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Coach to tackle cafe ownership

Settling in as the new owners of St Clair’s Starfish Cafe are (from left) Sarah and Riki Flutey...

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Coach to tackle cafe ownership

With a resume that includes coaching for the Highlanders and Black Ferns, Riki Flutey expects his sporting expertise will come in handy manning the helm of a Dunedin cafe.

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Name suppression for man who tied up toddler

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

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Name suppression for man who tied up toddler

A Dunedin man who tied his toddler’s legs together, leaving her injured for nearly two months, has had his name permanently suppressed.

New public toilet facilities to boost accessibility

A concept design for a new Changing Places bathroom to be installed at the Dunedin Railway...

New public toilet facilities to boost accessibility

Dunedin is set to become the first city in the South Island with a fully accessible $750,000 Changing Places bathroom.

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Adjusting tasks of DCC firm suggested

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Adjusting tasks of DCC firm suggested

Am alternative idea has emerged for fostering economic development in Dunedin — tweaking an existing council company.

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Work begins on new town housing project

Construction of foundations have begun on the former Bayfield Bowling Club site, where 18 new...

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Work begins on new town housing project

Another town housing project is about to spring up in Dunedin — this time on the former Bayfield Bowling Club site in Bayfield Rd.

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Wet weather no concern for cruise ship tourists

Norwegian Spirit cruise ship passenger Rick Bennet, 80, of Noosa, Australia, braves the Dunedin...

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Wet weather no concern for cruise ship tourists

Tourists on a rare two-night stay in Dunedin did not let the wet weather get in the way of their travels.

Summer art exhibition attracts over 100 entries

Otago Art Society president Rose Shepard in front of the acrylic painting Waiting to Open, by...

Summer art exhibition attracts over 100 entries

More than 100 Otago artists feature in the Otago Art Society’s summer exhibition at the Dunedin Railway Station.

Timber!

Timber!

Portobello Rd traffic was down to one lane yesterday as arborists felled a large macrocarpa tree in Ivanhoe Rd.

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Stab wound penetrated to within 2cm of heart

Emergency services rushed to the scene of a stabbing just off George St on September 27. PHOTO:...

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Stab wound penetrated to within 2cm of heart

A stabbing in central Dunedin left the victim with a wound just 2cm from his heart, a court has heard.

Rare visitor spotted

REPORT: GRANT MILLER / PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

Rare visitor spotted

Erect-crested penguins are normally found on New Zealand’s subantarctic Bounty and Antipodes island groups, but this juvenile was among sea lions at a Dunedin beach.

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Builder had to ‘learn place pretty quickly’

Cook Brothers Construction site manager Stephen Jory has knocked up 50 years in the construction...

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Builder had to ‘learn place pretty quickly’

Not surprisingly, Stephen Jory has forgotten the number of times he has smashed his thumb with a hammer on a building site over the past 50 years.

Stormy snapshot

Stormy snapshot

A couple pause to take a photograph while walking along Smaills beach on a blustery day recently.

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Removal planned for scout hall before blaze

The site of the old Roslyn scout hall, which was destroyed by fire on January 14. PHOTO: PETER...

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Removal planned for scout hall before blaze

Plans to remove the Roslyn scout hall were under way a week before a large fire ripped through the more than 100-year-old building.

Academy to foster students’ potential in science

Queen’s High School student Petra Gray, 16, (left) and Mercury Bay Area School student Isabella...

Academy to foster students’ potential in science

There was very little sign of life at the University of Otago yesterday — particularly when it came to pollution-sensitive invertebrates in the Water of Leith.

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Man threw coward punch in pub argument

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Man threw coward punch in pub argument

A man was left with five broken teeth, a broken nose and a concussion after he was coward punched at a Milton pub, a court has heard.

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Teen collapsed after being fed booze and drugs

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Teen collapsed after being fed booze and drugs

A Dunedin man supplied alcohol and offered prescription drugs to three vulnerable children, leaving one so intoxicated she had to be hospitalised.

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Chef steps up to resurrect community cafe

Macandrew Bay cafe The Duck will reopen its doors next Tuesday, with head chef Justin Woodrow now...

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Chef steps up to resurrect community cafe

Turns out The Duck is not dead after all.

Crews fight fire at fireplace factory

Firefighters have quelled a blaze at a fireplace factory in the Dunedin suburb of Green Island.

More wild weather to slam South over weekend

MetService has issued a 30-hour heavy rain watch for parts of the South, including Dunedin, and is warning that strong winds could batter some areas as well.

Pole-swinging perpetrator pepper-sprayed in bedroom fracas

Pole-swinging perpetrator pepper-sprayed in bedroom fracas

A Dunedin man barricaded himself in a bedroom and swung a metal pole at police attempting to arrest him over an alleged crime spree.

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