make cancer treatment more palatable

    Green-lipped mussels may hold the key to making life a little more comfortable for cancer patients suffering a side effect of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
    John Lewis
    Green-lipped mussels may make cancer treatment more palatable
    Green-lipped mussels may make cancer treatment more palatable
    DunedinAugust 6

    St Clair’s handrail replacements come in waves

    Work continues to replace and upgrade St Clair Esplanade’s seafront stretch of handrails.
    St Clair’s handrail replacements come in waves
    St Clair’s handrail replacements come in waves
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    DunedinAugust 6

    ‘Gravely concerned’: Otago Polyfest future in doubt after funding axed

    Otago Polyfest is “gravely concerned” there may not be a festival next year after its funding was axed by the government’s national arts body.
    Tim Scott
    ‘Gravely concerned’: Otago Polyfest future in doubt after funding axed
    ‘Gravely concerned’: Otago Polyfest future in doubt after funding axed
    DunedinAugust 6

    Beer to celebrate Dunedin’s biggest astronomical event in centuries

    Sunblock is typically meant to be slathered all over the body. But this Sunblock has been specially crafted to be swallowed.
    John Lewis
    Beer to celebrate Dunedin’s biggest astronomical event in centuries
    Beer to celebrate Dunedin’s biggest astronomical event in centuries
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    DunedinAugust 6

    Volunteer South on brink of collapse

    Volunteer South is on the verge of collapse as a recently-installed new board discovered it had inherited a financial mess.
    Matthew Littlewood
    Volunteer South on brink of collapse
    Volunteer South on brink of collapse
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    DunedinAugust 6

    Water catchments key to council reform: Brooking

    A Dunedin MP has warned against “exceptionally messy” water catchment carve-ups amid significant local government reform.
    Ruby Shaw
    Water catchments key to council reform: Brooking
    Water catchments key to council reform: Brooking
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    DunedinAugust 6

    Dunedin man who tricked dozens of children into sending explicit images stopped at airport

    A Dunedin man posed as a teenager online to deceive nearly 40 children into sending him explicit images of themselves.
    Felicity Dear
    Dunedin man who tricked dozens of children into sending explicit images stopped at airport
    Dunedin man who tricked dozens of children into sending explicit images stopped at airport
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    DunedinAugust 6

    Laws hits back after Luxon ‘rant’

    Waitaki New Zealand First candidate and broadcaster Michael Laws has hit back at Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's “rant” about MMP.
    Matthew Littlewood
    Laws hits back after Luxon ‘rant’
    Laws hits back after Luxon ‘rant’
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    DunedinAugust 6

    Expensive upgrade of ageing lifts blamed on delayed new hospital

    Health NZ is being forced to throw more money at keeping Dunedin ageing hospital running because of years of delay building the new one, a commentator says.
    Matthew Littlewood
    Expensive upgrade of ageing lifts blamed on delayed new hospital
    Expensive upgrade of ageing lifts blamed on delayed new hospital