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    Hardy souls take to Dunedin’s 600th parkrun in the rain on Saturday, including some participants...

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    Soggy celebration of 600th parkrun

    The 600th parkrun in Dunedin was a soggy occasion, but rain did not deter about 200 enthusiastic participants.

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    Chance to get ‘difficult to find’ cards draws collectors

    Justin Knight and sons Toby, 12, and Ryan, 13, of Balclutha, assess their Pokemon collection at...

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    Chance to get ‘difficult to find’ cards draws collectors

    Whether it was sports cards, Pokemon or something else, hundreds of people were out to improve their collections.

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    Simms calls for another choice

    Andrew Simms. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Simms calls for another choice

    Three options to help South Dunedin adapt to climate challenges are being weighed up, as well as the status quo, and at least one councillor wants something else to be in the mix.

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    Legality of South Dunedin options questioned

    Lee Vandervis. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Legality of South Dunedin options questioned

    A contentious council debate about South Dunedin’s future appears set to go ahead, despite pleas for postponement and accusations of staff ‘‘railroading’’ through deficient options.

    1000 gather to protest gender Bill

    People gather in the Octagon yesterday to rally against a proposed law that would define ‘‘woman’...

    1000 gather to protest gender Bill

    Dunedin’s support for its transgender, non-binary and intersex community was on full display when about 1000 people turned out to protest the government’s gender Bill.

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    Difficult choices ahead for South Dunedin

    The 2015 flooding in South Dunedin. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Difficult choices ahead for South Dunedin

    A major shake-up of schools, sportfields and six holes of golf is on the table for South Dunedin as the community weighs significant changes to manage flood risk.

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    Relic’s visit to Dunedin ‘historic’

    Catholic Diocese of Assisi director of international affairs and custodian of the relics...

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    Relic’s visit to Dunedin ‘historic’

    A relic of the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint has journeyed around the world and now to Dunedin — its furthest destination yet.

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    Rockquest success ‘pretty crazy’

    Talking Furniture band members (from left) drummer Brodie Jones, 16, bassist Taylor Garmonsway,...

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    Rockquest success ‘pretty crazy’

    Talking Furniture upscaled to screaming when they were announced the winners of the 2026 Smokefreerockquest Otago Regional Final.

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    Brave souls take on icy dip

    Steve Wylie (left) and Michael Dow, both of Mosgiel, lap up the frigid waters at St Clair Beach...

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    Brave souls take on icy dip

    Apparently, real Scotsmen never wear underwear under their kilts.

    Buildings in orange hue to promote fundraiser

    Otago Boys’ High School was lit up with orange floodlights on Saturday in support of the World...

    Buildings in orange hue to promote fundraiser

    No, Dunedin was not going full out in support of the Netherlands at the Fifa World Cup by lighting up landmarks with orange floodlights at the weekend.

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    University geology museum in ‘very select group’

    University of Otago Emeritus Prof Daphne Lee, Dr Jeffrey Robinson (centre) and the late Emeritus...

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    University geology museum in ‘very select group’

    The University of Otago’s geology museum has been made one of 32 International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) ‘‘geo-collections of global importance’’.

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    Fellowship will foster research in diseases

    University of Otago infectious diseases researcher Professor Jemma Geoghegan. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Fellowship will foster research in diseases

    A strong focus on emerging infectious diseases has landed a University of Otago evolutionary biologist and virologist a fellowship to do research at one of Scotland’s oldest universities.

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    Questions linger over potential plans for South Dunedin

    Carolyn Sime (holding Boogie). PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Questions linger over potential plans for South Dunedin

    An unconfirmed plan that could require the loss of one in four South Dunedin homes has been met with a noisy political backlash that may not reflect public sentiment.

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    Ong to rally council to stop govt removing fees-free policy

    Cr Benedict Ong. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Ong to rally council to stop govt removing fees-free policy

    The government could be urged to reconsider scrapping a scheme that reimburses students for final-year fees if Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong gets his way.

    Bookworms brace for word wars

    Photo: Sam Henderson

    Bookworms brace for word wars

    St Leonards pupils read their favourite books ahead of the Otago Literacy Association’s inaugural Ōtepoti Literacy Challenge.

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    Findings offer more depth to ‘Pavlov’s Dogs’ experiment

    University of Otago anatomy researcher Prof John Reynolds has replicated the ‘‘Pavlov’s Dogs’’...

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    Findings offer more depth to ‘Pavlov’s Dogs’ experiment

    Findings from a replication of the ‘‘Pavlov’s Dogs’’ experiment at the University of Otago, may have benefits for people with Parkinson’s disease.

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    Pupils dig new wetland behind East Taieri School

    East Taieri School pupils and Kaitiaki Rōpū group members Beau Cowley, 9 and Eva Campbell, 10,...

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    Pupils dig new wetland behind East Taieri School

    Ground has finally been broken in the development of an urban wetland around the back of a Dunedin primary school.

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    Goal to show best of Irish culture

    Trinity Catholic College student Che McGivern is welcoming Dunedin residents with Irish ancestry...

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    Goal to show best of Irish culture

    Like most Irishmen, Che McGivern says he has ‘‘a very particular set of skills’’.

    Athletes gearing up for Commonwealth Games

    Anna Grimaldi is set to make her Commonwealth Games debut at Glasgow 2026. Photos: Allied Media...

    Athletes gearing up for Commonwealth Games

    Two exceptional athletes with Dunedin roots are ready to take on the world.

    Students get hands-on forestry lesson

    Taieri College students at the skid site in Berwick Forest. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

    Students get hands-on forestry lesson

    The classroom became trees and machines for a group of Taieri College students, taking the opportunity to see how to cut and thin trees.
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