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    Antarctic trip success

    Southern Lakes helicopter pilot Toby Morris returned yesterday after another successful trip to Antarctica.

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    Connection one step closer after creation of walking, cycling trail

    Coastal Connection project co-ordinator Emily Cooper (centre) with some of the walkers, cyclists...

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    Connection one step closer after creation of walking, cycling trail

    The long and winding road has started, and it is headed this way.

    Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

    Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

    Police are urging people to be better prepared when heading outdoors after a horror summer of large-scale back-country search operations and numerous fatalities.

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    Firefighters set to ramp up strike action to twice a week

    Firefighters gather outside the Central Dunedin Fire Station yesterday as they again went on...

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    Firefighters set to ramp up strike action to twice a week

    After months of strikes and stalled discussions, the firefighters union is raising the pressure by walking off the job twice a week.

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    Six bikes, winning ways net top award for rider

    Cole Scammell on his Honda CT90. In behind him are the six bikes he raced at the Burt Munro...

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    Six bikes, winning ways net top award for rider

    Six bikes, two vehicles, sand, tracks and hills — the challenge was met and he has the spoils to show for it.

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    Assaults rise at Wakari Hospital

    Wakari Hospital. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

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    Assaults rise at Wakari Hospital

    Wakari Hospital has reported a spike in assaults triggering sick leave as issues continue to plague the institution.

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    Councillors raise concerns about govt’s Planning Bill

    Andrew Simms. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Councillors raise concerns about govt’s Planning Bill

    A piece of government legislation poses an existential threat to Dunedin’s George St, a city councillor has warned.

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    Calculated move to get ahead in maths

    King’s High School student Conor Kerr won a 2025 NZQA scholarship in calculus at age 14. PHOTO:...

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    Calculated move to get ahead in maths

    Conor Kerr wishes life was as simple as calculus.

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    Whiley throws hat back in the ring

    Andrew Whiley wants to return to the Dunedin City Council. He is standing in the by-election....

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    Whiley throws hat back in the ring

    Having broken his ankle, former Dunedin city councillor Andrew Whiley had some time to think over what he wanted to do next.

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    Call for reflection as satisfaction still low

    Photo: ODT Files

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    Call for reflection as satisfaction still low

    Dunedin's mayor has called on councillors to reflect on their conduct, as community satisfaction in their performance remains weak.

    Tourist charged after classic car crash

    Brighton man Ian Armstrong’s 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite is badly damaged after a two-vehicle crash...

    Tourist charged after classic car crash

    A Dunedin man was left with broken bones and "big disappointment" after his prized 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite was hit by another vehicle which allegedly crossed the centre line.

    Roaring with delight

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    Roaring with delight

    Highlanders fans in the Zoo get behind their team in last night’s Super Rugby opener against the Crusaders at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

    Trash-tastrophe: Rubbish truck rollover blocks road

    Emergency services at the scene of the accident. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Trash-tastrophe: Rubbish truck rollover blocks road

    A road in Green Island was blocked by a rubbish truck which rolled onto its side spilling debris this afternoon.

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    'Families are really struggling': Dunedin school's plea for fresh fruit

    Bradford School year 1 pupil Willow Pattison, 5, loves oranges. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    'Families are really struggling': Dunedin school's plea for fresh fruit

    A Dunedin school hit by government cost-cutting is asking businesses to help get fresh fruit back on its pupils’ lunch menu.

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    Ong’s use of 'monkey' metaphor causes stir

    "Our South Asian community act in bad faith in taking business degrees, not in the intent of...

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    Ong’s use of 'monkey' metaphor causes stir

    References to a blindfolded monkey caused a stir at a Dunedin City Council meeting.

    Alarm raised over 12-year-old driver in Dunedin

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    Alarm raised over 12-year-old driver in Dunedin

    Police were alerted by a concerned resident who spotted a 12-year-old boy driving what looked like an older man around St Clair.

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    Bar attacker's Xmas jail reprieve runs out

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    Man swung jug into bar patron's face

    A man who avoided being locked up during the holiday season has now been sent to prison for fracturing a bar patron's skull with a jug.

    Accessible toilet first in South

    The Changing Places bathroom being craned into place next to the Dunedin Railway Station...

    Accessible toilet first in South

    A first of its kind in the South, fully accessible, $750,000 bathroom block has been installed in Dunedin.

    Andrew Whiley joins race for vacant Dunedin council seat

    Andrew Whiley. Photo: Supplied

    Andrew Whiley joins race for vacant Dunedin council seat

    Former Dunedin councillor Andrew Whiley has joined the city council by-election race.

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    Gang member in crayfish scam denied home detention term

    A sentence of home detention was not appropriate for Paul Faavaoga’s crayfish crimes, a judge has...

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    Gang member in crayfish scam denied home detention term

    A gang member who distributed nearly $200,000 of stolen crayfish has won an appeal — but will remain behind bars.
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