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    Emergency services at the scene today. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Serious crash near Port Chalmers

    A person has been seriously injured after a car rolled near Port Chalmers.

    Cascade of bus cancellations due to driver illnesses

    Passengers wait at the Bus Hub on Tuesday after a rising tide of cancellations. PHOTO: PETER...

    Cascade of bus cancellations due to driver illnesses

    Dunedin residents are giving up taking the bus and driving instead while the Otago Regional Council considers cutting back bus services as it battles unprecedented driver shortages.

    Sea lion pup killed in hit-and-run

    Sea lion Mika with her 6-month-old pup who was found dead after being run over by a vehicle on...

    Sea lion pup killed in hit-and-run

    Another of Dunedin’s sea lion pups has been killed by a vehicle, this time in a hit-and-run on the Otago Peninsula.

    Fishing boat founders in tidal mishap

    Firefighters pump water from Carey’s Bay-based fishing vessel Echo after it sank at its mooring...

    Fishing boat founders in tidal mishap

    Emergency services spent six hours helping to refloat a boat which got caught between the tide and a pile near Port Chalmers yesterday.

    Pair warned after drugs discovered in car

    Pair warned after drugs discovered in car

    A driver and passenger have been warned after drugs were found in their car in South Dunedin. 

    Staffing stalls surgery at southern hospitals

    Photo: ODT files

    Staffing stalls surgery at southern hospitals

    Severe staff shortages and "overwhelming demand" forced the SDHB to defer surgeries at both Dunedin and Southland Hospitals on Monday, and further cancellations are expected.

    Nurses being trained to give prescriptions

    University of Otago Student Health Service registered nurses (from left) Melanie Philip, Gwen...

    Nurses being trained to give prescriptions

    Patients with common ear infections, sore throats, routine aches and pains and common skin conditions will no longer have to see their doctor for a medical prescription.

    Opera explores Frame’s time at Seacliff institution

    Opera explores Frame’s time at Seacliff institution

    Southerners will soon have an opportunity to get a taste of one of the region’s most notorious institutions - Seacliff Mental Hospital - in the form of a new opera.

    String of crimes leads to prison

    Caleb Graeme Lynn has been offending since he was 17 to feed his habit. PHOTO: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

    String of crimes leads to prison

    Prison was the only option for a Dunedin man who amassed 35 convictions over seven months last year.

    Abandoned car fire on Northern Motorway

    Abandoned car fire on Northern Motorway

    Emergency services were called to an early-morning car fire on State Highway 1 near Dunedin.

    Waimakariri council boss resigns

    Waimakariri council boss resigns

    Jim Harland, the CEO of Waimakariri District Council and a former DCC chief executive, has resigned for health reasons.

    Radich has another push for groyne

    Early this month there were two groyne poles off St Clair Beach. Now there is only one left....

    Radich has another push for groyne

    A Dunedin city councillor and groyne campaigner is renewing his push for a five-year trial for a reinstated sand-trapping structure at St Clair Beach.

    Mould in former church’s basement addressed

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Mould in former church’s basement addressed

    Mould is among the problems that need to be kept in check at the former Fortune Theatre in Stuart St, Dunedin.

    Chemist Warehouse about to set up in Meridian Mall

    The Covid-infected worker visited the Chemist Warehouse South City. Photo: Supplied

    Chemist Warehouse about to set up in Meridian Mall

    Chemist Warehouse is coming to Dunedin’s Meridian Mall.

    Owner of tattoo shop devastated

    George Street Tattoo manager Molly van Dijk stands with a bucket in a first-floor room full of...

    Owner of tattoo shop devastated

    A tattoo shop owner who had to shift his dream premises after a fire hydrant burst in George St during upgrade works on Monday says he is "just devastated."

    Electric bike battery catches fire

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Electric bike battery catches fire

    A firefighter wearing breathing apparatus uses a high pressure hose reel to extinguish an electric bike fire in Evans St yesterday.

    Maori flag to fly at polytech

    Ezra Tamati holds the tino rangatiratanga flag after succeeding in his campaign for it to be...

    Maori flag to fly at polytech

    Following a year of campaigning, Otago Polytechnic students have been given permission to fly the tino rangatiratanga flag above their Dunedin campus.

    Dunedin ward closed to visitors

    Photo: ODT files

    Dunedin ward closed to visitors

    Ward 4C at Dunedin Hospital will be closed to visitors from Wednesday due to a Covid-19 exposure event, the Southern DHB says.

    Plan to get more people on buses

    Bus patrons shelter from the rain at the bus hub in Great King St yesterday. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

    Plan to get more people on buses

    A planned shakeup of bus services in Dunedin is aimed at getting many more people to use public transport to get to work.

    Vaccine providers ready for next round

    Roslyn Pharmacy clinical manager Hannah Young with the equipment to deliver the Covid-19 booster....

    Vaccine providers ready for next round

    Southern general practices are ready to dispense Covid-19 boosters and influenza vaccinations after the Government yesterday authorised expanded criteria for each injection.
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    Editors' Picks

    • The Covid-infected worker visited the Chemist Warehouse South City. Photo: Supplied

      Chemist Warehouse about to set up in Meridian Mall

    • Firefighters pump water from Carey’s Bay-based fishing vessel Echo after it sank at its mooring...

      Fishing boat founders in tidal mishap

    • George Street Tattoo manager Molly van Dijk stands with a bucket in a first-floor room full of...

      Owner of tattoo shop devastated

    • A social media post shows a Ford driving at high speed in the Forbury Park track on Saturday....

      Forbury chairman ‘duped’ into access

    • Bus patrons shelter from the rain at the bus hub in Great King St yesterday. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

      Plan to get more people on buses

    • John Sturgeon is stepping down as chief fire officer of the Kurow Volunteer Fire Brigade after 43...

      Volunteer fire chief signing off after record run of 43 years

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