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Brave souls take on icy dip
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Brave souls take on icy dip
Apparently, real Scotsmen never wear underwear under their kilts.
Dunedin
Buildings in orange hue to promote fundraiser
Buildings in orange hue to promote fundraiser
No, Dunedin was not going full out in support of the Netherlands at the Fifa World Cup by lighting up landmarks with orange floodlights at the weekend.
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University geology museum in ‘very select group’
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University geology museum in ‘very select group’
The University of Otago’s geology museum has been made one of 32 International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) ‘‘geo-collections of global importance’’.
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Fellowship will foster research in diseases
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Fellowship will foster research in diseases
A strong focus on emerging infectious diseases has landed a University of Otago evolutionary biologist and virologist a fellowship to do research at one of Scotland’s oldest universities.
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Questions linger over potential plans for South Dunedin
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Questions linger over potential plans for South Dunedin
An unconfirmed plan that could require the loss of one in four South Dunedin homes has been met with a noisy political backlash that may not reflect public sentiment.
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Ong to rally council to stop govt removing fees-free policy
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Ong to rally council to stop govt removing fees-free policy
The government could be urged to reconsider scrapping a scheme that reimburses students for final-year fees if Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong gets his way.
Bookworms brace for word wars
Bookworms brace for word wars
St Leonards pupils read their favourite books ahead of the Otago Literacy Association’s inaugural Ōtepoti Literacy Challenge.
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Findings offer more depth to ‘Pavlov’s Dogs’ experiment
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Findings offer more depth to ‘Pavlov’s Dogs’ experiment
Findings from a replication of the ‘‘Pavlov’s Dogs’’ experiment at the University of Otago, may have benefits for people with Parkinson’s disease.
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Pupils dig new wetland behind East Taieri School
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Pupils dig new wetland behind East Taieri School
Ground has finally been broken in the development of an urban wetland around the back of a Dunedin primary school.
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Goal to show best of Irish culture
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Goal to show best of Irish culture
Like most Irishmen, Che McGivern says he has ‘‘a very particular set of skills’’.
Athletes gearing up for Commonwealth Games
Athletes gearing up for Commonwealth Games
Two exceptional athletes with Dunedin roots are ready to take on the world.
Students get hands-on forestry lesson
Students get hands-on forestry lesson
The classroom became trees and machines for a group of Taieri College students, taking the opportunity to see how to cut and thin trees.
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Reminder of speed and impact of burns
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Reminder of speed and impact of burns
Brayden Warnock-Hannon had just finished making himself some 2-minute noodles on the range, and when he reached over to turn off the element, his jersey touched it and instantly went up in flames.
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Shock at tenfold rate increase
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Shock at tenfold rate increase
A Green Island couple are reeling from a shock 910% rates hike.
Lightbulb moment as homeowner puts on midwinter show
Lightbulb moment as homeowner puts on midwinter show
Mosgiel resident Richard Milmine stands outside his home in Elizabeth Ave, lit up with a midwinter light show.
Obituary: Eric Officer, piano tuner
Obituary: Eric Officer, piano tuner
You would be hard-pressed to find a musician in Dunedin whose instrument did not at one point receive the care and attention of piano tuner Eric Officer.
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Pupils wear support for trust on their sleeves
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Pupils wear support for trust on their sleeves
What better way to add some sunshine to your teacher’s day than by getting the whole school dressed head to toe in yellow.
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‘Blood of Christ’ excuse fails priest
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‘Blood of Christ’ excuse fails priest
A Dunedin priest and school chaplain has been suspended from public roles after drink-driving at nearly four times the legal limit.
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Man jailed after squirting mum with tomato sauce
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Man jailed after squirting mum with tomato sauce
A Dunedin man spraying his mother with tomato sauce was reminiscent of a scene from Once Were Warriors, a judge says.
Tasered Brockville man pepper-sprayed in hospital
Tasered Brockville man pepper-sprayed in hospital
A Dunedin man tasered by police was also pepper-sprayed after allegedly acting up while receiving medical care for the tasering.