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    Road blocked after crash

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Road blocked after crash

    Emergency services attend an incident in Strathallan St, South Dunedin, in which a ute towing a trailer with a digger rolled on to its side about 3pm yesterday.

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    Alexandra man's frenzied attack with machete and bat

    Aaron Gourlay was sentenced to seven and a-half years’ imprisonment for a multi-weapon attack....

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    Alexandra man's frenzied attack with machete and bat

    Wielding a machete and a baseball bat, an Alexandra man broke into his ex-partner’s house and attacked her friend.

    Chipping in

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Chipping in

    Helping move a pile of woodchips at Brockville Kindergarten are Sarah Ashby, Kadin Purvis, Mason Purvis and Riana Hellyer. 

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    Probe into rest-home manager launched

    The Oxford Court rest home. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Probe into rest-home manager launched

    The Nursing Council has opened an investigation into a departed Oxford Court rest-home manager accused of bullying and trespassing people.

    Bloodied Dunedin man in drug-fuelled street meltdown

    Police found the man in High St with bloodied feet and covered in scratches. Photo: Google Maps

    Bloodied Dunedin man in drug-fuelled street meltdown

    A Dunedin man found screaming in the street with bloodied feet and scratches on his body told police he had consumed 24 alcoholic drinks and taken ‘‘unknown illegal drugs’’.

    Intersection to be reworked

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Intersection to be reworked

    A roundabout is to be created at the intersection of Orari St and Otaki St in South Dunedin in the coming weeks.

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    Police glad to help with flat crowds in O Week

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    Police glad to help with flat crowds in O Week

    Dunedin police were happy to see more students reporting overcrowding to police, but said there was more work to do after about 300 students were found on the top storey of a three-floor flat.

    One hurt as car crashes into Dunedin house

    Hate Hone St John St John sent one first response unit and one rapid response vehicle. Photo: ODT...

    One hurt as car crashes into Dunedin house

    Dunedin firefighters helped free a trapped driver who crashed into the side of a house this evening.

    Police dogs track driver who fled Dunedin hit-and-run

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Police dogs track driver who fled Dunedin hit-and-run

    The driver who allegedly fled a South Dunedin hit-and-run which left a person seriously injured was tracked down by police dogs.

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    Man on trial over alleged psychological abuse of ex

    Photo: ODT files

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    Man on trial over alleged psychological abuse of ex

    An ex-government employee is accused of psychologically abusing his ex-girlfriend after she ended their two-year relationship.

    Nothing to be alarmed about

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH / REPORT: LAINE PRIESTLEY

    Nothing to be alarmed about

    Striking Dunedin firefighters wave flags and banners to the Ravensbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade on their way to the Octagon in response to a fire alarm during the hour of industrial action yesterday.

    Roundabout there

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Roundabout there

    Contractors dig up a roundabout at the intersection of Shore St and Musselburgh Rise, in Andersons Bay, Dunedin yesterday.

    Opening the secrets of chambers

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    Opening the secrets of chambers

    Contractors take a close look at the Municipal Chambers building in the Octagon, Dunedin, yesterday.

    Motorway crash injures one

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    Motorway crash injures one

    Emergency services attend a crash after a vehicle was shunted into the barrier on the Southern Motorway yesterday.

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    No 6 set to show its stuff

    Norm Oakley gets ready to drive his family’s 1916 Dennis fire engine while Dunedin Fire Brigade...

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    No 6 set to show its stuff

    The sprinter is to be let loose.

    28,000 visitors to city in huge cruise week

    Evelyn Reed (left) and Katie Richards, from Salt Lake City in Utah, United States, enjoy an ice...

    28,000 visitors to city in huge cruise week

    Almost 30,000 cruise ship visitors will be pounding the pavement in Dunedin this week.

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    Apology over delays in stage four cancer diagnosis

    Dunedin Public Hospital. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Apology over delays in stage four cancer diagnosis

    A patient at Dunedin Hospital waiting more than six months for a diagnosis of stage four cancer came as wait times for specialists were 14 times longer than recommended.

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    Container storage work starts as inland port awaited

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Container storage work starts as inland port awaited

    Port Otago has started work on building storage for containers and freight on the Taieri but the planned inland port is still awaiting the green light.

    ‘No intention to offend’ with flat tours

    ‘No intention to offend’ with flat tours

    Showing off Dunedin’s notorious Castle St to domestic and international visitors was never meant to offend anyone, a local tourism operator says.

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    Division over move-on powers

    A person’s belongings lie next to a bench in George St, Dunedin. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Division over move-on powers

    Empowering police to move along beggars and rough sleepers would be "punishing the poor" and sweep Dunedin’s homelessness problem under the carpet, a city councillor says.
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