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    War medics’ links to Otago

    Lee George Russell guards a captive, Hamish Norton, while Rolien Ham-Geliefde provides treatment...

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    War medics’ links to Otago

    Simulated aid stations provided a good clue about what else might be in the vicinity as acknowledgement of the Otago Medical School’s 150th anniversary continued into the weekend.

    Small in stature, big on commitment

    Southern player Utalia Moataane, 6, charges on at the annual Taieri sevens junior rugby...

    Small in stature, big on commitment

    At least 1000 young rugby players faced off on the field during an annual tournament in Dunedin yesterday.

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    Debt-funded grants wrong, councillor says

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    Debt-funded grants wrong, councillor says

    Tweaking rules to enable theatre venues not owned by the Dunedin City Council to be developed with council debt might be "clever", but also wrong, a councillor says.

    A shimmering light at night

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    A shimmering light at night

    Aurora Australis is visible to the naked eye in Highcliff Rd, overlooking Boulder Beach, on Otago Peninsula about 7.30pm yesterday. 

    Otago King's Birthday honours 2025

    Otago King's Birthday honours 2025

    An in-depth look at the Otago recipients of King's Birthday Honours.

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    Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan

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    Vandervis takes aim at $100m debt plan

    City councillors have been accused by one of their own of saddling future Dunedin’s ratepayers with almost $100 million of debt.

    Honorary degrees awarded

    Emeritus Prof Dave Gerrard is one of four leading medical graduates of the Otago Medical School...

    Honorary degrees awarded

    It has probably been a long time since David Gerrard felt like a fish out of water.

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    Night in custody result of an error

    Climate activist Adam Currie (centre left) leaves the Dunedin District Court with supporters...

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    Night in custody result of an error

    An unfortunate typo left a Dunedin protester in a police cell for the night before he was cleared of wrongdoing by a judge.

    Believe in yourselves, inductee tells students

    Vietnam War veteran Lox Kellas (left) and former Blackcap Ken Rutherford stand in front of the...

    Believe in yourselves, inductee tells students

    A Vietnam War veteran and a former Black Cap have been honoured by their secondary school in Dunedin.

    Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family

    Green Island prop Aifala Taelega was left with a nasty wound after he was stomped in the head...

    Three-week ban ‘kick in the face’: victim’s family

    The family of a Dunedin club rugby player who was stomped on during a match feel like they have been kicked in the face.

    Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready

    Highland dancers (from left) Eleanor McKay Vercoe, 10, Lara Mills, 8, Elise Cookson, 7, and Lucy...

    Ghillies on, aboynes donned, bagpipes ready

    While many of us will be blissfully sleeping in this weekend, hundreds of Highland and National dancers will be flinging themselves across a stage to the skirl of bagpipes.

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    40 years of service enough for sergeant

    Retiring Dunedin Sergeant Chris George, 61, outside the Dunedin District Court yesterday. PHOTO:...

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    40 years of service enough for sergeant

    From "good old-fashioned dust-ups" to prosecuting criminals in court, retiring sergeant Chris George has done it all.

    Student pub still wanted: referendum

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    Student pub still wanted: referendum

    A new student pub gets a big tick, but a boycott on products with ties to the Israeli government proved less favourable among the student populace.

    Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

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    Not going to police ‘matter of choice’

    A Dunedin secondary school was likely right to not go to police after having $365,000 misappropriated by a staff member, a legal expert says.

    Some towns’ air quality still poor

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    Some towns’ air quality still poor

    While some areas of Otago still face winter air quality exceedances, more than 70% of days across monitored sites during 2024 were classified as "Good".

    Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

    Heriot Row was cordoned off this afternoon while negotiations between police and a man behaving...

    Man arrested after three-hour standoff at Dunedin property

    A standoff with police in central Dunedin this afternoon ended in a man's arrest.

    Seated scooters on city streets

    Photo: Gerard O'Brien

    Seated scooters on city streets

    More Flamingos have flocked to Dunedin, as seated electric scooters, like the one seen here, join the city’s fleet.

    Tug sent abroad to make way for new boat

    Port Otago tug Arihi tows fellow tug Otago from Dunedin to Port Chalmers yesterday, in...

    Tug sent abroad to make way for new boat

    For more than two decades the tug boat Otago has been a familiar sight, plying the Otago Harbour channel with large ships in tow.

    Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

    Tree branches down on Doon St in Waverley after strong winds hit Dunedin overnight. Photo: Gregor...

    Wild winds cut power to parts of peninsula

    An electricity outage on Otago Peninsula is taking longer than expected to resolve after wild winds cut power to hundreds of people.

    ‘Possible handgun’ was a plastic toy

    PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

    ‘Possible handgun’ was a plastic toy

    A policeman talks to a group of secondary school pupils at the corner of Princes and Dowling Sts following an incident at the Great King St bus hub yesterday.
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