Dunedin professor sets off on Cook Strait swim
Dunedin's David Hutchinson has begun his swim across Cook Strait this morning.
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Zero to 100 for ‘outstanding researcher’
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Zero to 100 for ‘outstanding researcher’
If you had asked Claire Cameron a couple of months what the statistical probability was of her winning a prestigious national statistics award, she would have said "Zero — absolutely zero".
Two-car crash closes intersection
Two-car crash closes intersection
Emergency services attend a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Midland and Otaki Sts in South Dunedin yesterday.
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Cocaine use in Otago up sharply
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Cocaine use in Otago up sharply
Cocaine is both cheaper to get and more popular than ever as data shows use in Otago has doubled in the past three years.
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Region’s public transport gets top marks
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Region’s public transport gets top marks
Otago's AA members have ranked the region’s public transport as the best nationwide — a sign the Otago Regional Council is on the right track, the local chairman says.
DCC on the hunt for headhunter to search for new head
DCC on the hunt for headhunter to search for new head
The Dunedin City Council is seeking providers to lead its chief executive recruitment process.
Mastering volunteering
Mastering volunteering
Alyson Manning (left), of Dunedin, learns details of her role as a volunteer for the New Zealand Masters Games from organiser Sylvie Brosnahan at the Edgar Centre yesterday.
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Mystery luxury private jet appears in Dunedin
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Mystery luxury private jet appears in Dunedin
Mystery surrounds the occupants of a globe-trotting $75 million private jet that touched down at Dunedin Airport yesterday.
Food prof and Pavlova author dies
Food professor and Pavlova author dies
Former University of Otago food anthropology professor emerita Helen Leach (ONZM) has died in Christchurch, aged 80.
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Flying flag for hatching of 1000th albatross
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Flying flag for hatching of 1000th albatross
Dunedin's mayor says she will raise a flag to mark the 1000th chick to be hatched at Taiaroa Head and celebrate the city as an "icon of wildlife throughout the world".
Changing up bathroom space
Changing up bathroom space
Work to replace the toilet block near the railway pedestrian overbridge in central Dunedin has begun.
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Ong’s complaint ‘insufficient’
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Ong’s complaint ‘insufficient’
An 11th-hour discussion with an independent investigator could determine whether a Dunedin city councillor’s complaint about "discriminatory remarks" goes any further.
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Demolition of former Dunedin Sound venue mourned
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Demolition of former Dunedin Sound venue mourned
Figures in the city’s music scene are lamenting the loss of "the birthplace" of the Dunedin Sound as the site was reduced to rubble this week.
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Post shop operators condemn closures
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Post shop operators condemn closures
The addition of two more NZ Post outlets to be closed, in Oamaru and in the Octagon in Dunedin, has shocked the store’s owners, who have vowed to fight the "ratshit" decision.
Peninsula walker takes a tumble
Peninsula walker takes a tumble
Emergency services rescue a patient after a fall near the Soldier’s Memorial in Highcliff Rd on Otago Peninsula.
Prominent Dunedin man has sex charges dismissed
Prominent Dunedin man has sex charges dismissed
A former Dunedin lawyer and recipient of a Queen’s Birthday honour has had serious sex charges against him dismissed.
Driver 'rammed and punched' in Dunedin road rage
Driver 'rammed and punched' in Dunedin road rage
Police are hunting an angry Dunedin driver who allegedly rammed another car and punched the occupant in the face after exploding into a fit of sudden road rage.
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Champ wasn’t expecting to win
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Champ wasn’t expecting to win
In basketball circles they say "white men can’t jump".
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Year of the Horse celebrations take shape
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Year of the Horse celebrations take shape
Preparations are under way to bring in the Year of the Horse with authentic Chinese lanterns in Dunedin.
Plank-waving pensioner sows panic in Dunedin street
Plank-waving pensioner sows panic in Dunedin street
An intoxicated pensioner waving a knife and a plank of wood around in a Dunedin street caused a passing pedestrian to flee into a nearby address.