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Strong case to overturn protection: university

The University of Otago is appealing a Dunedin City Council decision to give heritage protection...

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Strong case to overturn protection: university

A strong case exists to overturn unwanted heritage protection for award-winning brutalist lecture theatres planned for demolition, the University of Otago says.

One injured in Halfway Bush crash

Police at the scene this morning. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

One injured in Halfway Bush crash

A person has been taken to hospital with moderate injuries after a crash in Dunedin.

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Tunnel section of trail project all go

Fulton Hogan project engineer Josh MacKenzie (left) shows Tunnels Trail Trust trustees (from...

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Tunnel section of trail project all go

The backers of a Dunedin cycle trail 20 years in the making can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Ongoing attacks on candidates 'toxic'

Mayoral candidate Andrew Simms explains how police were called to an electoral meeting in Port...

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Ongoing attacks on candidates called toxic

Police were called to a Dunedin candidate meeting where a heckler’s verbal abuse threatened to escalate to violence, reflecting the "sad state of affairs" on the campaign trail, candidates say.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Mosgiel

Emergency services were called to Gordon Rd, Mosgiel, this afternoon. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Mosgiel

A pedestrian has suffered moderate injuries after being stuck by a vehicle in Mosgiel, police say.

Notable moment in the Octagon

Westlake Boys’ High School student Constatine Mataafa, 17, practises for the Big Sing finale in the Octagon yesterday.

Special Rigs for kids ready to roll

Special Rigs for Special Kids committee president Greg Inch cleans one of his trucks in...

Special Rigs for kids ready to roll

Southern truck drivers are taking a day off on Sunday to put smiles on the faces of special needs children in Dunedin.

Q&A Dunedin City Council mayoralty candidates

Q&A Dunedin City Council mayoralty candidates

The ODT asked Dunedin mayoralty candidates about navigating key challenges and their priorities.

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Safety call for motorcyclists

As temperatures start to rise and the roads get drier around the southern regions, motorcyclists start dusting off their pride and joy before heading for the open road.

Dunedin welcomes new MP

Dunedin has a new member of Parliament, former West Coast MP Damien O’Connor having recently moved south.

ODT digital edition app restored

ODT's digital edition app is now working again for readers.

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Poignant connection with netball trophy

St Hilda’s captain Aya Moetaua after winning the South Island secondary school title in Dunedin...

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Poignant connection with netball trophy

Like mother, like daughter. When St Hilda’s captain Aya Moetaua lifted the South Island secondary schools netball trophy this week, there was an engraving on the shield that meant more than most.

OUSA ‘has forgotten who it serves’: student representative

OUSA ‘has forgotten who it serves’: student representative

A student representative asked to resign by the Otago University Student’s Association is refusing to go, saying the student body has forgotten who it serves.

Seaside paradise

The Seychelles? The Cook Islands? The Caribbean? In fact, it is Deborah Bay in Otago Harbour, where boats sat at anchor recently above a mosaic of sand and seaweed.

Privilege to work on windows, artist says

Privilege to work on windows, artist says

Stained glass artist Peter Mackenzie talks to the Friends of First Church yesterday about his work repairing the church’s windows.

Two airlifted to hospital in serious condition as ute rolls

Two airlifted to hospital in serious condition as ute rolls

Two people were airlifted to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition after a ute rolled in a remote area near Lake Hāwea on Thursday.

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Discovery of viruses not seen as alarming

University of Otago genetics graduate Dr Rebecca Grimwood (left) and University of Otago...

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Discovery of viruses not seen as alarming

Researchers say there is no need for alarm after 83 endemic novel viruses were recently discovered in New Zealand.

Obituary: Visionary who founded landmark study

Dunedin Study founder Phil Silva. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Obituary: Visionary who founded landmark study

Phil Silva personally raised plenty of children of his own, but it was the 1037 other children he "raised" — the original cohort in what is now known worldwide as the Dunedin Study — who will be his professional legacy.

Belligerent boozer lashes out at cops

An "overly intoxicated" Dunedin man turned away from a central city bottle store caused a further ruckus when police arrived on the scene.

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