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    ‘Really grateful’ for mouthguards for junior rugby players

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    ‘Really grateful’ for mouthguards for junior rugby players

    Young Dunedin rugby players wear new mouthguards provided by Port Otago.

    Biology Olympiad dream so close

    King’s High School year 13 student Luan Peterle and biology teacher Vicki Jopson get some...

    Biology Olympiad dream so close

    A Dunedin secondary school student’s dream is within reach after he was chosen to represent New Zealand on the world stage.

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    Free laundry service means ‘everything’

    Jason Carey (left) and Gary Bingle, with volunteer Lizzie Webster, were some of the first 
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    Free laundry service means ‘everything’

    A free laundry service has set out on its endeavour to connect with people doing it tough across Dunedin.

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    University tackles fuel crisis impact

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    University tackles fuel crisis impact

    The University of Otago has established a high-powered working group to deal with the ongoing fuel crisis.

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    Fears rules on lead could nix North Dunedin development

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    Fears rules on lead could nix North Dunedin development

    Aspirations for better housing in North Dunedin could be thwarted by the city council’s stance about residual lead in soil, developers say.

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    Councillors dispute pest plan success

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    Councillors dispute pest plan success

    A comment by an Otago regional councillor on pest plans has been labelled a ‘‘joke’’ and ‘‘ludicrous’’ by a fellow councillor.

    'Your socks or your bitches': Gang's ultimatum before 'sickening' Dunedin attack

    Ring-leader of the Mongrel Mob group John-Boy Toa Rakete, 32, was jailed for three years 11 months.

    'Your socks or your bitches': Gang's ultimatum before 'sickening' Dunedin attack

    A “sickening” pack attack on a group of students at a 21st party in North Dunedin has led to three gang members being locked up.

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    Demolishing Archway lecture theatres a ‘waste’, expert says

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    Demolishing Archway lecture theatres a ‘waste’, expert says

    Plans to bowl a set of brutalist Dunedin lecture theatres, possibly in exchange for a formal garden, have been labelled a ‘‘waste’’ by one academic.

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    Getting involved after much-needed support

    Graduate of Dunedin’s neonatal intensive care unit Sofia MacAulay, 3, looks over a decommissioned...

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    Getting involved after much-needed support

    A Dunedin mum has praised the work of a neonatal charity supporting families facing an ‘‘emotional rollercoaster’’ as it begins its annual appeal.

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    Teacher’s career in jeopardy after fifth conviction

    A teacher's career hangs in the balance after being convicted of drink-driving for the fifth time.

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    New mooring anchored in history

    Opened this week, the Otago Regional Council headquarters Aonui has space for 300 staff. The...

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    New mooring anchored in history

    After decades searching for a suitable site, the ORC finally has a new head office. Kim Dungey looks inside the multimillion-dollar building that has divided councillors and ratepayers.

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    Inside the ORC's shiny new headquarters

    Otago Regional Council chairwoman Hilary Calvert and finance general manager Nick Donnelly talk...

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    New ORC offices needed to happen: CEO

    Whether central government decides to abolish regional councils or not, the construction of a new Otago Regional Council headquarters still needed to happen, its chief executive says.

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    Partner's attack knocked out Dunedin woman and made her 'somersault'

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    Partner's attack knocked out Dunedin woman and made her 'somersault'

    A Dunedin man who has been locked up for repeated violence against a woman says he is not a criminal.

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    Way clear for award-winning lecture theatres to be smashed down

    The University of Otago plans to demolish its brutalist Archway Lecture Theatres (centre) in the...

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    Way clear for award-winning lecture theatres to be smashed down

    The way is clear for the University of Otago to demolish its award-winning brutalist lecture theatres.
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