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40 years of caring for the most vulnerable

Recently retired neonatal intensive care unit nurse Sarah Gamble checks on 20-day-old Penelope...

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40 years of caring for the most vulnerable

After 40 years of caring for some of the South’s smallest newcomers, neonatal intensive care unit (Nicu) nurse Sarah Gamble is hanging up her scrubs.

Dunedin man's head gashed in bottle attack by stranger outside home

The attack happening at a Maitland St property. Photo: ODT Files

Dunedin man's head gashed in bottle attack by stranger outside home

A Dunedin man received a large wound to the head after being bottled by a stranger outside his own home.

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Mistake to call Albany St project a ‘cycleway’

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Mistake to call Albany St project a ‘cycleway’

Calling Dunedin’s central city transport project a cycleway in tender documents was a mistake, the city council says.

Staff allegedly threatened

Staff allegedly threatened

A man was arrested for allegedly threatening staff at a Dunedin store if they did not get theft charges against him dropped.

Peer support workers for patients

Peer support workers for patients

Peer support workers with "lived experience" will be tasked with helping mentally vulnerable patients at Dunedin Hospital’s beleaguered emergency department.

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Guide book’s legacy remains

Siblings (from left) Bruce Moir, Alison Paterson (nee Moir) and Alan Moir, inspect their ancestor...

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Guide book’s legacy remains

A hundred years after Dr George Moir wrote the South’s "backcountry bible", his descendants are still walking in his footsteps.

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Panel refuses commercial building

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Panel refuses commercial building

A proposal to build a "life-changing" facility at Taieri Mouth to allow disabled people easier access to the water is up in the air after a panel allowed part of the development but denied the...

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Bounty of banned books brought before bibliophiles

Marking Banned Book Week at the Dunedin Public Library are (from left) events co-ordinator Ali...

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Bounty of banned books brought before bibliophiles

Sex, drugs, violence — these are all present at Dunedin’s libraries.

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Boyfriend killer back behind bars

Zariah Samson was jailed for 15 months after admitting several charges, including punching a...

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Boyfriend killer back behind bars

A woman who killed her boyfriend by strangling him with a computer cord has been jailed for more violent offending.

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Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter

A week of wild weather comes amid warnings that marine heatwave conditions currently enveloping...

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Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter

The usual unsettled spring weather left some parts of the southern region dry as a bone and other parts with wet gumboots.

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Student’s low-cost tech wows

University of Otago physiology student Kai Woolf with a 3-D-printed component of her customisable...

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Student’s low-cost tech wows

While many tertiary students dream of making a difference in the world one day, Kai Woolf has already been there and done that.

Dunedin Airport named best in NZ

Dunedin Airport staff (from left) GM operations and infrastructure Nick Rodger, head of project...

Dunedin Airport named best in NZ

Dunedin Airport is flying high after being named the best airport of its size at a national award ceremony.

Shoplifter 'threatens to stab' Dunedin shop staff

A man was arrested for allegedly threatening staff at a Dunedin store with physical violence if they did not get theft charges against him dropped.

One injured in Mosgiel highway crash

One injured in Mosgiel highway crash

One person was injured in a crash that blocked a lane of State Highway 1 near Mosgiel for a time this afternoon.

Woman assaulted after horn at lights sparks Dunedin road rage

Woman assaulted after horn at lights sparks Dunedin road rage

A Dunedin woman enraged after being beeped at followed a younger driver through town and allegedly beat her on the side of the road.

'Really exciting': School keen to make park one of NZ's best

As far as playgrounds go, Belford Street Park is pretty uninspiring for children.

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Outdoor bowls facility completed

Stadium bowls society member Shannon Eathorne delivers her bowl on the new green next to the...

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Outdoor bowls facility completed

A more than 10-year vision for an outdoor bowls surface next to the Dunedin Lawn Bowls Stadium has been delivered on time and within budget.

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Outgoing councillor lists his hopes for future

David Benson-Pope delivers his final speech as a Dunedin city councillor yesterday. PHOTO: PETER...

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Outgoing councillor lists his hopes for future

Influential retiring Dunedin city councillor David Benson-Pope has some hopes for the next council.

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Celebrated actor calls for new Dunedin venue

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Celebrated actor calls for new Dunedin venue

An award-winning New Zealand actor says Dunedin is crying out for a new venue after the demise of the Fortune Theatre.

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Seven-hour meeting to decide one-year extension

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Seven-hour meeting to decide one-year extension

Extending Dunedin City Council chief executive Sandy Graham’s contract by a year was a compromise reached towards the end of a marathon meeting, documents show.

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