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    Beloved brew bash boundless bliss for beer buffs

    Andi Hickey (centre), of Beer Baroness Christchurch, gets up close with the Dunedin Pink...

    Beloved brew bash boundless bliss for beer buffs

    Costumes were the order of the day at the Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival yesterday.

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    Anger at Nazi memorabilia being auctioned

    A Dunedin woman is concerned at the sale of Nazi memorabilia by a Dunedin auction house,...

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    Anger at Nazi memorabilia being auctioned

    Nazi memorabilia has no place at a Dunedin auction house, says a concerned resident urging the business to ditch the items.

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    Shake-up intended to ‘elevate’ governance

    Sophie Barker. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

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    Shake-up intended to ‘elevate’ governance

    New Dunedin Mayor Sophie Barker has shaken up how the city’s elected representatives will govern the council.

    Pupils hope to keep sealife safe, one bag of rubbish at a time

    St Brigid's School Rubbish Rangers Kairo Astilla, Heanock Ignatius, Danelle Dumasis, Levi Daniels...

    Pupils hope to keep sealife safe, one bag of rubbish at a time

    A squad of thirteen 5-year-old children have taken it upon themselves to clean Dunedin.

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    Seaweed’s healing properties investigated

    University of Otago researcher Lyn Wise says seaweed can help heal burn damage on skin. PHOTO:...

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    Seaweed’s healing properties investigated

    Seaweed can help us heal, a University of Otago researcher says.

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    October weather broke many records

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    October weather broke many records

    After a month of highly volatile weather with "violent" winds and rain, few people will be surprised that many long-held records were broken across Otago and Southland during October.

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    Plastic in dentistry to be studied

    University of Otago orthodontics senior lecturer and researcher Dr Adith Venugopal with an...

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    Plastic in dentistry to be studied

    As concerns continue to rise over the effects microplastics and nanoplastics have on human health, University of Otago dentistry researchers are now looking at their use in orthodontics.

    Medicine shortage would kill in crisis: study

    Nick Wilson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Medicine shortage would kill in crisis: study

    Most New Zealanders like to think we could take care of ourselves and survive in the event of a nuclear war, a volcanic winter, or a bioengineered pandemic in the northern hemisphere.

    Study shows bleak long Covid picture

    Sarah Rhodes. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Study shows bleak long Covid picture

    "I almost wish I’d been in a car accident, because then at least I would have some support."

    Garage blaze in Brockville

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Garage blaze in Brockville

    Fire crews were called to a garage fire in Dunedin this morning.

    Ex-Dunedinite McSkimming pleads guilty

    Former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming. PHOTO: RNZ/MARK PAPALII

    Ex-Dunedinite McSkimming pleads guilty

    Former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming, who pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material, went to school in Dunedin and trained as a teacher in the city.

    Pair charged over 'numerous' thefts at supermarket

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    Pair charged over 'numerous' thefts at supermarket

    A man and woman have been charged after a North Dunedin supermarket was targeted about a dozen times, police say.

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    Celebrating ‘fresh’ Dunedin Sound

    The Dunedin City Council is branching out, producing a compilation album of contemporary music....

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    Celebrating ‘fresh’ Dunedin Sound

    A compilation album of contemporary music produced by the Dunedin City Council is receiving mixed reviews before it is recorded.

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    Highest demand for halls

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    Highest demand for halls

    The University of Otago’s residential colleges are bursting at their seams next year, as the institution tries to find the best way to accommodate everyone.

    NZDF moving from hall to new headquarters

    The doors on the historic, 85m-long Kensington Army Hall will be closed for the final time on...

    NZDF moving from hall to new headquarters

    For more than a century the Kensington Army Hall has been a hive of activity for the New Zealand Defence Force’s operations in Dunedin.

    35kg of cocaine worth $12.25m seized in Dunedin

    Customs officers extracted 35 bricks of Lacoste-branded cocaine from the container. Photo: NZ...

    35kg of cocaine worth $12.25m seized in Dunedin

    Customs officers have seized an estimated 35 kilograms of cocaine, with a street value of up to $12.25 million, from a shipping container at Port Chalmers.

    ‘Extraordinary’ writer recognised

    Dunedin author Barbara Else has received a Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement. PHOTO...

    ‘Extraordinary’ writer recognised

    An award-winning Dunedin author has received a Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement.

    Chairs of boards chosen

    Chairs of boards chosen

    Dunedin City Council’s community boards have decided on the people who will chair their meetings.

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    Authorities oppose longer Bottle-O hours

    Bottle-O Cumberland is seeking to extend its opening hours. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    Authorities oppose longer Bottle-O hours

    Some heavy-hitters are lining up to oppose the extension of hours of a prominent bottle store in Dunedin’s student quarter.

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    Otago research bound for Saturn’s largest moon

    Dr Courtney Ennis has been awarded a Marsden Grant from the Te Aparangi Royal Society. PHOTO:...

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    Otago research bound for Saturn’s largest moon

    Courtney Ennis’s research is about to go where no human’s research has gone before.
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