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    Solo mother Nicole Chappell says rocketing fuel prices are going to affect the activities of her...

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    Extra $50 per week ‘isn’t going to go far’

    An extra $50 a week to help ease the pain of soaring fuel prices will not go very far, a Dunedin mother of three says.

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    Call for uni to cut ties with Israel-linked tech firm

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    Call for uni to cut ties with Israel-linked tech firm

    A group of University of Otago academics are calling for the institution to reconsider its ties to Palo Alto Networks (PANW) in the wake of the company’s connections to the war in Gaza.

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    Husband, wife’s 11 medals auctioned

    The World War 1 medals of George (seven on left) and Harriet (four on right) Simeon. Photos:...

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    Husband, wife’s 11 medals auctioned

    Sometimes it is the tales behind certain objects that help fetch the best prices at auctions.

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    Composer to retire from university role

    Prominent composer and University of Otago music Emeritus Professor Anthony Ritchie will retire...

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    Composer to retire from university role

    Anthony Ritchie may be retiring from the University of Otago, but that does not mean the prominent composer will be repurposing his copious quantities of empty manuscript.

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    Man who flung dog through window gets pet ban

    Dakia Henare, pictured here in 2021, was the first person in Dunedin to be convicted of wearing a...

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    Man who flung dog through window gets pet ban

    A man who flung a dog and shattered a window has been banned from pet ownership for a year.

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    New Kainga Ora houses make ‘place look loved again’

    One of the new Kāinga Ora housing developments in Mosgiel. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    New Kainga Ora houses make ‘place look loved again’

    New Kāinga Ora housing developments in Mosgiel are bringing vitality back to what have been described as some tired-looking streets, making them ‘‘look loved’’ again.

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    Ong nominates himself for NZME board

     Benedict Ong

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    Ong nominates himself for NZME board

    Embattled Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong is looking to expand his governance portfolio, nominating himself to become a director on the board of media company NZME.

    Fall off sea wall leaves one seriously injured

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    Fall off sea wall leaves one seriously injured

    A person was taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling off a 2.5m sea wall in Macandrew Bay.

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    Food safety lab to focus on human behaviour

    Miranda Mirosa

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    Food safety lab to focus on human behaviour

    Some people have been put off eating what used to be their favourite food after getting a bad dose of food poisoning from it.

    Minor injuries to pair after car lands in ditch

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    Minor injuries to pair after car lands in ditch

    Emergency services respond to a car that crashed into a ditch yesterday.

    New push to drill for oil off Otago coast

    CBX Energy has applied to drill in the Canterbury Basin. Photo: New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals

    New push to drill for oil off Otago coast

    A newly-formed company is launching a fresh bid to find oil and gas off the coast of Otago.

    Long weekend, longer bubble

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    Long weekend, longer bubble

    Dunedin cousins Florence Stockwell, 3, and Gus Stasso, 1, lap up a long weekend together with family at Pounawea.

    Hunters urged to be 100% sure of target

    Gun City Dunedin manager John Simpson adds an orange hat to a shop mannequin as deerstalkers...

    Hunters urged to be 100% sure of target

    Deerstalkers are being urged to be 100% sure of their targets when they head into the hills for the roar this year.

    Tuna return to South Dunedin

    Dunedin artist Aroha Novak stands by her nearly completed Glasgow St mural, which includes a...

    Tuna return to South Dunedin

    A Dunedin artist has paid tribute to South Dunedin’s traditional name and historical estuary in a new mural.

    A ship came up the harbour

    A ship came up the harbour

    Container ship Maersk Rio Delta passes Careys Bay as it makes its way up Otago Harbour yesterday morning.

    Fund open for applications, $919k allotted

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    Fund open for applications, $919k allotted

    Otago's contestable fund for environmental projects across the region opened last week for applications.

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    $123k paid to chair’s company

    Donna Matahaere-Atariki

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    $123k paid to chair’s company

    Te Kāika paid $123,000 into a private company 100% owned by its chairwoman, the under-investigation charity’s accounts reveal.

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    Firefighting contest tests skill, speed

    Glenorchy Fire Brigade rural firefighters (from left) Matheus Silva and Will McBeth compete in...

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    Firefighting contest tests skill, speed

    With nine volunteer fire brigades running around a Dunedin park, the city may have been the safest place to be over the weekend.

    Race Relations Day chance to ‘bring people together’

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Race Relations Day chance to ‘bring people together’

    Kazbah Studio dancers (from left) Sylvia Edge, Stefanie Kalmakof and Amanda Kennedy perform at the 2026 Race Relations Day event at the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum on Saturday.

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    All aboard knitting, chatting

    Preparing to knit their way to Oamaru while aboard The Seasider train are (from left) Sue Partel,...

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    All aboard knitting, chatting

    Plenty of yarns were spun when almost 200 knitters clambered into five train carriages destined for Oamaru at the weekend.
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