‘Thrilled’ sculpture removed from hospital
‘Thrilled’ sculpture removed from hospital
A nearly half-a-century-old copper sculpture by convicted child sex offender and artist John Middleditch has been uprooted from Dunedin Hospital.
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Clampdown on St Clair parking signalled
Clampdown on St Clair parking signalled
The days of parking up all day for a surf at St Clair beach could be numbered.
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DCC ‘party poopers’ nix fireworks
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DCC ‘party poopers’ nix fireworks
Calls to reinstate a fireworks display for Dunedin’s New Year’s Eve celebrations have been snuffed out.
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Rally to protest ‘preposterous’ Bill
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Rally to protest ‘preposterous’ Bill
Organisations around Dunedin are joining forces to stand with the city’s transgender community against a proposed Bill they call "preposterous".
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ICU beds: Mayor has 'no intention’ of fighting cut
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ICU beds: Mayor has 'no intention’ of fighting cut
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says he has no problem with the govt’s plan to cut a third of intensive care unit beds from the city’s new hospital and has "no intention" of fighting the move.
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Teen car thieves to go unpunished
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Teen car thieves to go unpunished
A Dunedin woman says she is being "punished for someone else’s crime" after the teenagers who stole her car got away with a "mere slap on the hand".
Meet Doug from the uni
Robots quickening enrolment, admission processes
Doug is one of the more unusual members of staff.
Otago tops table for weather insurance claims
Otago tops table for weather insurance claims
Otago residents lodged more insurance claims for wild weather events than anywhere else in the country during spring and summer, new data shows.
Winter is coming
Winter is coming
Lily Permina, 3, tips out a bucket of autumn leaves at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.
Room for flight
Room for flight
Dunedin Model Aero Club member Noel Wilson flies a Synergy F3A category model plane at the Edgar Centre yesterday.
Educational hub project gains funding
Educational hub project gains funding
Cultural learning supportedAn ambitious project aimed at "transforming cultural capability" across Otago’s education sector has been given $1.804 million over the next three years.
Playground upgrade based on mana whenua stories
Playground upgrade based on mana whenua stories
Work has begun on a refurbishment of Dunedin’s St Clair playground, based on a design and theme which aim to help educate and connect users to mana whenua stories.
Spiked driver carried on with punctured tyres
Spiked driver carried on with punctured tyres
A motorist trying to evade police had his tyres spiked several times north of Dunedin but continued to drive before he was arrested in Palmerston this afternoon.
Knife-carrying shoplifter busted in central Dunedin
Knife-carrying shoplifter busted in central Dunedin
A man who allegedly stole about $2000 worth of items ranging from cosmetics to camping gear from Dunedin businesses was found carrying a knife.
ICU beds: Minister ‘disingenuous’
ICU beds: Minister ‘disingenuous’
Health Minister Simeon Brown has been accused of being "disingenuous" and "doubling down" after claiming the new Dunedin hospital was not losing intensive care unit (ICU) beds.
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Council secret inquiry costs, follow-up, top $300,000
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Council secret inquiry costs, follow-up, top $300,000
Costs relating to a secret inquiry at the Dunedin City Council, and any necessary follow-up, have climbed above $300,000.
Cops called to subdue Dunedin Hospital patient
Cops called to subdue Dunedin Hospital patient
An agitated patient assaulted two security guards and smashed a computer at Dunedin Hospital before being arrested police say.
'Party poopers': DCC snuffs out fireworks return
'Party poopers': DCC snuffs out fireworks return
Any hopes fireworks would return to Dunedin's New Year's Eve celebrations this year have been shot down.
Central city bus loop under consideration
Central city bus loop under consideration
Dunedin councillors are considering a push to bring back a central city bus loop — despite warnings from staff the concept has little chance of success.
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Conversion gives new life to water tank
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Conversion gives new life to water tank
Recycling, reclaiming a bit of history and getting a flute-playing employee out of the office was the goal when an old gasworks water tank was converted into a functioning kiosk.