Dunedin

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ME sufferers no longer ‘invisible’

University of Otago researcher Dr Nick Bowden. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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ME sufferers no longer ‘invisible’

While people living with ME/CFS face substantial health challenges in New Zealand, they also have to battle long-term economic hardship and fight for access to support.

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Pupils ‘guinea pigs’ as NCEA scrapped

Post Primary Teachers’ Association Ōtākou regional chairman Kussi Hurtado is worried about how...

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Pupils ‘guinea pigs’ as NCEA scrapped

Intermediate aged pupils are being treated as ‘‘guinea pigs’’ and are being set up to fail when new tougher qualifications are introduced, a Dunedin teacher says.

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Manage My Health failure highlighted

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Manage My Health failure highlighted

Hundreds of Otago and Southland patients had their records breached in January’s Manage My Health saga.

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Cost of Ong’s ‘unpredictable’ conduct hits $17k

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Cost of Ong’s ‘unpredictable’ conduct hits $17k

Council costs for investigating Cr Benedict Ong’s behaviour have passed $17,000, but some around the council table fear the final figure and cost to Dunedin’s reputation could climb much higher.

'Speeding' driver critical after slamming into parked truck in central Dunedin

Firefighters work to free a 39-year-old man who crashed his car into the back of a parked logging...

'Speeding' driver critical after slamming into parked truck in central Dunedin

A Dunedin man left in a critical condition after crashing into a parked logging truck had bail conditions not to drive.

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'No major projects' planned to ease Mosgiel traffic woes

A truck drives down Mosgiel's Gordon Road. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

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'No major projects' planned to ease Mosgiel traffic woes

A watching brief will be maintained over Mosgiel traffic issues before any substantial long-term fix is proposed, transport officials say.

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Dunedin trio best in land and there's no debate about it

Otago Debating Team members (from left) Emily Roy, Che McGavern and Beth Elder celebrate becoming...

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Dunedin trio best in land and there's no debate about it

Three Dunedin secondary school students were so focused on winning the national debating tournament in Parliament, Christopher Luxon himself could not have shaken their focus.

Birthday shows to help revive ailing Playhouse

The Playhouse Theatre is a beloved Dunedin venue, with thousands of students performing in shows...

Birthday shows to help revive ailing Playhouse

Cold and leaky, the 150-year-old Dunedin theatre is putting on milestone birthday shows in a bid to raise money for much-needed renovations.

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Fossils to be reunited in US

The late University of Otago palaeontologist Emeritus Prof Ewan Fordyce with part of the skeleton...

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Fossils to be reunited in US

For decades, a fossilised whale has been sitting in the basement of the University of Otago’s geology department — minus its head.

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Young duo’s car-stealing spree continues

An abandoned Mazda MX-5 in Stenhope Cres, Corstorphine, yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Young duo’s car-stealing spree continues

Another day, another few car thefts in the city.

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Anxiety inspires holistic remedy

Otago Girls’ High School year 12 student Jeantine Dixon is preparing to sell her anxiety relief...

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Anxiety inspires holistic remedy

Experiencing repeated panic and anxiety attacks after her father’s death prompted a Dunedin secondary student to make an anxiety relief spray.

Lonely station carries names of soldiers past

Lonely station carries names of soldiers past

Sitting under a huge sky, the Sutton Railway Station opened in 1891 and closed in 1986, but was retained for tourist trains.

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Alcoholic who slashed police car tyres told to ‘deal with demons’

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Alcoholic who slashed police car tyres told to ‘deal with demons’

A Dunedin alcoholic who slashed the tyres of police vehicles parked at a busy station will drink himself to an early grave, a judge says.

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Dozens of flights into city axed

Air New Zealand has announced it is cutting a further 81 flights from Dunedin over the next three...

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Dozens of flights into city axed

Air New Zealand has canned 81 flights over the next three months into Dunedin, and a 50-year-old veteran of the travel industry says he has never seen domestic prices so expensive.

Cath lab petition handed over to MPs

Sam Weepers, of Dunedin, hands over a petition to (from left) Labour MPs Ingrid Leary and Rachel...

Cath lab petition handed over to MPs

After months of street campaigning for Dunedin Hospital’s catheterisation lab to be open 24/7, a grieving widower’s hard work has been handed over to the city’s MPs.

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Bid to steal car done in instalments

The ignition of Michael Gooch’s Madza MX5 after a pair of youths allegedly attempted to steal it....

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Bid to steal car done in instalments

A Dunedin man is worried nothing will stop a pair of youths who have tried to steal his car three times.

Shortlisted for ‘amazing storytelling’

Tūhura Otago Museum staff members Annah Taggart (left) and Shanaya Cunningham at the Museums and...

Shortlisted for ‘amazing storytelling’

A Dunedin museum has proved small budgets can create great things after one of its exhibitions was shortlisted among the top five exhibitions in the world.

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