$3.8m price tag estimate for former Fortune fix
$3.8m price tag estimate for former Fortune fix
A new lease of life may be coming for Dunedin’s former Fortune Theatre, though it could cost close to $4 million.
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Icy morning crashes on same stretch of Dunedin motorway
Icy morning crashes on same stretch of Dunedin motorway
A single-vehicle crash closed part of Dunedin's Southern Motorway for a time this morning, close to where a multi-vehicle accident snarled traffic for hours yesterday.
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Runabout gets out and about into ditch
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Runabout gets out and about into ditch
Rally driver Tom Bond's main car was laid up so the runabout had a go. And did it run about - right into a ditch.
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Galer, Lund challenged over claims DCC bylaw would exclude consultation
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Galer, Lund challenged over claims DCC bylaw would exclude consultation
A claim made by Dunedin City Council by-election victor Jo Galer on social media before the election has been contradicted within a formal bylaw process.
Jetski gets ‘very close’ to whale in Otago Harbour: police
Jetski gets ‘very close’ to whale in Otago Harbour: police
A Department of Conservation investigation has been launched after a man on a jetski reportedly got too close to a humpback whale in Otago Harbour.
Watch: Dramatic arrest by armed police in central Dunedin
Watch: Dramatic arrest by armed police in central Dunedin
Armed police honed in on a Dunedin man after he was allegedly spotted carrying a firearm while inside his vehicle.
Reflected glory
Reflected glory
Touted as the second-most photographed building in the southern hemisphere behind the Sydney Opera House, the Dunedin Railway Station makes an intriguing reflection in the windscreen of a bus.
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Political heat turned up on Wakari Hospital
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Political heat turned up on Wakari Hospital
Accusations of stalling and a lack of action by the governing health body on a troubled ward at a Dunedin mental health facility have been made as the political heat goes on.
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'Similar to Macraes': Miner says $4b in gold discovered near Dunedin
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'Similar to Macraes': Miner says $4b in gold discovered near Dunedin
An Australian mining company says it has made a $4 billion gold discovery, which bears a ‘‘very strong similarity’’ to Macraes, near Dunedin.
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Genetics mythbuster wins PM’s award
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Genetics mythbuster wins PM’s award
Myth busting the hype surrounding an American company’s bid to ‘‘de-extinct’’ New Zealand’s giant moa, has earned an Otago palaeogeneticist the Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize.
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Call for leaded fuel ban in aviation, motor racing
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Call for leaded fuel ban in aviation, motor racing
Leaded petrol continues to pose health risks in New Zealand, despite it disappearing from service stations three decades ago.
Twenty-nine new Kiwis welcomed to Dunedin
Twenty-nine new Kiwis welcomed to Dunedin
After a long journey to Dunedin, two of New Zealand’s newest citizens are thrilled to be at home in the city.
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Anti-nausea drug given ‘off label’
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Anti-nausea drug given ‘off label’
An anti-nausea medicine used for treating patients undergoing cancer therapy is increasingly being used to treat pregnant women with morning sickness.
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Watch: Dunedin man in armed standoff captured
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Man in armed standoff 'had sword and threatened to kill police'
A man at the centre of a stand-off with armed police in Dunedin allegedly burgled two law firms in the days before his arrest.
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Sex offender refusing to undertake treatment
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Sex offender refusing to undertake treatment
A national snooker champion who molested a young girl repeatedly over five years has refused to undertake sex-offender treatment, the Parole Board has heard.
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Rapist still unable to explain dual sex attacks
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Rapist still unable to explain dual sex attacks
A Dunedin man responsible for two sex attacks puts it down to a couple of ‘‘poor decisions’’.
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'I take my life in my hands if I cross the road'
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Call for more pedestrian crossings in Mosgiel
A Mosgiel retiree who puts his ‘‘life in danger’’ traversing his suburban road is calling for the city council to install much-needed pedestrian crossings.
Neighbours go hog-wild as Facebook feud over pet pig escalates to hammer threats
Neighbours go hog-wild as Facebook feud over pet pig escalates to hammer threats
Tensions over a pet pig running wild in Dunedin reached breaking point when a group of hammer-wielding men allegedly began threatening vehicles and property.
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Ankle-breaking attack ends friendship
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Ankle-breaking attack ends friendship
A friendship between drinking buddies ended spectacularly when a Dunedin man broke his elderly victim’s ankle, a court has heard.
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Health bosses come clean about problems at Wakari ward
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Health bosses come clean about problems at Wakari ward
Vulnerable patients being secluded for long periods are among the ‘‘extremely serious’’ concerns which shut down a troubled Wakari ward, Health New Zealand has confirmed.