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    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.

    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.

    28,000 visitors to city in huge cruise week

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

    28,000 visitors to city in huge cruise week

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

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    Apology over delays in stage four cancer diagnosis

    Dunedin Public Hospital. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Apology over delays in stage four cancer diagnosis

    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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    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.

    ‘No intention to offend’ with flat tours

    ‘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

    Photo: ODT files

    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.

    Festivities herald Chinese New Year

    Elaine Everett, of Dunedin, takes in the festivities.

    Festivities herald Chinese New Year

    Thousands attended Chinese New Year of the Horse celebrations at Lan Yuan Gardens in Dunedin on Saturday. 

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    Romantasy a feature of new shop

    Colette Palmer, left, and Jasmine Begg, of The Ink Pot, use a rolling library ladder at the...

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    Romantasy a feature of new shop

    Love was certainly in the air in central Dunedin at the weekend, as crowds of eager readers took the chance to peruse the city’s newest, and only, independent romance bookstore.

    Cost of student living continues to rise

    The price of rents on Castle St has continued to increase each year, according to students who...

    Cost of student living continues to rise

    Students have said they have found studying in Dunedin very expensive, and rent was "ridiculously expensive".

    Rescuer in fatal flat crush to be honoured

    Sophia Crestani. Photo: supplied

    'Exceptional courage': Rescuer in fatal Dunedin flat crush to be honoured

    The man who rescued people from a fatal stairwell pile-up at a Dunedin student party is being recognised for his courageous actions.

    Dozens take Three Peaks orientation run

    Runners put themselves through a gruelling Three Peaks "orientation" starting at Woodhaugh St...

    Dozens take Three Peaks orientation run

    Dunedin's dire summer has not deterred entries for this year’s Three Peaks race, with numbers already near capacity.

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    $1000 to $3000 water breach fines in draft

    Water pipes wait to be laid. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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    $1000 to $3000 water breach fines in draft

    A new bylaw could be needed to enable the Dunedin City Council to manage its water supply network effectively, safely and in alignment with new legislation.

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    Firefighters get stuck in to extrications

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    Firefighters get stuck in to extrications

    A person was taken to hospital with moderate injuries after getting "stuck in a window" in the early hours of the morning in Queenstown.
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