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    ‘ODT’ delivery reminder

    Readers are reminded any changes for Christmas transfers (getting your home delivery redirected to your holiday address or placed on hold while you are away) is before 3pm on working days.

    Woven blanket gifted to hospice

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    Woven blanket gifted to hospice

    Weaver Christine Keller, of Dunedin, with a blanket she wove for the Otago Community Hospice to accompany people that have been cared for at its Dunedin base in North Rd.

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    Polytech's new chief executive 'honoured and humbled'

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    Polytech's new chief executive 'honoured and humbled'

    Staff at the embattled Otago Polytechnic are hoping the appointment of a new chief executive will lead to a more settled 2026.

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    'Real concern': Treatment delays for children

    Dunedin Hospital. Photo: ODT Files

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    'Real concern': Treatment delays for children

    Sick children face delays getting treatment at Dunedin Hospital as its paediatric department struggles with staff shortages.

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    Pub given its final warning at hearing

    The Bog Irish bar on the corner of London St and George St. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Pub given its final warning at hearing

    A central Dunedin pub with a history of locked fire exits and patrons abusing police has been warned it could face prosecution if it slips up again.

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    Fear Dunedin school lunch waste increasing with external suppliers

    University of Otago master of science in human nutrition graduate Zahrah Hatraby collects food...

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    Fear Dunedin school lunch waste increasing with external suppliers

    A University of Otago researcher, who found about a third of food from the healthy lunches programme was going to the landfill, is fearful the situation has become worse

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    Otago uni to make recordings of all lectures

    Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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    Otago uni to make recordings of all lectures

    All lectures at the University of Otago will be available in recorded form from next year amid concern that fewer students are showing up to lectures.

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    Tūhura photo competition opening to entries nationwide

    Tūhura Otago Museum marketing manager Charlie Buchan admires a photo of a Kea, by Giles Bryant,...

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    Tūhura photo competition opening to entries nationwide

    Tūhura Otago Museum has widened the frame on its popular wildlife and nature photography competition, and opened it up to photographers across New Zealand.

    Search for antibiotic receives $1.16m

    Matthias Fellner. Photos: supplied

    Search for antibiotic receives $1.16m

    A search for an antibiotic for multi-drug resistant and hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, has received a $1.16 million fellowship to support the research.

    Mr Blue Sky, where did we go wrong?

    Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Mr Blue Sky, where did we go wrong?

    Threatening clouds rolled over Dunedin yesterday morning, bringing thunder and hail.

    Man in court after wave of Dunedin arson attacks

    The fire-damaged house in Lees St, Dunedin, on Tuesday morning. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Man in court after wave of Dunedin arson attacks

    A man allegedly behind a spate of Dunedin fires, including a blaze at a derelict former hospital, will remain in prison for now. 

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    Ong’s bid to chair new funding committee ‘a stretch’: mayor

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    Ong’s bid to chair new funding committee ‘a stretch’: mayor

    A third Dunedin city councillor is seeking a shake-up to the city’s governance, this time asking to chair a new committee to oversee council funding sources.

    Youth worker punched, stomped teen 'with significant force'

    Allen Haua. Photo: Gregor Richardson

    Youth worker punched, stomped teen 'with significant force'

    A former Youth Justice worker punched a teenager up to 15 times then told police he was the victim, a court has heard. 

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    Sailing to Antarctica ‘exciting, terrifying — but in the best way’

    Royal Albatross Centre guide and educator Libby Manning is about to take a month off work on the...

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    Sailing to Antarctica ‘exciting, terrifying — but in the best way’

    Going to Antarctica in the comfort of a modern-day vessel is one thing, but to do it on a historic, 1911, three-masted sailing ship is quite another.

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    A father's tribute: Dunedin Christmas tree farm reborn

    Christmas tree farmer John Munro only has a handful of trees left to sell this season and is...

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    A father's tribute: Dunedin Christmas tree farm reborn

    A Dunedin man turning his Christmas tree farm into the slice of wonderland it once was, hopes it would have made his son happy.

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    OK sought to clean up war hero’s gravestone

    Otago Military Historical Group members Peter Trevathan (left) and Bernie Flaherty at Lieutenant...

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    OK sought to clean up war hero’s gravestone

    A pair of military grave restorers are putting the call out to a Dunedin war hero’s family to get the go-ahead to refurbish his memorial.

    Rock lobster catch set to rise; reserve next steps decided

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    Rock lobster catch set to rise; reserve next steps decided

    The tide appears to be coming in at the right time for the Otago rock lobster industry as its catch is set to increase and it has been allowed to resubmit on a contentious marine reserve.

    Severe thunderstorm warning lifted

    Lighting in the sky above Milton earlier today. Photo: Jessica Edwards-Walker

    Weather latest: Severe thunderstorm warning lifted

    A severe thunderstorm near Hindon has eased and the wider thunderstorms warning for Otago has been lifted, MetService says.

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    Woman gets detention for drunk-ramming car

    Lilly Meikle. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Woman gets detention for drunk-ramming car

    A drunken 20-year-old who deliberately rammed another vehicle at speed after a late-night dispute has been sentenced to home detention.

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    Simms outspends others, fronts team

    Andrew Simms. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Simms outspends others, fronts team

    Campaign finance of more than $70,000 was provided by unsuccessful Dunedin mayoral candidate Andrew Simms to members of his team, including two who jumped ship.
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