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    Value of cruise ships to economy stressed

    Claims that environmental damage from cruise ships outweighed their economic benefits have been rubbished.

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    Gold Coast flight ditched as fuel costs bite

    The Commerce Commission took Jetstar to court over charges it discouraged consumers from seeking...

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    Gold Coast flight ditched as fuel costs bite

    Jetstar will be dropping one of its transtasman flights from Dunedin for a period in late winter.

    New cancer treatment machine arrives at hospital

    The new cancer treatment machine was crane-lifted into the hospital this morning. Photos: NZ...

    New cancer treatment machine arrives at hospital

    A new cancer treatment machine that arrived at Dunedin Hospital this weekend has been labelled "a significant step forward" for health care in the South. 

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    Student fees helping bridge gap

    David Thomson. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Student fees helping bridge gap

    The University of Otago is relying on international and domestic student fees to make up the nearly $2 million forecast shortfall in government enrolment funding.

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    Man terrorised victim with AI revenge porn

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    Man terrorised victim with AI revenge porn

    A Palmerston man used artificial intelligence to create explicit images of a woman to torment her, a court had heard.

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    Uneasiness over playground cuts

    Renewal of Chingford Park has been removed from Dunedin City Council capital expenditure budgets....

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    Uneasiness over playground cuts

    The money may not be much, but significant meaning is attached to it.

    Two-tug helpline for ‘Happinui’

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    Two-tug helpline for ‘Happinui’

    Happinui is towed up Otago Harbour yesterday afternoon by Port Otago tug Otepoti (left), while Taiaroa has the stern line.

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    Call for govt housing scheme to be funded in city

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    Call for govt housing scheme to be funded in city

    A government scheme that finds homes for homeless people as well as tailored support must be funded in Dunedin, a housing hui will be told today.

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    Mystery initiative possible for stadium

    Forsyth Barr Stadium. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Mystery initiative possible for stadium

    As Forsyth Barr Stadium looks to secure a ‘‘circuit-breaker’’ event, it has emerged a mystery Dunedin initiative could be in line for government backing.

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    Fence shored up

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    Fence shored up

    Dunedin City Council contractors work on a fence along Shore St in Andersons Bay yesterday.

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    Resident concerned car wreck leaking oil

    Concerned Ravensbourne resident Jarrod Hodson stands in front of what is thought to be a crashed...

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    Resident concerned car wreck leaking oil

    Anti-freeze, heavy metals and engine oil are believed to be leaking from a crashed vehicle left for about three weeks at a popular Dunedin picnic spot.

    Snail mail arrives, 60 years late

    Opoho resident Peter Gale with a mysterious, 60-year-old letter, which arrived in the post...

    Snail mail arrives, 60 years late

    ‘‘I know that NZ Post can be slow at times, but this one seems to take the cake.’’

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    Climbing gym set to expand at new site

    Resistance Climbing co-owner Angus Kirk shows off the beginnings of the Dunedin bouldering gym’s...

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    Climbing gym set to expand at new site

    A Dunedin bouldering gym is on the move and more than doubling in size to keep up with out-of-control demand that has forced some customers to cancel their memberships.

    Researchers discover Antarctic island usually hidden by ice

    University of Otago biological oceanographer Associate Prof Linn Hoffmann (left) prepares drill...

    Researchers discover Antarctic island usually hidden by ice

    Associate Prof Linn Hoffmann boarded a research vessel to study marine phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean

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    Unions, institutions, workers mark May Day with stoppage

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    Unions, institutions, workers mark May Day with stoppage

    Union members of all stripes made their voices heard on International Workers’ Day, or May Day, in Dunedin.

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    A history of violence: Dunedin gang attack ringleader 'a lethal weapon'

    Ring-leader of the Mongrel Mob group John-Boy Toa Rakete, 32, was jailed for three years 11 months.

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    A history of violence: Dunedin gang attack ringleader 'a lethal weapon'

    A petrol-station-forecourt assault in 2019 led to the death of John-Boy Rakete’s victim - five years later he was at it again in a Dunedin attack a judge called "sickening".

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    Dunedin student uses wages to feed those in need

    Bayfield High School year 13 student Yuta Wibiwo outside the Mornington School food pantry he has...

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    Student uses wages to feed those in need

    A Dunedin secondary school student hopes others will follow in his footsteps after he was caught filling a local food pantry with groceries paid for by his part-time wages.

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    Festival gives ‘dad dancing’ moment in spotlight

    Dunedin dancers (from left) Anna Noonan, Jayanthi Rajesh, Willow de Jonge and Dahria West will be...

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    Festival gives ‘dad dancing’ moment in spotlight

    Time to break out the robot, the backpack kid, the floss, the lasso — ooh, and the Carlton Banks.

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    Ong hoping to serve on council for decades

    Cr Benedict Ong. PHOTO: Gregor Richardson

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    Ong hoping to serve on council for decades

    Decades of service could be in front of him at the Dunedin City Council, Cr Benedict Ong hopes.

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    Building not protected due to ‘gap’ in rules

    The former Dunedin Hospital administration block in Great King St. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    Building not protected due to ‘gap’ in rules

    A ‘‘dramatic and important’’ hospital building could not be granted meaningful heritage protection due to a quirk in Dunedin’s planning rules.
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    • Ring-leader of the Mongrel Mob group John-Boy Toa Rakete, 32, was jailed for three years 11 months.

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      A history of violence: Dunedin gang attack ringleader 'a lethal weapon'

    • Opoho resident Peter Gale with a mysterious, 60-year-old letter, which arrived in the post...

      Snail mail arrives, 60 years late

    • Anna Grimaldi was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2026 Commonwealth Games at the...

      Selection another first for Grimaldi

    • Prof Geoff Kearsley and Dr Claire Fletcher-Flinn at their Tarras home against the backdrop of the...

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      Emotional toll of mine ‘grief’: couple

    • More than 35 New Zealand sea lion pups have been tagged in Coastal Otago this breeding season....

      Sea lion breeding success hailed

    • A Dunedin mother says her baby was violently sick after ingesting formula at Dunedin Hospital...

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      Mother distraught over baby's ‘poisoning’ at Dunedin Hospital

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