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Actors thrilled with theatre award wins

Actor Max Beal as the poet in An Iliad. Photos: supplied

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Actors thrilled with theatre award wins

In between working part-time at a cafe, officiating weddings and funerals and being a solo-mother, a Dunedin comic has forged a successful career in theatre.

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Coverage denied over risk of flood

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Coverage denied over risk of flood

A Taieri homeowner was shocked to be refused home insurance because of flood risk when shopping around for a lower premium.

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New murals in the works for festival

Dunedin mural artist Guy Howard renders a permanent reminder of summer on a Bellona St wall in St...

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New murals in the works for festival

Scenes of summer are emerging on walls across southern Dunedin.

Chasing rainbows

Chasing rainbows

If you live in the West Harbour area of Dunedin, and you look in the right places, you may find a couple of pots of gold.

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A new life for Layla

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A new life for Layla

An adopted dog and her new owner are settling into a routine that involves a backyard, the beach, and being on the couch.

National puts candidate on ballot again

National puts candidate on ballot again

The race for the Taieri electorate in the 2026 general election will look very much like the 2023 contest, National having confirmed that Matthew French will once more contest the seat.

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Tree a symbol of friends’ time together

Long-serving Dunedin Botanic Garden staff and good friends (from left) Robyn Abernethy, Linda...

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Tree a symbol of friends’ time together

Officially, the European beech tree planted at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday was something to fill a space in the avenue of mature European beeches

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New model for grants looked into

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New model for grants looked into

Councillors will mull significant changes to the way Dunedin’s grants are dished out in an attempt to nail down an approach to community funding.

Photo competition entries nearly double

Tūhura Otago Museum marketing manager Charlie Buchan admires a photo of a kea, by Giles Bryant,...

Photo competition entries nearly double

Something appears to have clicked after the number of entries in this year’s Tūhura Otago Museum annual photography competition shattered the previous record.

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Proposal to undermine regional authority: ORC

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Proposal to undermine regional authority: ORC

The Otago Regional Council has agreed local government must change but the new proposal will create unavoidable conflicts of interest

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Spiritualist church gets new look

Dunedin Spiritualist Church president Lisa Williams at its newly renovated South Dunedin site....

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Spiritualist church gets new look

A South Dunedin spiritualist church has received a facelift.

Student's head cut by flying bottle as parties rev up again

Flo-Week kicked off with a back-to-school themed party in an area shared by many flats nicknamed...

Student's head cut by flying bottle as parties rev up again

A Dunedin student had to be taken to hospital with a "decent cut" after a bottle was thrown at his head on the first night of Flo-Week parties.

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‘Wee bit expensive’ but ‘relief’ cat allowed

Dunedin woman Emily Dixon’s beloved 11-year-old cat, Nala. PHOTO: EMILY DIXON

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‘Wee bit expensive’ but ‘relief’ cat allowed

For a Dunedin renter and cat owner, the introduction of a pet bond has lifted a large weight off her shoulders — despite the price.

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Decapitated fur seals found on Dunedin beach

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Sharks or humans: anger, questions over seal deaths

Department of Conservation staff are not ruling out human involvement in the decapitation of at least two New Zealand fur seals found dead on a Dunedin beach.

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Contest win down to ‘story in the image’

Waitahuna freelance photographer Susan Church holds up her Australia New Zealand Sony Alpha...

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Contest win down to ‘story in the image’

Concerned, encouraging, inquisitive, disbelieving, holding on for dear life — the facial expressions in Susan Church’s award-winning photo say it all.

Quick response to burning tractor

Quick response to burning tractor

Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff attend a tractor fire above Concord, in Dunedin, which sent large plumes of thick black smoke across the area yesterday afternoon.

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