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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.

Bath St focus moves to above-ground works

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

Bath St focus moves to above-ground works

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

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DCC investigating how it could implement AI

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DCC 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’

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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 changes to 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

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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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DCC concerned growth plan overreaction

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DCC concerned growth plan overreaction

The government’s drive to grow housing could impose Auckland-style urban sprawl as a misguided template for other cities, Dunedin councillors have warned.

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