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Pest presents opportunity to enter growing market
An invasive pest seaweed species has made its home in Otago Harbour, but it may not be all bad news.
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Liquor licence renewed despite opposition
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Liquor licence renewed despite opposition
A Dunedin bar whose landlord appealed to the top echelon of the city council about its expired liquor licence has been allowed to keep selling alcohol.
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Council’s water plan signed off
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Council’s water plan signed off
The Dunedin City Council’s plan for providing water services, and funding them, has been approved.
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Woman stole mail while on '15-year bender'
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Woman stole mail while on '15-year bender'
A Dunedin woman who stole mail from around the city says she was on a "15-year bender" at the time.
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Work under way to restore sand
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Work under way to restore sand
Sand is being restored on Te Rauone Beach after winter storms made their mark.
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Shanghai advisers visit Dunedin garden
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Shanghai advisers visit Dunedin garden
Nearly two decades after Dunedin’s Chinese garden Lan Yuan was completed, a delegation from Shanghai is visiting the tourist attraction.
'Spectacular' Dunedin track to reopen in time for summer
'Spectacular' Dunedin track to reopen in time for summer
A popular walking track to an iconic Dunedin beach will reopen tomorrow in time for the busy summer visitor season after extensive repair work.
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Young designer inspired by ‘fun and vibrant’ Italy
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Young designer inspired by ‘fun and vibrant’ Italy
Inspired by Italy, pieced together in Dunedin, a young designer’s latest fashion collection showcases the essence of the people from one of the fashion capitals of the world.
Bottle-O scales back bid to increase hours
Bottle-O scales back bid to increase hours
A liquor store in the heart of Dunedin’s student quarter has trimmed back plans to extend its opening hours but questions remain about whether it is doing enough to reduce alcohol harm in the area.
Banned driver fesses up
Banned driver fesses up
A man forbidden from driving turned himself in to police after his car ran out of petrol in the middle of a central Dunedin street.
Bowled over
Bowled over
Wakari School pupil Willa Ewing, 8, got a mini bat signed by Black Caps Mark Chapman, Tim Robinson and Zac Foulkes yesterday
Dunedin teen admits threatening to blow up mosque
Dunedin teen admits threatening to blow up mosque
A Dunedin teenager has admitted threatening to blow up a Wellington mosque.
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Solar storms send supplier scrambling
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Solar storms send supplier scrambling
A severe (G4) geomagnetic storm sent Transpower scrambling to remove some South Island electricity transmission lines from service yesterday, in a bid to protect the power grid.
FENZ called to Little Sisters of the Poor
FENZ called to Little Sisters of the Poor
Firefighters use cutting equipment to remove a loose piece of material from a structure at the Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Rest Home in Brockville yesterday.
Laying the foundations
Laying the foundations
Contractors get under way with a massive concrete pour at the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building site yesterday.
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Tobacco interference index fall ‘shameful’
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Tobacco interference index fall ‘shameful’
New Zealand’s dream of becoming smokefree by the end of 2025 appears to have gone up in smoke.
Invercargill, Q’town lead home gains
Invercargill, Q’town lead home gains
Invercargill and Queenstown have posted the strongest home value gains among New Zealand’s regional centres, bucking a largely flat national market.
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Simms gets his way in last-minute deal
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Simms gets his way in last-minute deal
An eleventh-hour agreement with Dunedin’s mayor has elevated first-term councillor Andrew Simms to joint leadership of the city’s economic development portfolio.
Windy work high above rest home
Windy work above Brockville rest home
Firefighters used an aerial appliance to remove a loose cowling flapping in high winds at a rest home in Dunedin today.
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Small schools to fight closure proposal
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Small schools to fight closure proposal
Two Otago schools with single-figure rolls and earmarked for closure are pushing back against the proposal.