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Bus driver ‘a fighter’ who gave his all for his family

A Dunedin bus driver who was given a second lease on life has been remembered as "a fighter" who used his final moments to give back to his family.

Height associated with cancer risk

Height associated with cancer risk

The tall and short of it is, new research shows the many different types of genetic factors that can influence height in people can also affect their health.

Trading big game for ducks

Vincent (left), his father Cobus Franklin, Nathan and his father Wayne Wade look forward to the...

Trading big game for ducks

You will be aiming for mallards if you want the best-tasting duck tacos this weekend, 17-year-old Nathan Wade says.

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‘Saddened’ by demolition, but ‘safety is paramount’

An image taken during the drone inspection of the chimney stack shows significant cracks. PHOTO:...

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‘Saddened’ by demolition, but ‘safety is paramount’

The decision to pull down part of the Dunedin Gasworks Museum is a sad but necessary one, a museum trustee says.

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Right turn may be axed: NZTA

Traffic turns right off St Andrew St into Cumberland St, Dunedin, yesterday. Transport officials...

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Right turn may be axed: NZTA

A well-used right turn on to State Highway 1 in central Dunedin could be removed, it has been signalled.

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Council set to put issue of glass bottles back in play

Litter lies strewn in Castle St yesterday, the debris of a night of revelry in the student...

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Council set to put issue of glass bottles back in play

The issue of glass bottles in North Dunedin is about to become a "high-priority topic" as the council prepares to send its alcohol policy back to the drawing board.

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Dentistry PhD research ‘a very new area’

Dentistry PhD student Vaishnavi Yeleswarapu with one of the comics she has created to promote...

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Dentistry PhD research ‘a very new area’

When Vaishnavi Yeleswarapu tentatively suggested producing a comic book for her PhD in dentistry, she expected an overanimated and colourless frown from her supervisor.

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Plans to slash mental health beds horrify

Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Otago School of Medicine Dr Yoram Barak. PHOTO: PETER...

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Plans to slash mental health beds horrify

Plans to slash the number of mental health beds for older people at the new Dunedin hospital even further than first feared have horrified aged-care advocates.

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New gallery welcomes art 'a little rough around the edges'

Hanging out in their crowdfunded gallery space are Dunedin artists (from left) Isabella Lepoamo,...

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New gallery welcomes art 'a little rough around the edges'

A team of recent art school graduates hope the launch of their new crowdfunded gallery will help emerging Dunedin artists make their mark on the city’s arts scene.

Incubator to help babies in a new way

Little miracles Dunedin family support co-ordinator Shelley Gormon (centre) and Dunedin hospital...

Incubator to help babies in a new way

A piece of lifesaving equipment has a found a new home in a Dunedin supermarket, continuing to support New Zealand’s littlest miracles.

Ooops . . . fleeing driver's ankle bracelet dobs him in

Police pull over a vehicle in Horse Range Rd, Palmerston, yesterday. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

Ooops . . . fleeing driver's ankle bracelet dobs him in

A Dunedin man who took police on a 60km chase up to Palmerston may have been wondering why he just could not shake them off.

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Commercial rents for South D library staying

Dunedin city councillor Carmen Houlahan (left) and Grey Power Otago president Jo Millar want the...

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Commercial rents for South D library staying

Commercial rents for the top floor of the South Dunedin library complex are going nowhere.

'Speeding' driver plunges into Leith

A woman allegedly speeding beside the Water of Leith slid off the road and plunged into the river after losing control.

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Rainbow crossing on horizon: councillor

Dunedin city councillor Mandy Mayhem. Photo: ODT files

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Rainbow crossing on horizon: councillor

Dunedin city councillor Mandy Mayhem hopes to be dancing over a Dunedin rainbow crossing before the year is out.

‘Thrilled’ sculpture removed from hospital

The 1980 artwork Water Sculpture, by Dunedin artist and convicted child sex offender John...

‘Thrilled’ sculpture removed from hospital

A nearly half-a-century-old copper sculpture by convicted child sex offender and artist John Middleditch has been uprooted from Dunedin Hospital.

Clampdown on St Clair parking signalled

All-day parking spaces along the Esplanade and nearby roads are earmarked to become time...

Clampdown on St Clair parking signalled

The days of parking up all day for a surf at St Clair beach could be numbered.

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DCC ‘party poopers’ nix fireworks

The new year was celebrated with a fireworks display in the Octagon in Dunedin. Photo Peter McIntosh

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DCC ‘party poopers’ nix fireworks

Calls to reinstate a fireworks display for Dunedin’s New Year’s Eve celebrations have been snuffed out.

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Rally to protest ‘preposterous’ Bill

Dunedin rally organisers (from left) Mika Danks, Oscar Bartle, Neave Ashton, Brandon Johnstone...

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Rally to protest ‘preposterous’ Bill

Organisations around Dunedin are joining forces to stand with the city’s transgender community against a proposed Bill they call "preposterous".

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ICU beds: Mayor has 'no intention’ of fighting cut

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ICU beds: Mayor has 'no intention’ of fighting cut

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says he has no problem with the govt’s plan to cut a third of intensive care unit beds from the city’s new hospital and has "no intention" of fighting the move.

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Teen car thieves to go unpunished

Andersons Bay resident Breeanna Rawlinson with her Mazda Demio which was stolen from outside her...

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Teen car thieves to go unpunished

A Dunedin woman says she is being "punished for someone else’s crime" after the teenagers who stole her car got away with a "mere slap on the hand".

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