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    One of the new Kāinga Ora housing developments in Mosgiel. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    New Kainga Ora houses make ‘place look loved again’

    New Kāinga Ora housing developments in Mosgiel are bringing vitality back to what have been described as some tired-looking streets, making them ‘‘look loved’’ again.

    Fall off sea wall leaves one seriously injured

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    Fall off sea wall leaves one seriously injured

    A person was taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling off a 2.5m sea wall in Macandrew Bay.

    Minor injuries to pair after car lands in ditch

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    Minor injuries to pair after car lands in ditch

    Emergency services respond to a car that crashed into a ditch yesterday.

    Long weekend, longer bubble

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    Long weekend, longer bubble

    Dunedin cousins Florence Stockwell, 3, and Gus Stasso, 1, lap up a long weekend together with family at Pounawea.

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    Food safety lab to focus on human behaviour

    Miranda Mirosa

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    Food safety lab to focus on human behaviour

    Some people have been put off eating what used to be their favourite food after getting a bad dose of food poisoning from it.

    Hunters urged to be 100% sure of target

    Gun City Dunedin manager John Simpson adds an orange hat to a shop mannequin as deerstalkers...

    Hunters urged to be 100% sure of target

    Deerstalkers are being urged to be 100% sure of their targets when they head into the hills for the roar this year.

    Tuna return to South Dunedin

    Dunedin artist Aroha Novak stands by her nearly completed Glasgow St mural, which includes a...

    Tuna return to South Dunedin

    A Dunedin artist has paid tribute to South Dunedin’s traditional name and historical estuary in a new mural.

    A ship came up the harbour

    A ship came up the harbour

    Container ship Maersk Rio Delta passes Careys Bay as it makes its way up Otago Harbour yesterday morning.

    Fund open for applications, $919k allotted

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    Fund open for applications, $919k allotted

    Otago's contestable fund for environmental projects across the region opened last week for applications.

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    Ong nominates himself for NZME board

     Benedict Ong

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    Ong nominates himself for NZME board

    Embattled Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong is looking to expand his governance portfolio, nominating himself to become a director on the board of media company NZME.

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    $123k paid to chair’s company

    Donna Matahaere-Atariki

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    $123k paid to chair’s company

    Te Kāika paid $123,000 into a private company 100% owned by its chairwoman, the under-investigation charity’s accounts reveal.

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    Firefighting contest tests skill, speed

    Glenorchy Fire Brigade rural firefighters (from left) Matheus Silva and Will McBeth compete in...

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    Firefighting contest tests skill, speed

    With nine volunteer fire brigades running around a Dunedin park, the city may have been the safest place to be over the weekend.

    Race Relations Day chance to ‘bring people together’

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    Race Relations Day chance to ‘bring people together’

    Kazbah Studio dancers (from left) Sylvia Edge, Stefanie Kalmakof and Amanda Kennedy perform at the 2026 Race Relations Day event at the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum on Saturday.

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    All aboard knitting, chatting

    Preparing to knit their way to Oamaru while aboard The Seasider train are (from left) Sue Partel,...

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    All aboard knitting, chatting

    Plenty of yarns were spun when almost 200 knitters clambered into five train carriages destined for Oamaru at the weekend.

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    Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni

    University of Otago deputy vice-chancellor Greg Cook

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    Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni

    The University of Otago is not planning to build weapons as part of any partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), it says.

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    Crowds flock to Strath Taieri for 122nd A&P show

    Georgia Limbrick, 9, of Dunedin holds her best-dressed dog Rusty, during the 2026 Strath Taieri A...

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    Crowds flock to Strath Taieri for 122nd A&P show

    It was no Wānaka, but Strath Taieri’s A&P Show capped off a busy month demonstrating the best of the community, an organiser says.

    ‘I want to thank the audiences for being so brave’

    Dancers strike a pose during the one-hour dance-off in the Octagon on Saturday. PHOTOS: PETER...

    ‘I want to thank the audiences for being so brave’

    Audience participation was the order of the day at this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival which wrapped up last night, after 91 events over the past fortnight.

    Eid celebration marks Pakistan societies’ merger

    Pakistani Community of Otago president Anam Nawaz, and her daughter Khirad Ahmed, 10, enjoy some...

    Eid celebration marks Pakistan societies’ merger

    Two separate Pakistan societies have become one in an effort to connect the entire community together.

    Jailed for ‘persistent’ underage sex

    George Omelvena

    Jailed for ‘persistent’ underage sex

    A Southland man who claimed sex with an underage girl was a case of ‘‘mutual attraction’’ has been jailed for more than two years.

    Cruise ship protest catches fishers’ attention

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Cruise ship protest catches fishers’ attention

    People fishing off Warren Lewis fishing jetty in Port Chalmers watch a demonstration by Climate Liberation Aotearoa supporters.
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