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Trips increase but revenue drops

Trips increase but revenue drops

More than 4 million public transport trips have been recorded in Dunedin and Queenstown in the first three quarters of this financial year, but revenue is down due to the removal of NZ Transport...

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War medics’ links to Otago

Lee George Russell guards a captive, Hamish Norton, while Rolien Ham-Geliefde provides treatment...

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War medics’ links to Otago

Simulated aid stations provided a good clue about what else might be in the vicinity as acknowledgement of the Otago Medical School’s 150th anniversary continued into the weekend.

Small in stature, big on commitment

Southern player Utalia Moataane, 6, charges on at the annual Taieri sevens junior rugby...

Small in stature, big on commitment

At least 1000 young rugby players faced off on the field during an annual tournament in Dunedin yesterday.

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Debt-funded grants wrong, councillor says

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Debt-funded grants wrong, councillor says

Tweaking rules to enable theatre venues not owned by the Dunedin City Council to be developed with council debt might be "clever", but also wrong, a councillor says.

A shimmering light at night

A shimmering light at night

Aurora Australis is visible to the naked eye in Highcliff Rd, overlooking Boulder Beach, on Otago Peninsula about 7.30pm yesterday.

Otago King's Birthday honours 2025

An in-depth look at the Otago recipients of King's Birthday Honours.

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Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan

"Buy heaps now, somebody else can pay later — brilliant!" — Cr Lee Vandervis. File photo: Gregor...

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Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan

City councillors have been accused by one of their own of saddling future Dunedin’s ratepayers with almost $100 million of debt.

Honorary degrees awarded

Emeritus Prof Dave Gerrard is one of four leading medical graduates of the Otago Medical School...

Honorary degrees awarded

It has probably been a long time since David Gerrard felt like a fish out of water.

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Night in custody result of an error

Climate activist Adam Currie (centre left) leaves the Dunedin District Court with supporters...

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Night in custody result of an error

An unfortunate typo left a Dunedin protester in a police cell for the night before he was cleared of wrongdoing by a judge.

Believe in yourselves, inductee tells students

Vietnam War veteran Lox Kellas (left) and former Blackcap Ken Rutherford stand in front of the...

Believe in yourselves, inductee tells students

A Vietnam War veteran and a former Black Cap have been honoured by their secondary school in Dunedin.

Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family

Green Island prop Aifala Taelega was left with a nasty wound after he was stomped in the head...

Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family

The family of a Dunedin club rugby player who was stomped on during a match feel like they have been kicked in the face.

Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready

Highland dancers (from left) Eleanor McKay Vercoe, 10, Lara Mills, 8, Elise Cookson, 7, and Lucy...

Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready

While many of us will be blissfully sleeping in this weekend, hundreds of Highland and National dancers will be flinging themselves across a stage to the skirl of bagpipes.

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40 years of service enough for sergeant

Retiring Dunedin Sergeant Chris George, 61, outside the Dunedin District Court yesterday. PHOTO:...

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40 years of service enough for sergeant

From "good old-fashioned dust-ups" to prosecuting criminals in court, retiring sergeant Chris George has done it all.

Student pub still wanted: referendum

A new student pub gets a big tick, but a boycott on products with ties to the Israeli government proved less favourable among the student populace.

Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

Mark Henaghan. File photo: Linda Robertson

Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

A Dunedin secondary school was likely right to not go to police after having $365,000 misappropriated by a staff member, a legal expert says.

Some towns’ air quality still poor

Some towns’ air quality still poor

While some areas of Otago still face winter air quality exceedances, more than 70% of days across monitored sites during 2024 were classified as "Good".

Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

Heriot Row was cordoned off this afternoon while negotiations between police and a man behaving...

Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

A standoff with police in central Dunedin this afternoon ended in a man's arrest.

Seated scooters on city streets

Seated scooters on city streets

More Flamingos have flocked to Dunedin, as seated electric scooters, like the one seen here, join the city’s fleet.

Tug sent abroad to make way for new boat

Port Otago tug Arihi tows fellow tug Otago from Dunedin to Port Chalmers yesterday, in...

Tug sent abroad to make way for new boat

For more than two decades the tug boat Otago has been a familiar sight, plying the Otago Harbour channel with large ships in tow.

Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

Tree branches down on Doon St in Waverley after strong winds hit Dunedin overnight. Photo: Gregor...

Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

An electricity outage on Otago Peninsula is taking longer than expected to resolve after wild winds cut power to hundreds of people.

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