Local Body Elections 2025: Mayoral candidate profiles - Dunedin
Local Body Elections 2025: Mayoral candidate profiles - Dunedin
The ODT asked Dunedin mayoralty candidates about navigating key challenges and their priorities.
Dunedin
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Safety call for motorcyclists
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Safety call for motorcyclists
As temperatures start to rise and the roads get drier around the southern regions, motorcyclists start dusting off their pride and joy before heading for the open road.
Dunedin welcomes new MP
Dunedin welcomes new MP
Dunedin has a new member of Parliament, former West Coast MP Damien O’Connor having recently moved south.
ODT digital edition app restored
ODT digital edition app restored
ODT's digital edition app is now working again for readers.
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Poignant connection with netball trophy
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Poignant connection with netball trophy
Like mother, like daughter. When St Hilda’s captain Aya Moetaua lifted the South Island secondary schools netball trophy this week, there was an engraving on the shield that meant more than most.
OUSA ‘has forgotten who it serves’: student representative
OUSA ‘has forgotten who it serves’: student representative
A student representative asked to resign by the Otago University Student’s Association is refusing to go, saying the student body has forgotten who it serves.
Seaside paradise
Seaside paradise
The Seychelles? The Cook Islands? The Caribbean? In fact, it is Deborah Bay in Otago Harbour, where boats sat at anchor recently above a mosaic of sand and seaweed.
Privilege to work on windows, artist says
Privilege to work on windows, artist says
Stained glass artist Peter Mackenzie talks to the Friends of First Church yesterday about his work repairing the church’s windows.
Two airlifted to hospital in serious condition as ute rolls
Two airlifted to hospital in serious condition as ute rolls
Two people were airlifted to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition after a ute rolled in a remote area near Lake Hāwea on Thursday.
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Discovery of viruses not seen as alarming
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Discovery of viruses not seen as alarming
Researchers say there is no need for alarm after 83 endemic novel viruses were recently discovered in New Zealand.
Obituary: Visionary who founded landmark study
Obituary: Visionary who founded landmark study
Phil Silva personally raised plenty of children of his own, but it was the 1037 other children he "raised" — the original cohort in what is now known worldwide as the Dunedin Study — who will be his professional legacy.
Belligerent boozer lashes out at cops
Belligerent boozer lashes out at cops
An "overly intoxicated" Dunedin man turned away from a central city bottle store caused a further ruckus when police arrived on the scene.
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Driver caught drunk behind wheel of school bus stood down
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Driver caught drunk behind wheel of school bus stood down
A Dunedin man was shocked to see an alcohol-impaired school bus driver "carrying the most precious of cargo — our youth."
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Only city-wide ban possible, adviser says
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Only city-wide ban possible, adviser says
Banning alcohol sold in glass containers in Dunedin would only be possible if it included the whole city, councillors have heard.
Someone knows about injuries: expert
Someone knows about injuries: expert
An expert says somebody knows what happened to a child with 13 broken ribs said to be caused by a prominent sportsman.
OUSA rep and DCC candidate refuses to resign
OUSA rep and DCC candidate refuses to resign
A student representative asked to resign by the OUSA is refusing to go, saying the student body has forgotten who it serves.
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Remediation action plan needed for Kettle Park
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Remediation action plan needed for Kettle Park
An action plan will be drawn up for removing part of an old seaside landfill in Dunedin and groynes to complement this have not been ruled out.
Baby's injuries required 'high magnitude of forces' - doctor
Baby's injuries required 'high magnitude of forces' - doctor
A paediatrician and child-abuse expert says a baby’s 13 rib fractures were "most likely" inflicted rather than accidental.
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No GP for East Otago patients 'nothing new' for regions
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No GP for East Otago patients 'nothing new' for regions
Patients at East Otago Health are without a GP as the health crisis in the regions deepens.
Premature babies may be more prone to health issues: study
Premature babies may be more prone to health issues: study
A longitudinal study of New Zealand babies shows those born very prematurely may be more vulnerable to early organ decline and future health issues.