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    Sam McWilliam has come a long way to do his final year of schooling at Otago Boys’ High School....

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    The road is long for Scots boarder

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    Reducing services floated, CEO says

     Sandy Graham

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    Reducing services floated, CEO says

    The Dunedin City Council has flagged service cuts may be in the pipeline if fuel costs and supply concerns continue to rise.

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    Investigate sensitive spending: Vandervis

     Lee Vandervis

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    Investigate sensitive spending: Vandervis

    High variability in some kinds of Dunedin City Council expenditure suggests ‘‘a range of poor-value spending’’, a councillor says.

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    Taxi driver denies assault, kidnapping claims

    Dunedin District Court. File photo: ODT

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    Taxi driver denies assault, kidnapping claims

    A Dunedin taxi driver accused of detaining and sexually assaulting two women says the allegations against him are ‘‘totally, very untrue’’.

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    Creativity of pupils on display

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    Creativity of pupils on display

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    Last dip

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    Family elated drug for daughter funded

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    Family elated drug for daughter funded

    A Dunedin family say they are over the moon that a potentially ‘‘life-saving’’ drug treating cystic fibrosis (CF) has got full government funding.

    Grounded for forseeable future

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    Grounded for forseeable future

    An Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 sits on the tarmac at Dunedin Airport yesterday, after it was grounded following its arrival from Auckland on Monday morning.

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    Sepsis admissions up 78% in 20 years

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    Sepsis admissions up 78% in 20 years

    Sepsis is killing four times more New Zealanders than motor vehicle accidents, new research shows, prompting calls for the government to take preventive action.

    Albatross colony may be relocated after mineral find

    An albatross flies over Tunnel Beach. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

    Albatross colony may be relocated after mineral find

    Dunedin's world-renowned albatross colony could be relocated after the discovery under Taiaroa Head of a mineral from which several rare earth elements are derived.

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    Cuts leave elderly to ‘struggle’

    Elaine Shallish, of Dunedin, prepares to vacuum her house after her home help hours were cut over...

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    Cuts leave elderly to ‘struggle’

    A Dunedin 91-year-old is appalled home care visits have been cut due to rising fuel costs and says clients and workers have been left in the lurch.

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    Easter weather a mixed bag

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    Easter weather a mixed bag

    Great weather on Good Friday will get Easter weekend off to a grand start.

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    Fuel prices putting flight schools in tough position

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    Fuel prices putting flight schools in tough position

    Flight schools are operating ‘‘day-by-day’’ with an anxious eye on runaway fuel prices adding thousands to their operating costs.

    'Sweaty and shaking': Killer's wife admits trying to hide evidence

    Gurpreet Kaur outside court in December. Photo: Peter McIntosh

    'Sweaty and shaking': Killer's wife admits trying to hide evidence

    The wife of a murderer has admitted to hiding the killer’s shoes in a bid to help him avoid detection by police.

    Knife-wielding teen sparks armed police callout

    Knife-wielding teen sparks armed police callout

    Armed police swarmed a Dunedin street last night when a teenager began allegedly chasing members of the public with a knife.

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    Fears poison deliberately left for Dunedin dogs

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    Fears poison deliberately left for Dunedin dogs

    Dunedin dog owners are being urged to keep an eye out for ‘‘greeny-blue’’ matchbox-sized rat bait cubes in John Wilson Ocean Dr after the poisoning of several dogs at the weekend.

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    Besieged councillor may present ‘cogent summary’

    Benedict Ong

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    Besieged councillor may present ‘cogent summary’

    His ideas may ‘‘make no sense in the real world of finance’’, but Benedict Ong might yet get a chance to present them to the Dunedin City Council.

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    Racer was ‘brought up’ around stockcars

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    Racer was ‘brought up’ around stockcars

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    Cops point guns at Dunedin fugitive in dramatic CCTV footage

    Armed police were called to the Z service station in Kaikorai Valley Rd as the incident unfolded....

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    Cops point guns at Dunedin fugitive in dramatic CCTV footage

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    Global admissions consultant ranks Columba in NZ top 20

    Columba College head girls (from left) Lula Joseph, Shanti Kara and Anika Leyser say the students...

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    Global admissions consultant ranks Columba in NZ top 20

    A Dunedin secondary school’s place among the elite of New Zealand schools is down to its students, its principal says.
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