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Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

Police say even the most experienced trampers can get into trouble. Photo: Getty Images

Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

Police are urging people to be better prepared when heading outdoors after a horror summer of large-scale back-country search operations and numerous fatalities.

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Call for reflection as satisfaction still low

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Call for reflection as satisfaction still low

Dunedin's mayor has called on councillors to reflect on their conduct, as community satisfaction in their performance remains weak.

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Whiley throws hat back in the ring

Andrew Whiley wants to return to the Dunedin City Council. He is standing in the by-election....

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Whiley throws hat back in the ring

Having broken his ankle, former Dunedin city councillor Andrew Whiley had some time to think over what he wanted to do next.

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Six bikes, winning ways net top award for rider

Cole Scammell on his Honda CT90. In behind him are the six bikes he raced at the Burt Munro...

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Six bikes, winning ways net top award for rider

Six bikes, two vehicles, sand, tracks and hills — the challenge was met and he has the spoils to show for it.

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Assaults rise at Wakari Hospital

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Assaults rise at Wakari Hospital

Wakari Hospital has reported a spike in assaults triggering sick leave as issues continue to plague the institution.

Love at first click

Love at first click

When Paul Vincent travelled to Scotland to explore his Wallace clan heritage, he found something completely unexpected: a love for photography.

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Councillors raise concerns about govt’s Planning Bill

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Councillors raise concerns about govt’s Planning Bill

A piece of government legislation poses an existential threat to Dunedin’s George St, a city councillor has warned.

Tourist charged after classic car crash

Brighton man Ian Armstrong’s 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite is badly damaged after a two-vehicle crash...

Tourist charged after classic car crash

A Dunedin man was left with broken bones and "big disappointment" after his prized 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite was hit by another vehicle which allegedly crossed the centre line.

Roaring with delight

Roaring with delight

Highlanders fans in the Zoo get behind their team in last night’s Super Rugby opener against the Crusaders at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

Trash-tastrophe: Rubbish truck rollover blocks road

Emergency services at the scene of the accident. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Trash-tastrophe: Rubbish truck rollover blocks road

A road in Green Island was blocked by a rubbish truck which rolled onto its side spilling debris this afternoon.

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'Families are really struggling': Dunedin school's plea for fresh fruit

Bradford School year 1 pupil Willow Pattison, 5, loves oranges. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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'Families are really struggling': Dunedin school's plea for fresh fruit

A Dunedin school hit by government cost-cutting is asking businesses to help get fresh fruit back on its pupils’ lunch menu.

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Ong’s use of 'monkey' metaphor causes stir

"Our South Asian community act in bad faith in taking business degrees, not in the intent of...

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Ong’s use of 'monkey' metaphor causes stir

References to a blindfolded monkey caused a stir at a Dunedin City Council meeting.

Alarm raised over 12-year-old driver in Dunedin

Alarm raised over 12-year-old driver in Dunedin

Police were alerted by a concerned resident who spotted a 12-year-old boy driving what looked like an older man around St Clair.

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Bar attacker's Xmas jail reprieve runs out

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Man swung jug into bar patron's face

A man who avoided being locked up during the holiday season has now been sent to prison for fracturing a bar patron's skull with a jug.

Accessible toilet first in South

The Changing Places bathroom being craned into place next to the Dunedin Railway Station...

Accessible toilet first in South

A first of its kind in the South, fully accessible, $750,000 bathroom block has been installed in Dunedin.

Andrew Whiley joins race for vacant Dunedin council seat

Andrew Whiley joins race for vacant Dunedin council seat

Former Dunedin councillor Andrew Whiley has joined the city council by-election race.

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Gang member in crayfish scam denied home detention term

A sentence of home detention was not appropriate for Paul Faavaoga’s crayfish crimes, a judge has...

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Gang member in crayfish scam denied home detention term

A gang member who distributed nearly $200,000 of stolen crayfish has won an appeal — but will remain behind bars.

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Man jailed for ‘brazenly’ abusing stepsister

The case is being heard in the Dunedin District Court. Photo: ODT files

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Man jailed for ‘brazenly’ abusing stepsister

A man who ‘‘brazenly’’ abused his stepsister, after the family opened their home to house him on bail, has been jailed for four years.

Critically hurt man still in coma after Otago University fall

A young man who fell 10 metres off the side of a University of Otago building is understood to be still in an induced coma days later.

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Police out in force as Flo Week nears end

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Police out in force as Flo Week nears end

Police will be out in force in Dunedin’s student quarter as the tail end of Flo Week approaches.

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