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    The vandalism happened at Andersons Bay Cemetery. Photo: ODT Files

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    Dunedin gravestone vandalism ‘troubling’

    A Dunedin man has admitted scratching a name off a family gravestone because he was ‘‘angry about the past’’.

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    Pupils help others rug up for bedtime

    Balmacewen Intermediate School year 7 pupils wear their pyjamas to celebrate raising enough money...

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    Pupils help others rug up for bedtime

    When tasked with giving back to the community, a group of Dunedin pupils blew the challenge out of the water.

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    Clutha man violated young woman in car while mate filmed

    Dunedin District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Clutha man violated young woman in car while mate filmed

    A Clutha man who violated a teenage woman during a late-night hunting trip, while his mate filmed, has been sentenced to home detention.

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    South Dunedin flood works views aired

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    South Dunedin flood works views aired

    Praise and disdain were levelled at city councillors ahead of a fraught debate on South Dunedin’s future.

    'It's really nice when something happens everyone comes to help'

    PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

    'It's really nice when something happens everyone comes to help'

    Locals were queuing up to help after a concrete truck toppled over in Dunedin yesterday.

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    Receiving award a ‘full circle moment’

    Columba College deputy head prefect Lula Joseph, 18, accepts her Manu Pounamu Young 
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    Receiving award a ‘full circle moment’

    For secondary school student Lula Joseph, accepting a young achievers’ award was a family tradition.

    Fears for Venezuelan quake victims

    Venezuelan Kath Ruiz Halkett is relieved her family are safe following a massive earthquake which...

    Fears for Venezuelan quake victims

    When Kath Ruiz Halkett heard a devastating earthquake had hit Venezuela, just 40km from her home town, fear for her family came first.

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    Chills’ frontman and song honoured in plaque

    The tunnel of trees made famous in the Chills’ 1984 video for Pink Frost. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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    Chills’ frontman and song honoured in plaque

    A site made famous by one of The Chills’ most celebrated songs now has a plaque memorialising its departed frontman Martin Phillipps.

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    'Pipes and pumps' option delays consultation

    Crs Lee Vandevis, Russell Lund and Jo Galer confer during a brief adjournment to yesterday's...

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    'Pipes and pumps' option delays consultation

    Working up another option for managing flood risks in South Dunedin long term will delay public consultation by at least four months.

    Octacan appeal still open

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    Octacan appeal still open

    Presbyterian Support Otago Family Works manager Nicole Devereux sorts through cans donated during the annual Octacan Appeal yesterday.

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    Dunedin school targeted by offensive AI-generated image

    King’s High School. Photo: Google Maps

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    Dunedin school targeted by offensive AI-generated image

    A Dunedin secondary school may be the latest victim in a growing trend nationwide of images being altered using AI to damage school reputations.

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    Request to look out for whale entangled with pink buoy

    A southern right whale was successfully disentangled from a blue cod pot line off Stewart Island...

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    Request to look out for whale entangled with pink buoy

    Increasing numbers of whales may be leading to more of them being entangled in fishing equipment — but it remains something of a mystery.

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    Hopes charitable attitude can continue

    Taieri College students admire their can collage made using more than 3450 cans of donated food...

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    Hopes charitable attitude can continue

    The man behind the cans has run his final donation drive.

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    Bangers and smash: Mad Butcher building demolition to begin

    A contractor demolishes a building on the Andrew Simms site on Andersons Bay Rd yesterday. PHOTO:...

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    Bangers and smash: Mad Butcher building demolition to begin

    Dunedin’s former Mad Butcher store will soon be reduced to rubble with a $10 million vehicle showroom complex to be built in its place.

    Large whale 'tangled in buoy' off Dunedin coast

    A southern right whale was successfully disentangled from a blue cod pot line off Stewart Island...

    Large whale 'tangled in buoy' off Dunedin coast

    A southern right whale/tohorā is reportedly entangled with a large pink buoy which is impairing its ability to move freely.

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    What the duck is going on? Fowl play afoot in Mosgiel

    Krystle Hennig, of Blend Espresso in Mosgiel, holds up three small toy ducks that mysteriously...

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    What the duck is going on? Fowl play afoot in Mosgiel

    Mosgiel is being ‘‘terrorised’’ by a flock of small toy ducks that have appeared suddenly and with seemingly no explanation.

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    Boss hits back at councillor behaviour

    Sandy Graham during yesterday's debate over city council rates. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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    Boss hits back at councillor behaviour

    Dunedin’s council boss has scolded councillors over ‘‘discourteous’’ behaviour and costly AI use as a week of fractious debate on South Dunedin comes to a head.

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    Galer and Lund to lead heritage portfolio

    Cr Jo Galer. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Galer and Lund to lead heritage portfolio

    New councillor Jo Galer appears set to lead the Dunedin City Council’s heritage portfolio alongside Cr Russell Lund.

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    Upgrade for Olveston’s electrical systems

    Olveston manager Jan Davies admires one of a pair of chandeliers in the Great Hall, which will be...

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    Upgrade for Olveston’s electrical systems

    Dunedin’s Olveston historic home will be left in the dark for the next three months while a major electrical upgrade is conducted.

    Last-minute option halts South Dunedin flood plans

    Flooding in South Dunedin in 2019. Photo: ODT files

    Last-minute option halts South Dunedin flood plans

    Dunedin city councillors have reluctantly voted to hit pause on adaptation plans for South Dunedin for four months following a last-minute alternative solution from the regional council.
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      Young netball star shooting for the top

    • Dunedin city councillor Jo Galer. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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      Councillors ‘manipulated, silenced’ over South D plan

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