Watch: Ong speaks after refusing to resign
Ong rejects call to resign as councillor
Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong says he is going nowhere after being asked to consider resigning by 10 of his fellow councillors.
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Husband, wife’s 11 medals auctioned
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Husband, wife’s 11 medals auctioned
Sometimes it is the tales behind certain objects that help fetch the best prices at auctions.
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Man who flung dog through window gets pet ban
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Man who flung dog through window gets pet ban
A man who flung a dog and shattered a window has been banned from pet ownership for a year.
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New Kainga Ora houses make ‘place look loved again’
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New Kainga Ora houses make ‘place look loved again’
New Kāinga Ora housing developments in Mosgiel are bringing vitality back to what have been described as some tired-looking streets, making them ‘‘look loved’’ again.
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Ong nominates himself for NZME board
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Ong nominates himself for NZME board
Embattled Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong is looking to expand his governance portfolio, nominating himself to become a director on the board of media company NZME.
Fall off sea wall leaves one seriously injured
Fall off sea wall leaves one seriously injured
A person was taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling off a 2.5m sea wall in Macandrew Bay.
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Food safety lab to focus on human behaviour
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Food safety lab to focus on human behaviour
Some people have been put off eating what used to be their favourite food after getting a bad dose of food poisoning from it.
Minor injuries to pair after car lands in ditch
Minor injuries to pair after car lands in ditch
Emergency services respond to a car that crashed into a ditch yesterday.
New push to drill for oil off Otago coast
New push to drill for oil off Otago coast
A newly-formed company is launching a fresh bid to find oil and gas off the coast of Otago.
Long weekend, longer bubble
Long weekend, longer bubble
Dunedin cousins Florence Stockwell, 3, and Gus Stasso, 1, lap up a long weekend together with family at Pounawea.
Hunters urged to be 100% sure of target
Hunters urged to be 100% sure of target
Deerstalkers are being urged to be 100% sure of their targets when they head into the hills for the roar this year.
Tuna return to South Dunedin
Tuna return to South Dunedin
A Dunedin artist has paid tribute to South Dunedin’s traditional name and historical estuary in a new mural.
A ship came up the harbour
A ship came up the harbour
Container ship Maersk Rio Delta passes Careys Bay as it makes its way up Otago Harbour yesterday morning.
Fund open for applications, $919k allotted
Fund open for applications, $919k allotted
Otago's contestable fund for environmental projects across the region opened last week for applications.
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$123k paid to chair’s company
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$123k paid to chair’s company
Te Kāika paid $123,000 into a private company 100% owned by its chairwoman, the under-investigation charity’s accounts reveal.
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Firefighting contest tests skill, speed
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Firefighting contest tests skill, speed
With nine volunteer fire brigades running around a Dunedin park, the city may have been the safest place to be over the weekend.
Race Relations Day chance to ‘bring people together’
Race Relations Day chance to ‘bring people together’
Kazbah Studio dancers (from left) Sylvia Edge, Stefanie Kalmakof and Amanda Kennedy perform at the 2026 Race Relations Day event at the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum on Saturday.
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All aboard knitting, chatting
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All aboard knitting, chatting
Plenty of yarns were spun when almost 200 knitters clambered into five train carriages destined for Oamaru at the weekend.
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Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni
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Weapons not part of any future NZDF contracts: Uni
The University of Otago is not planning to build weapons as part of any partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), it says.
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Crowds flock to Strath Taieri for 122nd A&P show
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Crowds flock to Strath Taieri for 122nd A&P show
It was no Wānaka, but Strath Taieri’s A&P Show capped off a busy month demonstrating the best of the community, an organiser says.