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    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH / REPORT: LAINE PRIESTLEY

    Nothing to be alarmed about

    Striking Dunedin firefighters wave flags and banners to the Ravensbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade on their way to the Octagon in response to a fire alarm during the hour of industrial action yesterday.

    Roundabout there

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Roundabout there

    Contractors dig up a roundabout at the intersection of Shore St and Musselburgh Rise, in Andersons Bay, Dunedin yesterday.

    Opening the secrets of chambers

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Opening the secrets of chambers

    Contractors take a close look at the Municipal Chambers building in the Octagon, Dunedin, yesterday.

    Intersection to be reworked

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Intersection to be reworked

    A roundabout is to be created at the intersection of Orari St and Otaki St in South Dunedin in the coming weeks.

    South Dunedin hit-and-run leaves one seriously injured

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    South Dunedin hit-and-run leaves one seriously injured

    A person was seriously injured in a hit-and-run yesterday.

    Motorway crash injures one

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Motorway crash injures one

    Emergency services attend a crash after a vehicle was shunted into the barrier on the Southern Motorway yesterday.

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    No 6 set to show its stuff

    Norm Oakley gets ready to drive his family’s 1916 Dennis fire engine while Dunedin Fire Brigade...

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    No 6 set to show its stuff

    The sprinter is to be let loose.

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    Clark hits out at proposed Bendigo gold mine

    Helen Clark. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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    Clark hits out at proposed Bendigo gold mine

    Former prime minister Helen Clark has weighed in on Santana Minerals’ proposed fast-track gold mine, saying she is "deeply concerned" about the project.

    Warm weather greets start of huge cruise week

    Evelyn Reed (left) and Katie Richards, from Salt Lake City in Utah, United States, enjoy an ice...

    Warm weather greets start of huge cruise week

    Almost 30,000 cruise ship visitors will be pounding the pavement in Dunedin this week.

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    Wait for diagnosis prompts apology

    Dunedin Public Hospital. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Wait for diagnosis prompts apology

    A patient at Dunedin Hospital waiting more than six months for a diagnosis of stage four cancer came as wait times for specialists were 14 times longer than recommended.

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    Probe into rest-home manager launched

    The Oxford Court rest home. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Probe into rest-home manager launched

    The Nursing Council has opened an investigation into a departed Oxford Court rest-home manager accused of bullying and trespassing people.

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    Container storage work starts as inland port awaited

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Container storage work starts as inland port awaited

    Port Otago has started work on building storage for containers and freight on the Taieri but the planned inland port is still awaiting the green light.

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    Police glad to help with flat crowds in O Week

    File photo

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    Police glad to help with flat crowds in O Week

    Dunedin police were happy to see more students reporting overcrowding to police, but said there was more work to do after about 300 students were found on the top storey of a three-floor flat.

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    Man on trial over alleged psychological abuse of ex

    Photo: ODT files

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    Man on trial over alleged psychological abuse of ex

    An ex-government employee is accused of psychologically abusing his ex-girlfriend after she ended their two-year relationship.

    ‘No intention to offend’ with flat tours

    Dunedin’s Castle St is included in multiple tour bus itineraries where tourists particularly...

    ‘No intention to offend’ with flat tours

    Showing off Dunedin’s notorious Castle St to domestic and international visitors was never meant to offend anyone, a local tourism operator says.

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    Division over move-on powers

    A person’s belongings lie next to a bench in George St, Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Division over move-on powers

    Empowering police to move along beggars and rough sleepers would be "punishing the poor" and sweep Dunedin’s homelessness problem under the carpet, a city councillor says.

    Former govt worker accused of protection order breach

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    Former govt worker accused of protection order breach

    A woman says an ex-government employee doggedly pursued her after she ended their two-year relationship. 

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    Revenue ramps up for classic annual event

    Lucinda McConnon, of Dunedin, considers a colourful cover. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Revenue ramps up for classic annual event

    The latest instalment in a bookish "never-ending story" raised more than $130,000 for a Dunedin institution.

    Chinese celebration ‘busiest ever’

    A dragon lantern floats in the pond as the fireworks burst overhead at Dunedin’s Lan Yuan Chinese...

    Chinese celebration ‘busiest ever’

    It was a positive start to the Chinese New Year at Lan Yuan on Saturday night, as thousands of people attended to mark the Year of the Horse.

    Crash closes lane on motorway

    Emergency services attend a crash on the Southern Motorway in Dunedin this morning. Photo:...

    Crash closes lane on motorway

    Dunedin's Caversham Bypass Motorway was down to one lane for a short time this morning following a crash.
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