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    Property manager took $11K in rent to feed meth addiction

    A Dunedin property manager used tenants’ rent payments to pay his meth bills, a court has heard.

    Opening night material draws on personal experiences

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    Opening night material draws on personal experiences

    Jez Watts, As Seen Nowhere made the most of a small audience at the basement of the Athenaeum Theatre, on opening night of the Dunedin Fringe Festiva

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    Stepping in to help save a man’s life is all in a day’s work for the Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade.

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    Almost 1000 Otago Polytechnic students crossed the stage in graduation ceremonies held at the Dunedin Town Hall yesterday. 

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    First-timer ‘gobsmacked’ to win art prize

    A first-time entrant in Dunedin’s now national Hope and Sons Art Awards says he was "gobsmacked" to win the top prize.

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    Discovery of goose ‘golden’

    While it may not lay golden eggs, the discovery of an "Old Mother Goose" in an ancient St Bathans lake bed is proving just as valuable.

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    Football quitting council grounds over higher charges

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    Football quitting council grounds over higher charges

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    Fears fuel costs may lead some workers to quit

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    Fears fuel costs may lead some workers to quit

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    A Dunedin man has been charged with indecent assault after he allegedly groped a young woman on a north Dunedin street.

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    Helmet saved cyclist from more serious injury: police

    A Dunedin cyclist who crashed and flew into the windscreen of a car avoided a traumatic head injury thanks to the helmet he was wearing, police say.

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    Otago students struggle to pay rent amid loan payment delays

    Stressed out students are struggling to pay rent, buy food and take the bus to class because their student loan applications are still not processed, weeks after courses began.

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    Watch: Otago Polytechnic graduation procession

    We captured the action as almost 1000 graduating students made their way down George St led by bagpipes - can you spot yourself?

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    Engineer balanced job with study to graduate

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    Engineer balanced job with study to graduate

    Life has been one long bridge over troubled waters for Jennifer Churchouse over the past three years.

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    Second meningococcal case in Dunedin student community

    A second case of meningococcal disease has been reported in the Dunedin student community, Health New Zealand says.

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    Anxious wait ahead for Willis

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    Anxious wait ahead for Willis

    Taieri Green Party list MP Scott Willis had a nervous election night in 2023 wondering if he would be elected, and he likely faces a similarly anguished time in this year’s election.

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    ‘Very positive’: uni student numbers up 5%

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    ‘Very positive’: uni student numbers up 5%

    Full-time student numbers at the University of Otago are climbing slowly towards 20,000, as the institution experiences a bigger-than-expected increase at the start of a new year.

    Case made to stop seismic reclassification

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    Case made to stop seismic reclassification

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