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    Fear Dunedin school lunch waste increasing with external suppliers

    University of Otago master of science in human nutrition graduate Zahrah Hatraby collects food...

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    Fear Dunedin school lunch waste increasing with external suppliers

    A University of Otago researcher, who found about a third of food from the healthy lunches programme was going to the landfill, is fearful the situation has become worse

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    Otago uni to make recordings of all lectures

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    Otago uni to make recordings of all lectures

    All lectures at the University of Otago will be available in recorded form from next year amid concern that fewer students are showing up to lectures.

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    Tūhura photo competition opening to entries nationwide

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

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    Tūhura photo competition opening to entries nationwide

    Tūhura Otago Museum has widened the frame on its popular wildlife and nature photography competition, and opened it up to photographers across New Zealand.

    Search for antibiotic receives $1.16m

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    Search for antibiotic receives $1.16m

    A search for an antibiotic for multi-drug resistant and hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, has received a $1.16 million fellowship to support the research.

    Mr Blue Sky, where did we go wrong?

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    Mr Blue Sky, where did we go wrong?

    Threatening clouds rolled over Dunedin yesterday morning, bringing thunder and hail.

    Man in court after wave of Dunedin arson attacks

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    Man in court after wave of Dunedin arson attacks

    A man allegedly behind a spate of Dunedin fires, including a blaze at a derelict former hospital, will remain in prison for now. 

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    Ong’s bid to chair new funding committee ‘a stretch’: mayor

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    Ong’s bid to chair new funding committee ‘a stretch’: mayor

    A third Dunedin city councillor is seeking a shake-up to the city’s governance, this time asking to chair a new committee to oversee council funding sources.

    Youth worker punched, stomped teen 'with significant force'

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    Youth worker punched, stomped teen 'with significant force'

    A former Youth Justice worker punched a teenager up to 15 times then told police he was the victim, a court has heard. 

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    Sailing to Antarctica ‘exciting, terrifying — but in the best way’

    Royal Albatross Centre guide and educator Libby Manning is about to take a month off work on the...

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    Sailing to Antarctica ‘exciting, terrifying — but in the best way’

    Going to Antarctica in the comfort of a modern-day vessel is one thing, but to do it on a historic, 1911, three-masted sailing ship is quite another.

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    A father's tribute: Dunedin Christmas tree farm reborn

    Christmas tree farmer John Munro only has a handful of trees left to sell this season and is...

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    A father's tribute: Dunedin Christmas tree farm reborn

    A Dunedin man turning his Christmas tree farm into the slice of wonderland it once was, hopes it would have made his son happy.

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    OK sought to clean up war hero’s gravestone

    Otago Military Historical Group members Peter Trevathan (left) and Bernie Flaherty at Lieutenant...

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    OK sought to clean up war hero’s gravestone

    A pair of military grave restorers are putting the call out to a Dunedin war hero’s family to get the go-ahead to refurbish his memorial.

    Rock lobster catch set to rise; reserve next steps decided

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    Rock lobster catch set to rise; reserve next steps decided

    The tide appears to be coming in at the right time for the Otago rock lobster industry as its catch is set to increase and it has been allowed to resubmit on a contentious marine reserve.

    Severe thunderstorm warning lifted

    Lighting in the sky above Milton earlier today. Photo: Jessica Edwards-Walker

    Weather latest: Severe thunderstorm warning lifted

    A severe thunderstorm near Hindon has eased and the wider thunderstorms warning for Otago has been lifted, MetService says.

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    Woman gets detention for drunk-ramming car

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    Woman gets detention for drunk-ramming car

    A drunken 20-year-old who deliberately rammed another vehicle at speed after a late-night dispute has been sentenced to home detention.

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    Simms outspends others, fronts team

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    Simms outspends others, fronts team

    Campaign finance of more than $70,000 was provided by unsuccessful Dunedin mayoral candidate Andrew Simms to members of his team, including two who jumped ship.

    'We were literally running for our lives'

    Mourners gather to lay flowers at Bondi Beach yesterday after a mass shooting near a Hanukkah...

    'We were literally running for our lives'

    A Dunedin mother who was caught in the middle of the Bondi mass shooting says it was "what worst nightmares are made of".

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    Man denied parole after assaults

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    Man denied parole after assaults

    A convicted murderer — and one of New Zealand’s longest serving inmates — will remain behind bars after confronting Otago Corrections officers with a knife.

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    Not your ordinary motorbike club

    Southern Classics member Pat Wheatley stands beside his 2006 Triumph Scrambler 900 during a catch...

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    Not your ordinary motorbike club

    Pat Wheatley reckons he is like most men — an idiot.

    Wastewater decision ‘best Christmas present ever’

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    Wastewater decision ‘best Christmas present ever’

    Forbury residents are hailing it "the best Christmas present ever" as the regional council takes action against sewage overflows into their street.

    Medical centre ditches after-hours service

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    Medical centre ditches after-hours service

    The Mornington Medical Centre is no longer providing an after-hours care service, as Dunedin Urgent Doctors moves to a 24/7 model.
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