Builder’s career stretches hospital to hospital
Trevor Ellison reckons if you stand next to a concrete mixer long enough, your working career is bound to turn full circle at some stage.
Dunedin
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‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms
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‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms
A Dunedin pharmacist is concerned about the ‘‘enshittification’’ of NZ's healthcare system, which is slowly dissolving services to people and increasingly serving ‘‘scale, profit and efficiency’’ instead.
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DCC backs new business approach
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DCC backs new business approach
Economic development in Dunedin should be supported through a ‘‘bold’’ change of approach that keeps council input at arm’s length, most councillors agree.
Ding, ding, ding: Cars shunted in fender bender
Ding, ding, ding: Cars shunted in fender bender
A Dunedin fender bender shunted a parked car forwards into two other parked vehicles this morning.
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Strait repeat could still be on the cards
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Strait repeat could still be on the cards
Despite nursing aches and pains, a bad sunburn and quite a ‘‘nasty’’ bit of chafing yesterday, David Hutchinson is not ruling out another attempt at swimming across Cook Strait.
One critical in rollover crash near Outram
One critical in rollover crash near Outram
A person has been taken to hospital in a ‘‘critical condition’’ after a car rolled into a paddock near Outram this morning.
'Stolen' BMW then set on fire: police
'Stolen' BMW then set on fire: police
Police are investigating a suspected arson after discovering a fire inside an allegedly stolen BMW in Mosgiel.
Weatherston blames 'uncontrollable rage' for killing
Weatherston blames 'uncontrollable rage' for killing
Clayton Weatherston, jailed for 18 years over the harrowing stabbing murder of Sophie Elliott in Dunedin, has today been denied parole in his first appearance before the board.
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Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez
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Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez
An opposition MP says he is not surprised the controversial Waikato medical school project has been classed as ‘‘high risk’’ by the government’s financial advisers.
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Driver seen 'bolting' as crash victim lay unconscious
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Driver seen 'bolting' as crash victim lay unconscious
A resident of a Dunedin street has described people ‘‘bolting’’ from a crash where a woman was found lying unconscious in the street.
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Councillors reject Ong’s naming-rights plan
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Councillors reject Ong’s naming-rights plan
A push to award naming rights of Dunedin public assets has failed, with one councillor confessing he was still baffled despite reading the plan two dozen times.
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Uni welcomes lab rules reform
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Uni welcomes lab rules reform
A promise to make changes to ‘‘impractical’’ government health and safety regulations in science labs has been welcomed by the University of Otago.
Taskforce on course to de-rock Hancock
Taskforce on course to de-rock Hancock
Taskforce Green members pick up rocks in Hancock Park, near St Kilda Beach, yesterday.
Family’s numbers pay dividends
Family’s numbers pay dividends
Using the same Lotto numbers for years has finally paid off for an Otago family who are $5.3million richer after a Powerball jackpot win.
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Rise in stabbings and gunshot wounds in South
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Rise in stabbings and gunshot wounds in South
A rise in stabbing and gunshot wounds in the South has contributed to a ‘‘record’’ demand for ambulances and paramedics.
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Masters Games multi-medallist has no plans to slow down
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Masters Games multi-medallist has no plans to slow down
A Mosgiel octogenarian who has never missed a Masters Games has more medals than years to her name — and is hoping to add a couple more to the collection next month.
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Installing groyne pitched as ‘tribute’ to Radich
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Installing groyne pitched as ‘tribute’ to Radich
A memorial for former Dunedin mayor Jules Radich should be installed at a Dunedin beach and take the form of a groyne, advocates say.
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Conditions thwart fundraising swim across strait
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Conditions thwart fundraising swim across strait
David Hutchinson refused to treat himself with a beer after abandoning a nearly eight-hour effort to complete one of the world’s most difficult ultramarathon swims.
Former political figure in dock over alleged Dunedin bar brawl
Former political figure in dock over alleged Dunedin bar brawl
A former political figure has pleaded not guilty to charges following an alleged Dunedin bar brawl.
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Chambers to answer Ong’s allegations
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Chambers to answer Ong’s allegations
A Dunedin city councillor accused of making "discriminatory remarks" could have his first chance to answer the complaint tomorrow.