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Trucking firms fear having to shed staff

R&R Hiab Services Ltd owner Ray Casey fears the worst from rising fuel prices. Photo: Supplied

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Trucking firms fear having to shed staff

An Otago transport company owner says it may only be a few months before he has to start reducing drivers’ hours, or, worst-case scenario, start laying staff off, if diesel prices continue to soar.

Free laundry service new point of connection

Orange Sky national co-ordinator Emah Butler at a new Dunedin laundry pod at the Salvation Army’s...

Free laundry service new point of connection

A free laundry service will offer a new point of connection for people experiencing hardship across Dunedin, an organiser says.

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Fuel prices putting flight schools in tough position

Mainland Air’s Vijay Yalavarthi grapples with the high cost of fuel yesterday. PHOTO: GREGOR...

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Fuel prices putting flight schools in tough position

Flight schools are operating ‘‘day-by-day’’ with an anxious eye on runaway fuel prices adding thousands to their operating costs.

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The road is long for Scots boarder

Sam McWilliam has come a long way to do his final year of schooling at Otago Boys’ High School....

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The road is long for Scots boarder

A new pupil at Otago Boys’ High School is following in his dad’s footsteps, even though it was a 19,000km jaunt to school.

Couch fire in Castle St investigated

The remains of the couch in Castle St today. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Couch fire in Castle St investigated

Police are making inquiries after a couch was set alight in Dunedin’s student quarter overnight.

Teen accused of stealing Caversham cars

Teen accused of stealing Caversham cars

A teenager has been arrested after three cars were allegedly stolen from a Dunedin suburb.

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Taxi driver denies assault, kidnapping claims

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Taxi driver denies assault, kidnapping claims

A Dunedin taxi driver accused of detaining and sexually assaulting two women says the allegations against him are ‘‘totally, very untrue’’.

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Reducing services floated, CEO says

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Reducing services floated, CEO says

The Dunedin City Council has flagged service cuts may be in the pipeline if fuel costs and supply concerns continue to rise.

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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