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Wildlife tour operator looks to peninsula

The Otago Peninsula with Taiaroa Head (foreground) and the Spit (right) looking towards Port...

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Wildlife tour operator looks to peninsula

Another venture for tourists to view mammals on the Otago Peninsula will be the 12th permitted tourism operator working in the area as a monitoring plan is developed to measure activity.

Quest to find two relatives after decades

Quest to find two relatives after decades

An Australian woman is "desperately seeking Susanne and Victoria Fletcher" — her long-lost penpals and distant relatives originally from Dunedin.

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Students’ product aids fractions learning

St Leonards School pupils (from left) Adam Turner-Dlask, 11, William MacKnight, 9, and Chloe...

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Students’ product aids fractions learning

They say good design, is "thinking made visual".

Blackhead sand set to replenish Wellington beach

The processed sand is loaded into an open-top container at Walton Park. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Blackhead sand set to replenish Wellington beach

Some golden southern sand is heading north to the capital.

Lost World War 1 soldier’s grave identified

A stretcher-bearing party carrying a wounded soldier through the mud near Boesinghe during the...

Lost World War 1 soldier’s grave identified

New research has dug up the final resting place of a Lawrence soldier who died on New Zealand’s blackest day of World War 1.

Barker leads Dunedin mayoralty race by close margin

Dunedin mayor-elect Sophie Barker celebrates her win. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Barker leads Dunedin mayoralty race by close margin

Sophie Barker has been provisionally elected Dunedin mayor by a narrow margin.

Late voting surge in Dunedin

Almost 10,000 people voted in Dunedin today - the highest single day tally of returns for this election.

Pair arrested in Palmerston incident

Two people have been arrested following an incident in Palmerston that saw armed police called out.

What's in a name?

What's in a name?

Hawksbury, a small village on the site of the former Cherry Farm psychiatric hospital, rebranded with a historical name for nearby Waikouaiti.

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Expo to emphasise whānau in business

Kuma board member Clinton Chambers prepares for the Māori business network’s 20th anniversary...

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Expo to emphasise whānau in business

A Māori-led business network hopes to bring a different kind of expo to Dunedin by broadening its scope to the whānau behind businesses.

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Musical meeting set tone

Macandrew Bay couple Peter and Evelyn Steers celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. PHOTO:...

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Musical meeting set tone

The Steers’ chance first meeting took place at the height of Beatlemania in Dunedin and involved clambering through an opened window and a brush with the law.

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Still running ultramarathons at 71

Val Muskett, of Hampden, just keeps on running ultramarathons. She is pictured training at the...

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Still running ultramarathons at 71

At 71, ultramarathon runner Val Muskett would be forgiven for putting her feet up when she reached 160km in a shade over 25 hours.

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Job-hunters doing it tough

Dunedin jobseeker Olivia Edmonds, 19, says the job market "feels like every door is locked before...

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Job-hunters doing it tough

Struggling Dunedin job-hunters say the market is "impossible" to crack as entry-level jobs attract more than a hundred applications.

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Hopes for last-minute voting surge in Dunedin

Semi-retired Middlemarch farmer Lindsay Carruthers is encouraging all eligible voters to have...

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Hopes for last-minute voting surge in Dunedin

By noon it will all be over.

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Mayoral hopeful: ‘We’re in for some surprises’

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Mayoral hopeful: ‘We’re in for some surprises’

Dunedin's mayoral candidates are a mix of nerves, optimism and confidence before the big day.

Witnesses sought to crash in which man broke leg

Police investigating a North Dunedin crash between a car and a moped in which a man broke his leg are asking for public help.

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Hoping Gaza deal does not end in heartbreak

Rinad Tamimi, of Dunedin, is cautiously optimistic about a US-led peace deal between Israel and...

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Hoping Gaza deal does not end in heartbreak

A member of Dunedin’s Palestinian community says she is "hoping there won’t be another heartbreak" following the announcement of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas.

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