Dunedin

Last dip

Last dip

Ella Gaynor, of Ireland, enjoys the final day of the season at the St Clair Hot Salt Water Pool.

'Justice served': Life sentence for brutal Gurjit Singh murder

A Dunedin man who viciously stabbed his ex-employee to death - attempting to decapitate the victim - will be locked up for at least 17 and a-half years.

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Cuts leave elderly to ‘struggle’

Elaine Shallish, of Dunedin, prepares to vacuum her house after her home help hours were cut over...

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Cuts leave elderly to ‘struggle’

A Dunedin 91-year-old is appalled home care visits have been cut due to rising fuel costs and says clients and workers have been left in the lurch.

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Investigate sensitive spending: Vandervis

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Investigate sensitive spending: Vandervis

High variability in some kinds of Dunedin City Council expenditure suggests ‘‘a range of poor-value spending’’, a councillor says.

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Creativity of pupils on display

Kaikorai Primary School year 6 pupil Flynn Jones, 10, shows off his and fellow classmates’ self...

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Creativity of pupils on display

What do a pineapple, a crocodile and Hannah Whittaker’s father have in common?

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Family elated drug for daughter funded

Maddie and Mackenzie Palmer are hopeful that a ‘‘miracle’’ drug for cystic fibrosis will soon be...

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Family elated drug for daughter funded

A Dunedin family say they are over the moon that a potentially ‘‘life-saving’’ drug treating cystic fibrosis (CF) has got full government funding.

Grounded for forseeable future

Grounded for forseeable future

An Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 sits on the tarmac at Dunedin Airport yesterday, after it was grounded following its arrival from Auckland on Monday morning.

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Sepsis admissions up 78% in 20 years

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Sepsis admissions up 78% in 20 years

Sepsis is killing four times more New Zealanders than motor vehicle accidents, new research shows, prompting calls for the government to take preventive action.

Albatross colony may be relocated after mineral find

An albatross flies over Tunnel Beach. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

Albatross colony may be relocated after mineral find

APRIL FOOL! Dunedin's world-renowned albatross colony could be relocated after the discovery under Taiaroa Head of a mineral from which several rare earth elements are derived.

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Easter weather a mixed bag

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Easter weather a mixed bag

Great weather on Good Friday will get Easter weekend off to a grand start.

'Sweaty and shaking': Killer's wife admits trying to hide evidence

Gurpreet Kaur outside court in December. Photo: Peter McIntosh

'Sweaty and shaking': Killer's wife admits trying to hide evidence

The wife of a murderer has admitted to hiding the killer’s shoes in a bid to help him avoid detection by police.

Knife-wielding teen sparks armed police callout

Armed police swarmed a Dunedin street last night when a teenager began allegedly chasing members of the public with a knife.

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Fears poison deliberately left for Dunedin dogs

Bailey is one of several dogs treated by vets in Dunedin at the weekend after accidentally eating...

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Fears poison deliberately left for Dunedin dogs

Dunedin dog owners are being urged to keep an eye out for ‘‘greeny-blue’’ matchbox-sized rat bait cubes in John Wilson Ocean Dr after the poisoning of several dogs at the weekend.

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Besieged councillor may present ‘cogent summary’

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Besieged councillor may present ‘cogent summary’

His ideas may ‘‘make no sense in the real world of finance’’, but Benedict Ong might yet get a chance to present them to the Dunedin City Council.

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Racer was ‘brought up’ around stockcars

One of the tributes to Dunedin speedway driver Paul Simon that was shared widely on social media...

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Racer was ‘brought up’ around stockcars

The grieving father of a Dunedin streetstock racer killed in a fatal crash at the weekend says his son was ‘‘brought up amongst stockcars’’.

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Cops point guns at Dunedin fugitive in dramatic CCTV footage

Armed police were called to the Z service station in Kaikorai Valley Rd as the incident unfolded....

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Cops point guns at Dunedin fugitive in dramatic CCTV footage

Dramatic footage has emerged showing a bystander ducking for cover in a Dunedin petrol station forecourt as police point their guns at a man before a shot is fired.

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