New flu strain nearing NZ shores
The health system is preparing for a potentially difficult winter flu season, as the H3N2 Subclade K (Super-k) influenza virus heads for New Zealand's shores.
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Kiwis delaying medical care, skipping meals
Kiwis delaying medical care, skipping meals
The cost of housing is making it difficult for people to pay their bills, with one-in-four delaying medical care and/or skipping meals in the past year.
Making 'clear plans' for prisoner release important: Salvation Army
Making 'clear plans' for prisoner release important: Salvation Army
By Lauren Crimp of RNZThe Salvation Army says prisoners deserve more help planning for their release to ensure they're not out on the streets.
Children missing education due to 'disputes' between parents, schools
Children missing education due to 'disputes' between parents, schools
Children are missing weeks and even months of vital schooling because of stand-offs between their parents and their schools.
Cyclone caused significant amount of damage, acting mayor says
Cyclone caused significant amount of damage, acting mayor says
Whakatāne acting mayor Julie Jukes says Cyclone Vaianu caused significant amount of damage, and the full extent is not yet known.
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Varroa infestation adds to beekeepers’ climate, price fluctuation worries
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Varroa infestation adds to beekeepers’ climate, price fluctuation worries
Otago beekeepers says the job has become more intense and technical, there being seemingly more questions than answers around the varroa mite.
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Public pitches in to sting honey thief
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Public pitches in to sting honey thief
Bee warned. Anyone thinking of pilfering honey from a Waihola stall is likely to be stung.
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Tenders called for peer mental care
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Tenders called for peer mental care
Health New Zealand wants to establish a private ‘‘peer-led’’ mental health facility in the Southern district.
Festival celebrates 90 years of club
Festival celebrates 90 years of club
After nine decades of playing bridge, Otago’s local club shows no signs of waning membership and is instead going from strength to strength.
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Seeing inside of whale ‘one of coolest things I’ve ever done’
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Seeing inside of whale ‘one of coolest things I’ve ever done’
Cool, calm and collected — that’s how Mahe Ewan reckons he would be if he was swallowed by a whale.
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Sri Lankan children ready to welcome a new year
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Sri Lankan children ready to welcome a new year
A group of young Sri Lankan children are all dressed up to get ready to perform for Sri Lankan new year celebrations at the Sargood Centre, Logan Park, yesterday.
Car on roof; driver injured
Car on roof; driver injured
Emergency services attend the scene of a one-vehicle crash in Crawford St, Dunedin, on Saturday morning where a car rolled on its roof, leaving its sole occupant with moderate injuries.
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Tireless effort to get bush tyre-less
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Tireless effort to get bush tyre-less
Enough tyres to fit a standard car and a motorcycle were pulled from the bush around the Dunedin Town Belt in a community effort to clean up the area.
High turnover of physios ‘substantial threat’
High turnover of physios ‘substantial threat’
A ‘‘concerning, but not entirely surprising’’ high turnover of physiotherapists poses a ‘‘substantial threat’’ to the stability and quality of New Zealand’s public healthcare, new research has...
Programme reduces netballers’ injuries
Programme reduces netballers’ injuries
‘‘Your greatest ability is your availability.’’
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Sealions inspiration for dance
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Sealions inspiration for dance
Mimicking the movements of sealions while dancing towards the breaking dawn was a visual lesson on their return for a host of Dunedin performers.
Fever pitch
Fever pitch
Alt-rock duo Pearly*, guitarist Ryan Hill (left) and bass guitarist and vocalist Phaedra Love, perform to an enthusiastic crowd (below) at Wild Dunedin’s Pitch Choir event, which also featured Don...
Tākaka man imprisoned for threatening ex with power tool
Tākaka man imprisoned for threatening ex with power tool
A man took a chainsaw to a house where his ex had gone, yelling at her from outside as he used the tool to slice up furniture and then cut down a tree so she and others couldn’t leave the property.
Woman's devotion to dead sister's kids rewarded with residency
Woman's devotion to dead sister's kids rewarded with residency
A young Samoan woman who "unfailingly devoted" herself to the care of five children after her sister died has been granted New Zealand residency so she can continue looking after them.
Three charged after Sydney cops foil alleged 'kill car' plot
Three charged after Sydney cops foil alleged 'kill car' plot
Police say they have stopped an alleged 'kill-car' plot in Sydney after a string of suspected gang-related activities including multiple drive-by shootings.