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Friendship as important as music at folk festival

Whare Flat Folk Festival organisers past and present (from left) Sue Harkness and Siobhán Dillon...

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Friendship as important as music at folk festival

Dunedin's renowned, now half-a-century-old Whare Flat Folk Festival had, and still very much has, "a family atmosphere", a former organiser says.

Cruise visitors 'really impressed’ with city

Seabourn Quest passengers Steve and Joanne Kicinski take some time to experience Dunedin...

Cruise visitors 'really impressed’ with city

Stepping off a luxury cruise ship and on to the firm ground of Dunedin on a cold, blustery day proved just the tonic for visitors Joanne and Steve Kicinski.

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First sea lion pup of breeding season born

Tui, the 6-year-old sea lion, with her pup — the first to be born in Dunedin this season (this...

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First sea lion pup of breeding season born

Just two weeks after scaring the living daylights out of a Bedford St family by taking shelter on their front doorstep, Tui the sea lion has given birth to Dunedin’s first pup of the season.

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Proof arguing can be productive

University of Otago mooting team members Campbell Kidd and Abby Bowmar after winning the New...

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Proof arguing can be productive

Campbell Kidd and Abby Bowmar love to argue.

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Teenagers tried to carjack taxi: officer

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Teenagers tried to carjack taxi: officer

Two teenagers who allegedly punched and hit a Port Chalmers taxi driver with a glass bottle on Christmas Day were trying to bring open alcohol into the vehicle, police say.

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Aim to slow deterioration as we age

Members of the University of Otago (Christchurch) Canterbury Health and Ageing Life Course ...

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Aim to slow deterioration as we age

Most of us have heard of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study and the Christchurch Health and Development Study. Reporter John Lewis takes a closer look at a...

Daylight break-in foiled in minutes - police

Daylight break-in foiled in minutes - police

Police are thanking members of the public for their help leading to four youths being apprehended for a burglary in central Dunedin today.

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City to funk it up for New Year’s Eve

Scaffolder Max McKenzie hams up a variation of air guitar after assembling the stage in the...

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Dunedin to funk it up for New Year’s Eve

A high-energy party has been forecast for New Year’s Eve in Dunedin and organisers are hopeful the weather will co-operate.

Aim to ensure wife’s life ‘was not a waste’

Dunedin man Sam Weepers has started a petition to change the Dunedin cath lab’s operating hours...

Aim to ensure wife’s life ‘was not a waste’

A Dunedin widower making sure his wife’s life "was not a waste" has started a petition to Parliament to open Dunedin Hospital’s catheterisation laboratory around the clock.

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South looks best bet for NYE weather

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South looks best bet for NYE weather

Invercargill may be the place to be on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day if you want to stay dry.

String of motorbike crashes on Dunedin roads

String of motorbike crashes on Dunedin roads

Two teenage brothers driving around the neighbourhood on their dirt bikes found themselves getting blood taken by police after one crashed into a parked car.

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Sandcastle strategy a ‘winner’ for family

Aramoana cribbies (from left) William Davis, 10, James Glover, 13, Mark Glover, Liam Glover, 11,...

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Sandcastle strategy a ‘winner’ for family

For one large Dunedin extended family, a lazy holiday breakfast in an Aramoana crib was spent devising a strategy on how to create a show-stopping sand structure.

‘Unafraid’ cartoonist dies aged 84

‘Unafraid’ cartoonist dies aged 84

Former Otago Daily Times cartoonist Garrick Tremain has died, aged 84.

Father and son fillet their catch

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Father and son fillet their catch

The master, Lindsay Keith, supervises his apprentice and son, Alex, as they fillet fish following a successful morning’s fishing on Saturday.

Flatmates involved in alleged assault over dog's behaviour

A Dunedin flat erupted into chaos after a man was allegedly assaulted by his flatmate due to the household dog behaving out of character.

Pilot programme to foster youth digital leadership

An innovative pilot programme to help youth become leaders in addressing online harm and to identify the digital challenges that matter most to them is coming to Central Otago early next year.

Tui's Christmas Day pup first of the season

Tui and her pup having a snooze. Photo: Department of Conservation

Tui's Christmas Day pup first of the season

Tui the sea lion has given birth to the first pup of the Otago/New Zealand breeding season.

Bella on top of dog name list again

Seven-year-old cairn terrier Gizmo makes it ashore after abandoning a ride with paddleboarder...

Bella on top of dog name list again

If you yell the name "Bella" out at a Dunedin dog park, expect a swarm of labrador retrievers to answer the call.

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‘I’m just not prepared to be put off and put off’ for surgery

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‘I’m just not prepared to be put off and put off’ for surgery

A 77-year-old Dunedin man has been forced to continue working so he can pay to have private hip replacement surgery, rather than wait up to four years in the public system.

Magic moments: December 29

Enjoying bubbles on Christmas Day are Codie Leigh Harvey, 5, from Alexandra and Milly Charteris,...

Magic moments: December 29

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