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    Runners and walkers gather at the Otago Peninsula Fallen Soldiers Memorial on Anzac Day. Saturday...

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    Climb to soldiers’ memorial tough but hilltop view ‘absolutely beautiful’

    Anzac Day was a time for both reflection and exercise for participants in a Dunedin excursion.

    Sacrifices of ‘thousands upon thousands’ recalled

    The ground shook as a 25-pounder field gun fired a salute at the start of the Dunedin dawn...

    Sacrifices of ‘thousands upon thousands’ recalled

    Gathering at the Dunedin Cenotaph in Queens Gardens on Anzac Day provides an opportunity to remember.

    Dynamic tones abound in revue

    Knox Church. Photo by Peter McIntosh.

    Dynamic tones abound in revue

    Dunedin RSA Choir with musical director Karen Knudsen were in excellent voice for their annual Anzac Revue in Knox Church on Saturday evening.

    Taoist-infused jazz played totally in sync

    Hanover Hall. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Taoist-infused jazz played totally in sync

    A near-capacity house gathered to hear the Taoist-infused jazz of Jake Baxendale and Waypeople on Anzac Day at Hanover Hall.

    Handmade yacht takes to harbour

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    Handmade yacht takes to harbour

    The Huia opened its sails on Otago Harbour for an Anzac Day outing on Saturday.

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    Wearing medals no heavy task

    Ronin Parker wears his grandfather Mal Parker’s service medals at the Dunedin dawn service at the...

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    Wearing medals no heavy task

    Many of Dunedin’s youngest residents are pleased as punch to get to wear their grandfathers’ and great-grandfathers’ hard-earned medals, and it was no different for 7-year-old Ronin Parker.

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    Special jerseys honour Green Island servicemen

    Walter Beer-Williams (left), his dad Josh Beer-Williams (centre) and Jaxon Chatfield-Jolly lead...

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    Special jerseys honour Green Island servicemen

    For Green Island rugby players who have green and gold running through their veins, it took a few moments to embrace having some red on their jerseys during Saturday’s game.

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    Veterans advocate scolds Trump in speech

    Montecillo Trust chairman David More gave a pointed speech at the Montecillo Veterans Home &...

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    Veterans advocate scolds Trump in speech

    The chairman of a Dunedin war veterans retirement home has taken aim at Donald Trump, saying the United States president has set the world on a path similar to conditions that ignited World War 2.

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    Latest fire at derelict building ‘suspicious’

    Police attend the scene of a suspicious fire at the former Great King St premises of CCS...

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    Latest fire at derelict building ‘suspicious’

    Police are treating the latest fire at a derelict Dunedin building where a man was previously found dead as "suspicious".

    Person critical after alleged stabbing leaves trail of blood in central Dunedin

    Police arrest a man on the ground after an alleged stabbing in Dunedin's Heriot Row this morning....

    Person critical after alleged stabbing leaves trail of blood in central Dunedin

    Police are appealing to the public for information after an alleged stabbing in central Dunedin on Saturday morning left one person in a critical condition.

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    Highlanders youth avoids conviction

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    Highlanders youth avoids conviction

    An under-20 Highlanders rugby player who beat up a man and stomped on his head has sidestepped a conviction to protect his ‘‘high prospects’’.

    Citycare Water gets contract

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    Citycare Water gets contract

    A water infrastructure maintenance contract worth $145 million has been awarded by the Dunedin City Council to Citycare Water.

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    Flat found for former refugee after ‘ODT’ story

    Shadi Al Mahamid, who has been living in his car at St Clair for seven months, now has a...

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    Flat found for former refugee after ‘ODT’ story

    A roof was found for a Dunedin homeless man the day after he told his story to the Otago Daily Times.

    Obituary: a scholar of how we live and eat

    Helen Leach with her Christmas cake book. Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Obituary: a scholar of how we live and eat

    New Zealand and Australia have been arguing over the origins of the beloved pavlova for decades but that never fazed Helen Leach.

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    Number of declined referrals ‘awful but not surprising’

    Despite multiple assessments Mrs A's cancer went undiagnosed for months. Photo: Getty Images

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    Number of declined referrals ‘awful but not surprising’

    A Dunedin woman was left to suffer after having three referrals for X-rays rejected as Health New Zealand declines almost 20,000 requests for treatment a year in the South.

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    Name change ‘brings everything together’

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    Name change ‘brings everything together’

    The company now named Dunedin Railway Station says it is bringing everything together. Others are a bit confused.

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    Extra poignancy to Anzac posy-making

    Dunedin Returned and Services Association posy-making co-ordinator Sally Turner holds some of the...

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    Extra poignancy to Anzac posy-making

    Being surrounded by Royal New Zealand Navy equipment in the cavernous HMNZS Toroa base in Dunedin is the perfect environment for making posies for Anzac Day.

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    Officers’ accidental Drag Bingo turns a winner

    Dunedin police officers Constable Eli Stafford-Rogers (left) and Constable Jackson Jones were...

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    Officers’ accidental Drag Bingo turns a winner

    It was unclear who got a louder applause — Dame Jacinda Ardern during the Dunedin leg of her book tour, or two local police officers who unwittingly took part in a drag act next door.

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    Slow start to voting in council by-election

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    Slow start to voting in council by-election

    Only one in 10 voters have had their say in Dunedin’s by-election.

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    Ong almost ejected from council meeting

    Cr Benedict Ong. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Ong almost ejected from council meeting

    A controversial Dunedin city councillor came close to getting himself ejected from a meeting over a stadium hotel reference.
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      School’s first male principal appointed

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