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ScottTech secures contracts for $50 million

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ScottTech secures contracts for $50 million

A Dunedin robotics and automation company doing business with global titans Boeing and Pepsi has secured nearly $50 million in new contracts over the past six weeks.

Snow on roads; strong winds for some in South

Snow has fallen on the Crown Range Road and the Milford Road as a cold blast brings strong winds to parts of the South, and there is more heavy rain on the way. MetService has issued a strong wind...

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Hub’s aim to provide support before crisis occurs

University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson speaks at the opening of the new Student...

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Hub’s aim to provide support before crisis occurs

It was the sort of place he wished had existed when he was a university student.

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Two new mental health crisis cafes announced

Otago Mental Health Support Trust leader Craig de Beer (left) and Mental Health Minister Matt...

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Two new mental health crisis cafes announced

Peer-led mental health ‘‘crisis cafes’’ will be established in North East Valley and South Dunedin over the coming weeks.

Widening views of the history of science

Associate Prof Hugh Slotten, of the University of Otago School of Social Sciences, has been...

Widening views of the history of science

‘‘Eurocentric viewpoints’’ have long tainted world history, so a University of Otago scientist has been tasked with co-organising an international conference which explores the ‘‘global’’ history...

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Candidates grilled at by-election meeting

Dunedin City Council candidates at Dunedin Area Citizens Association meeting last night are (from...

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Candidates grilled at by-election meeting

Finances, transparency and infrastructure were top of mind for voters and candidates at the first public meeting of Dunedin’s by-election.

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Firm owes $5.4m after owner flees: report

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Firm owes $5.4m after owner flees: report

A defunct Otago engineering company owes nearly $5.4 million after its owner fled overseas, according to documents released yesterday.

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Staff shortages affecting care: rest-home resident

Hugh Pedofski outside the Mossbrae rest-home. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Staff shortages affecting care: rest-home resident

A Mossbrae rest-home resident is not happy with his care, saying there has been no hot water in his room for more than two weeks and night-time meals are inedible.

Wheelchair user hit on Dunedin pedestrian crossing

Emergency services at the scene of the accident. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Wheelchair user hit on Dunedin pedestrian crossing

A wheelchair user was taken to hospital after they were hit by a car on a Dunedin pedestrian crossing.

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$25k bus stop extension to stop snarl debated

A bus pulls into a stop in Princes St, Dunedin, yesterday. A proposed extension to the bus stop...

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$25k bus stop extension to stop snarl debated

Extending a bus stop in central Dunedin could cost up to $25,000, as a tree, lamppost, bench and rubbish bins would need to make way.

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Reduced waiting times aim of new unit

Dunedin Hospital medical director Mark Thompson-Fawcett and charge nurse manager Trish Hoskin cut...

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Reduced waiting times aim of new unit

A new nurse-led unit at Dunedin Hospital aimed at reducing the burden of the pressured emergency department (ED) is now fully operational.

ODT among NZ's most-trusted news brands

ODT second on most-trusted news brand list

The Otago Daily Times has been named New Zealand’s second-most trusted news brand, in the annual Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand 2026 report.

Every bit helps cause: Pink Ribbon Breakfast hosts

Logan Park High School teachers Catherine Craik (left) and Bianca Camplin are tickled pink to be...

Every bit helps cause: Pink Ribbon Breakfast hosts

Two Dunedin teachers preparing to host their third Pink Ribbon Breakfast are encouraging others to back the cause.

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Cruise spending up despite cancellations

The Discovery Princess (left) carrying 3660 passengers and 1346 crew, docks at Port Otago,...

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Cruise spending up despite cancellations

Dunedin's 2025-26 cruise ship season has ended prematurely with a splash.

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Minister, prof clash on peer mental health service use

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Minister, prof clash on peer mental health service use

A University of Otago health academic has criticised the Mental Health Minister’s shift towards "peer-led" support to address the looming crisis.

Wild winds for parts of South, chance of snow on roads

Gale-force winds are on the way for some in the South, including Dunedin, and there is the chance of snow on some higher roads in the region.

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Speight’s brewing now electric-powered

MP for Dunedin Rachel Brooking flicks the switch on Speight’s Brewery new electric boiler...

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Speight’s brewing now electric-powered

Speight's are brewing up a sustainable future by becoming the first Lion-owned brewery to install an electric boiler.

Māori diet largely plants, study finds

Māori diet largely plants, study finds

New light has been shed on Māori diet and burial practices prior to European colonisation.

Travelling through time, space to Antartica

Travelling through time, space to Antartica

Tāmati Matthews, of Dunedin, uses immersive virtual reality to explore Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Hut at an exhibition in Tūhura Otago Museum.

Double delight

Double delight

The delight was doubled over Otago Harbour on Monday afternoon, when a double rainbow stretched from one side to the other.

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