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Man jailed for assault that permanently scarred victim’s face

Kyle Thornicroft’s lawyer asked the judge to look past his tattoos. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Man jailed for assault that permanently scarred victim’s face

A heavily Nazi-tattooed Dunedin man who brandished a knife to commit a robbery left his victim permanently scarred, a court has heard.

Dunedin Study gets world-wide attention

The Dunedin Study. Photo: Dunedin Study/University of Otago

Dunedin Study gets world-wide attention

The landmark Dunedin Study of babies born in the early 1970s has caught the eye of the OECD.

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Majority backs going with the flow

South Dunedin Community Network chairman Mike Hammond wades through water ponding at South...

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Majority backs going with the flow

A future where South Dunedin is dotted with waterways and wetlands has been backed by residents as the best hope to address climate change.

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‘Otago is being overlooked’

A new medical school will be established at the University of Waikato. File photo

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‘Otago is being overlooked’

The government’s backing of a third medical school at Waikato is yet more evidence it cares little about Dunedin, opponents say.

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Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai

East Otago Taiapure management committee chairman Brendan Flack. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai

A proposal to make a popular fishing area off the Otago Coast into an iwi-managed reserve is on the table as a way to protect the area and still allow fishing to take place.

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ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m

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ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m

Flood damage from the past three years will cost the Otago Regional Council nearly $4 million, a new report says.

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‘Crate diggers’ in for treat at sale

Regent Theatre Music Sale co-ordinator Mark Burrows examines a pressing of Eccentric Soul: The...

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‘Crate diggers’ in for treat at sale

Whether it is French field recordings, esoteric minimalist music or a 1959 concert at Dunedin’s Town Hall, "crate diggers" are in for a treat at this year’s Regent Theatre Music Sale.

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Call to delay cycleway project

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Call to delay cycleway project

A contentious central city cycleway should be delayed two years to prevent "another round of chaos" being dumped on business owners’ doorsteps, a Dunedin property investor says.

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Book ‘in very good hands’ for adaptation

Dunedin author and University of Otago Stuart Professor of Scottish studies Liam McIlvanney’s...

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Book ‘in very good hands’ for adaptation

What could be worse than your child disappearing?

Residential college wins construction award

University of Otago organisational delivery senior project manager Kirsten Eichstaedt and capital...

Residential college wins construction award

Te Rangihīroa College has become more than just a place to sleep for University of Otago students.

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Impact of heritage listing decisions felt

Vaughn Malkin feels vindicated after his Michie St home in Belleknowes was not heritage listed by...

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Impact of heritage listing decisions felt

A Dunedin homeowner says he is "vindicated" after successfully challenging his house being heritage listed.

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Cycleway plan consultation to take place: ‘Distinct amount of unhappiness’

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Cycleway plan consultation to take place: ‘Distinct amount of unhappiness’

There will now be "proper consultation" on a contentious central city cycleway plan, Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says.

Girl, 14, headbutts officer after breaching bail - police

Girl, 14, headbutts officer after breaching bail - police

A 14-year-old Dunedin girl barricaded herself in a bedroom before allegedly headbutting a police officer in an attempt to avoid arrest.

Breath test lie exposed as mouthwash found to be alcohol-free

A Dunedin man’s claim a high breath-test result was down to mouthwash was exposed as a lie when officers checked the bottle and found it was alcohol-free.

Woman on school-run nearly four times the limit

Woman on school-run nearly four times the limit

A Dunedin woman picking her children up from school was caught nearly four times the legal alcohol limit, police say.

Student performers wear hearts on sleeves

Trinity Catholic College students Anamika Jones and Joseph Kelly perform The Bardchelor during...

Student performers wear hearts on sleeves

A Dunedin secondary school’s theatre group has placed Shakespearean women in a Gen Z world.

Clean bill of health for Addison’s bunny

Clean bill of health for Addison’s bunny

Addison Newton, 3, is full of trepidation as her rabbit is checked out by Charlotte Wollstein at the Teddy Bear Hospital at the Hunter Centre in Dunedin on Saturday.

Teen leaves trail of destruction at Dunedin school, supermarket

A teenager left a trail destruction after breaking into a supermarket and neighbouring school in north Dunedin, police say.

Record sale proves a hit as event continues to grow

Courtenay and Shiloh Butler hunt for a bargain at the fifth Dunedin Record & Pop Culture Fair...

Record sale proves a hit as event continues to grow

Music fans and bargain hunters alike filled a Dunedin bar to the brim for the latest outing of a record and pop culture fair yesterday.

Well-read deaconess reaches 100 years unshackled

The Rev Nora Calvert’s secret to making it to 100 years old might be a life unencumbered by a husband or child, her niece says.

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