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    PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Rubbernecker fined for filming motorway crash scene

    A "rubbernecking" man was fined for filming while driving at a crash scene on Dunedin’s Southern Motorway yesterday.

    Light show to celebrate Matariki in Dunedin

    Mana Moana: Ōtepoti artwork ‘Ki uta ki tai’ by Louise Potiki Bryant

    Light show to celebrate Matariki in Dunedin

    Dunedin will celebrate the first official Matariki holiday with a multi-day light show.

    Upgrade on way for Mosgiel pocket parks

    Upgrade on way for Mosgiel pocket parks

    Work will soon begin on upgrades for the pocket parks in Mosgiel’s main street.

    University leader’s lofty feat benefits youth trust

    University of Otago vice-chancellor Prof David Murdoch comes to a gentle stop following a 35m...

    University leader’s lofty feat benefits youth trust

    Heights don't bother David Murdoch. What does is the thought of a sudden stop at the bottom.

    Beehive bandit hit peace garden

    Dunedin apiarist the Rev Richard Dawson is disappointed his hive was stolen from a peace garden...

    Beehive bandit hit peace garden

    Thousands of bees are likely to die after being stolen from a central Dunedin peace garden.

    Child abuse material offender gets parole

    Geordy Johnstone will be released to Dunedin while on parole. PHOTO: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

    Child abuse material offender gets parole

    A sex offender caught with a massive haul of child abuse and bestiality material will be released from prison this month.

    Claim airport more of a bird risk than landfill

    Seagulls at the Green Island landfill. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.

    Claim airport more of a bird risk than landfill

    Dunedin Airport’s own practices concerning birds do more to raise the risk to aviation safety than the proposed Smooth Hill landfill would, the Dunedin City Council’s aviation expert says.

    737 new Covid cases and two deaths in South

    Photo: Getty Images

    737 new Covid cases and two deaths in South

    There are 737 cases of Covid, 28 hospitalisations and two deaths to report in the South today, as national figures jump and the death toll passes 1000. 

    Victim felt violated and ‘powerless’

    The woman faces seven counts of intending to cause grievous bodily harm by administering poison —...

    Victim felt violated and ‘powerless’

    A Mosgiel man who sexually assaulted a woman who gave him a lift home from a bar left her feeling powerless and violated, a court has heard.

    Tenors ready to rock Mayfair Theatre

    Dunedin tenors (from left) Steve Jones, Luke Butson, Justin Wilson, Max Beal and Greg MacLeod...

    Dunedin tenors ready to rock Mayfair Theatre

    Screaming guitars, big hair, smouldering looks, very tight jeans and hoarse voices - you can expect a major late-20th-century musical flashback when Rock Tenors play the Mayfair Theatre in July.

    Accessory to Dunedin homicide jailed

    Tialoren Topping. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

    Accessory to Dunedin homicide jailed

    A woman who acted as an accessory to a Dunedin homicide has been jailed for 13 months.

    Bank vetoes couple’s war aid method

    Holding the eftpos machine used to send thousands of dollars overseas from their Dunedin store...

    Bank vetoes couple’s war aid method

    The Ukrainian owners of a Dunedin business are desperate for a cheap and fast way to transfer money home after they were banned from using the eftpos machine in their store.

    Psychopaths’ ways likely to stick: study

    Respondents said 99% were manipulative, 94% engaged in antisocial behaviour, 93% were emotionally...

    Psychopaths’ ways likely to stick: study

    Psychopaths and people with antisocial personality disorders rarely mellow with age, new University of Otago research has found.

    Flu outbreak ‘widespread’

    Southern District Health Board medical officer of health Dr Susan Jack. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Flu outbreak ‘widespread’

    The first big flu season in several years has hit at least one Dunedin secondary school which has recorded daily absences reaching into triple figures.

    Southern death toll 50

    Testing "strongly indicates" the traveller who arrived in Sydney last week before the latest...

    Southern death toll 50

    A grim milestone was reached in the South yesterday as the region registered its 50th Covid-19 death since the start of the pandemic.

    Another chance to name hospital hammer

    Standing beside the unnamed 14-tonne pile driving hammer are (from left) site supervisor Simon...

    Another chance to name hospital hammer

    We are again asking people to vote to choose the name of the 14-tonne hammer commissioned to build the new Dunedin Hospital.

    Yelling disturbs residents

    Yelling disturbs residents

    A Dunedin man who disturbed residents of the suburb of Wakari by yelling after allegedly crashing a vehicle was located by police and breath-tested.

    Bus service for Palmerston confirmed

    Palmerston has the numbers. Photos by Craig Baxter.

    Bus service for Palmerston confirmed

    The weekend bus service for Palmerston has been confirmed and will start on May 28.

    Sir Ian honoured, humble about honorary doctorate

    Sir Ian Taylor is to receive an honorary doctor of commerce degree at the University of Otago...

    Sir Ian honoured, humble about honorary doctorate

    Prominent Dunedin businessman, innovator and TV personality Sir Ian Taylor is to receive an honorary doctor of commerce degree from Otago University for his contribution to business and the city.

    Residents disturbed by yelling man

    Police were called to the crash on Highsted Rd last night. Photo: Supplied

    Residents disturbed by yelling man

    Some Dunedin residents were disturbed early today by a man running down a street yelling after crashing his car.
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      Ribbon cut on first of 47 St Kilda townhouses

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      Bank vetoes couple’s war aid method

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      Beehive bandit hit peace garden

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      New-look midfield combo have history

    • Property owner Roger Monk is restoring this 1870s barn. Photo: Susan Cleaver

      New life for old Arrowtown barn

    • A conceptual plan of the Hanover Place apartment building approved for the corner 
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      CBD apartment plan approved

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