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Boozed driver injured wife in crash with 7yo daughter in car

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Boozed driver injured wife in crash with 7yo daughter in car

A Mosgiel man who drove while three times over the legal limit with his 7-year-old daughter, causing a crash, has avoided prison.

Portobello man 'demanding money' smashes window with fists

Portobello man 'demanding money' smashes window with fists

A man allegedly demanding money from a Portobello resident was arrested after he smashed a window with his fists, police said.

Citizens embrace NZ, the cold

New New Zealand citizen Samyuktha Venkataraman flanked by her friends Fajar Zeeshan (left) and...

Citizens embrace NZ, the cold

The Ganaii family are happy to accept Dunedin’s cooler climate in exchange for the many opportunities the city has provided them.

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Prominent member of immigrant community jailed

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Prominent member of immigrant community jailed

A respected member of the Dunedin immigrant community has spent time in prison after spitting on a man and breaching court orders.

Missing man 'kind-hearted sort of fella'

Murray Wakefield is shown on his boat in this 2018 photo. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Missing man Murray 'kind-hearted sort of fella'

A man missing around the Otago Harbour has been described as a "kind-hearted man" living his best bachelor life onboard his yacht.

Runner rescued after slipping on track

Runner rescued after slipping on track

An injured runner is carried out of the bush at the North East Valley Quarry by firefighters yesterday.

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Greens keen to get Southerner back on track

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Greens want to get passenger rail back on track

The Green Party wants to supercharge passenger rail in the South - including reviving the Southerner.

Dunedin author wins top award for her poetry

Dunedin author wins top award for her poetry

A Dunedin author has been honoured at the country’s biggest literary arts awards.

Big Careers Expo fan

Bayfield High School student George Abbott, 16, holds a 3-D printed Trent 900 axial flow, high bypass turbofan with three coaxial shafts of the Rolls-Royce Trent family at the New Zealand...

'$3 billion' Otago inland port plan revealed

Calder Stewart says the facility would take 10,000 heavy truck trips off the road each year by...

'$3 billion' Otago inland port plan revealed

Construction giant Calder Stewart has proposed a "$3 billion" solar-powered inland port it says will boost Otago’s export capacity and create hundreds of jobs.

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Angry neighbour says students flashed wife

The Otago Boys’ High School hostel room now has curtains fitted. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Angry neighbour says OBHS students flashed wife

A Dunedin secondary school has responded to complaints of alleged anti-social behaviour by boys living at its hostel.

First signs of life at hospital site

Is this the first sign of life from the previously abandoned new Dunedin hospital project’s inpatient building?

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Shock images show 3-D printed guns made in Oamaru

The stash of 3-D printed gun parts Oamaru man Matthew McLaren manufactured (released under the...

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Shock images show 3-D printed guns made in Oamaru

Startling new images of an array of 3-D printed firearms manufactured by an Oamaru man reveal the beginning of a booming illicit trade, experts warn.

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Mayor asks ORC to mull ‘attractive’ loop bus’ return

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Mayor asks ORC to mull ‘attractive’ loop bus’ return

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has made a pitch for the Otago Regional Council to consider returning an "attractive" loop bus to inner city streets.

Five fur seal pups found dead on beach: cause unknown

Five dead fur seal pups were spotted at Blackhead Beach in Dunedin yesterday, all within 2km of...

Five fur seal pups found dead on beach: cause unknown

Mystery surrounds the death of several fur seal pups at Blackhead Beach in Dunedin.

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Pub owner claims ‘verbal abuse, racism’

Harbourview Stadium Hotel owner Dr Hu Zhang stands in front of the premises in Ravensbourne...

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Pub owner claims ‘verbal abuse, racism’

A Dunedin pub owner has hit back at opposition to his liquor licence with allegations of "verbal abuse and racism".

Collapse risk as gasworks chimney 'worse than thought'

Brick by brick . . . Workmen use timber to shore up the gas works chimney to stabilize it before...

Collapse risk as gasworks chimney 'worse than thought'

It is yet not known how much of Dunedin’s historic gasworks chimney will need to be removed before it becomes safe, the city council says.

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Centenarian has had an ‘active, interesting, lovely life’

Bobbie Lister and her family’s 1925 Chrysler 50 that she went for a ride in yesterday to...

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Centenarian has had an ‘active, interesting, lovely life’

If anyone even hints of a suggestion that Bobbie Lister bears resemblance to a rusty old vintage car, watch out.

Missing man's 'backpack and dinghy found'

Police are searching Otago Harbour for missing man Murray.

Missing man's 'backpack and dinghy found'

Searchers looking for a missing man around Otago Harbour have found a backpack and dinghy, it is understood.

Uni joins SAR to protect scholars

Uni joins SAR to protect scholars

During times of war, academics often become targets and suffer grave threats to their lives and liberty.

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