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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.

Dunedin man jailed for crossbow shooting with 'bullet-point arrow'

Shaun Michael Hartstone. Photo: Rob Kidd

Dunedin man jailed for crossbow shooting with 'bullet-point arrow'

A Dunedin man who used a crossbow in a “vigilante” attack, following a dispute over a motorcycle, has been jailed for nearly six and a half years.

Trilling finale

Columba College perform in the Big Sing Finale at the Dunedin Town Hall last night.

Back to nature

St Leonard's School pupil Leif Hill, 10, points out to Orokonui Ecosanctuary guide Oscar Thomas during the Enviroschools year 4-6 student hui yesterday.

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Govt ‘needs to up its game’ on eye care

Dunedin Hospital consultant eye surgeon Dr Francesc March holds retinal images of eyes with...

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Govt ‘needs to up its game’ on eye care

A growing number of people are at risk of irreversible vision loss from retina problems and eye diseases over the next decade, unless the government "ups its game" and strengthen’s health sector...

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Player breached home detention to play in final

Conor Lawson breached his home detention to play for the West Taieri Pigs in their final against...

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Player breached home detention to play in final

A representative rugby player breached home detention to play in an Otago club final wearing his ankle bracelet tucked under his sock.

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Senior students told to stay home amid sickness spike

Green Island School principal Aaron Warrington. PHOTO: Gregor Richardson

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Senior students told to stay home amid sickness spike

Southern schools are experiencing a spike in sickness-related absences, one school keeping its entire senior cohort off school today due to a lack of available teachers.

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Safety focus lost in Albany St decision: university

Dunedin cycling advocacy group Spokes spokeswoman Heike Cebulla-Elder says a council decision to...

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Safety focus lost in Albany St decision: university

A council decision to abandon years of work towards safety improvements in Dunedin’s student quarter is disappointing, the university says.

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New community library gets ‘thumbs-up’

The Te Whata o Kaituna building complex, which incorporates the new South Dunedin Community...

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New community library gets ‘thumbs-up’

All the scaffolding and hoardings have been removed and the finished facade has been fully revealed for the first time.

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'Life-altering': Water cut-off notice not enough, says resident

North East Valley resident Joshua Perry at his North Rd home he had to leave for a day after the...

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'Life-altering': Water cut-off notice not enough, says resident

A Dunedin resident living with a disability says the lack of warning for a full day without a water supply at his home was "life-altering".

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Lack of fireworks disappoints councillor

Brent Weatherall. File photo: Linda Robertson

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Lack of fireworks disappoints councillor

A New Year’s Eve event in Dunedin that lacks fireworks at midnight could be anti-climactic, a councillor says.

Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

A baby's extensive fractures were “almost certainly the result of abusive trauma”, a Dunedin trial has heard.

Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

NZ’s top school choirs competing in city

Big Sing regional co-ordinator Rosemary Tarbotton in the Dunedin Town Hall, set to host the Big...

NZ’s top school choirs competing in city

New Zealand’s premier secondary schools’ choral competition is returning to Dunedin for the first time since 2019.

Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

Car goes up in flames in central Dunedin

A firefighter brings the car fire under control. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Car goes up in flames in central Dunedin

Flames were leaping from a car which caught fire outside a Dunedin museum this morning.

Seriously injured driver pulled from truck

A man received serious injuries after the oil tanker he was driving ran off the road south of Waikouaiti last night.

Weather forecasting supercomputer on

Flooding in Richmond St, South Dunedin in 2015. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Weather forecasting supercomputer on

If a weather bomb is going to flood South Dunedin, residents will get much more time to prepare for it now Earth Sciences New Zealand has switched on its new $35 million weather forecasting supercomputer.

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