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    Prison term for abuse of boy

    A Mosgiel man has been jailed for five years after sexually abusing a boy and condemning him to 20 years of shame.

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    No parking ‘sting’, council boss insists

    The Dunedin Public Hospital is the middle of a major maintenance programme, but millions are...

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    No parking ‘sting’, council boss insists

    The Dunedin City Council has denied targeting hospital workers with early-morning parking stings and says it has the evidence to prove it.

    Rethink of quit smoking approach

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    Rethink of quit smoking approach

    Tips on how to stop smoking, alongside the usual images of cancer-ridden organs on cigarette packaging, may help New Zealand’s remaining smokers to quit.

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    Dairy fined for selling vape to minor

    The Balmoral Dairy where a vape was sold to a 16-year-old. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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    Dairy fined for selling vape to minor

    A Dunedin dairy has been fined after an undercover sting revealed it sold a vape to a minor.

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    When a seat at the table brings safety and security

    Ōtepoti-Dunedin Whānau Refuge practice manager Claire Horwell (front) with fellow staff members ...

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    When a seat at the table brings safety and security

    They may just look like picnic tables, but for Dunedin families escaping domestic violence, they represent places of safety and security.

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    Extinct duck DNA shows evolution pathway to ‘flightlessness’: study

    An artist’s impression of an extinct female Rēkohu shelduck (Tadorna rekohu) from the Chatham...

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    Extinct duck DNA shows evolution pathway to ‘flightlessness’: study

    Rēkohu shelducks are a prime example of what happens when you spend too much time in the stress-free lifestyle of island time.

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    Council U-turn on tree protection

    A group of oak trees, more than 100 years old, in Kinmont Park, Mosgiel, may be a threat to...

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    Council U-turn on tree protection

    A Mosgiel man worries he will be left to foot the bill for century-old trees after a council U-turn over whether they are dangerous.

    Focus moves to above-ground works

    Dunedin City Council contractors plan for the above-ground work in Bath St after the underground...

    Focus moves to above-ground works

    The underground work for an upgrade to a central Dunedin street is complete.

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    Council investigating how it could implement AI

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    Council investigating how it could implement AI

    The Dunedin City Council (DCC) is exploring in detail how it can incorporate artificial intelligence into its operation.

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    Evicted couple forced to keep watch over belongings

    A couple who were evicted from their rental property have had their belongings dumped at a nearby...

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    Evicted couple forced to keep watch over belongings

    The belongings of a Kaikorai couple have been dumped in a Dunedin park after they were evicted from their rental property.

    Firefighters pushing for better conditions

    Lookout Point firefighter Simon Easton writes union messaging across one of their fire appliances...

    Firefighters pushing for better conditions

    Firefighters around the city are campaigning for better work conditions after talks between the union and Fire and Emergency New Zealand failed this month.

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    Councillor off Albany St panel after ‘ill-judged outbursts’

    Jim O'Malley. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Councillor off Albany St panel after ‘ill-judged outbursts’

    A councillor who lashed out at businesses has been forced off a hearings panel deciding on a contentious central Dunedin cycleway.

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    Refugee jailed for five years for filmed sexual assault

    Sarmad Milhim has been jailed after he filmed himself sexually assaulting a woman.PHOTO: ROB KIDD

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    Refugee jailed for five years for filmed sexual assault

    A refugee who fled war-torn Iraq will now spend more than five years behind bars after filming his sex attack on a woman as her child protested.

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    'Tone deaf and greedy': Sunday parking charges slammed

    Photo: Gregor Richardson (files)

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    'Tone deaf and greedy': Sunday parking charges slammed

    Charging for Sunday parking in Dunedin has been slammed as a money grab that will kill off centre city business.

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    Judge says man who groped teen not predatory

    Jayson Felipe. Photo: staff photographer

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    Judge says man who groped teen not predatory

    A man who groped a grossly intoxicated teenager at a Dunedin bar has avoided jail after a judge said his behaviour was not predatory.

    Maori Hill School pupils active and stylish

    Showing off their creative hats yesterday are Maori Hill School pupils (back row, from left) Gray...

    Maori Hill School pupils active and stylish

    Tip your hat to the imagination of these Dunedin primary school pupils.

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    Urinating shoplifter soaked shelf in supermarket stealing spree

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    Urinating shoplifter soaked shelf in supermarket stealing spree

    A Dunedin man has been jailed after urinating in a supermarket where he was shoplifting.

    Car rolls after grit truck overtake gone wrong

    A woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the crash on the northern motorway...

    Car rolls after grit truck overtake gone wrong

    A Dunedin woman who came to grief on black ice was trying to overtake a grit truck, police say.

    Guilty of possessing mosque attack videos

    Armed police patrol the Al Noor Mosque following the shootings, while flowers are tidied on the...

    Govt employee guilty of possessing mosque attack videos

    A government employee has been found guilty of possessing footage of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks.

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    Many books sodden after pipe bursts

    Downtown Book Exchange owner Sharon Sculpher is surrounded by numerous damaged books after a...

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    Many books sodden after pipe bursts

    Countless books have been lost to frigid waters after a morning frost burst a pipe above a Dunedin bookshop.
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