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    Car on roof; driver injured

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    Car on roof; driver injured

    Emergency services attend the scene of a one-vehicle crash in Crawford St, Dunedin, on Saturday morning where a car rolled on its roof, leaving its sole occupant with moderate injuries.

    Programme reduces netballers’ injuries

    Rata beat Mossburn 47-27. PHOTO: ODT FILES.

    Programme reduces netballers’ injuries

    ‘‘Your greatest ability is your availability.’’

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    Sealions inspiration for dance

    Saltwater Feet dancers perform a sealion-inspired dance routine at St Clair Beach on Saturday....

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    Sealions inspiration for dance

    Mimicking the movements of sealions while dancing towards the breaking dawn was a visual lesson on their return for a host of Dunedin performers.

    Fever pitch

    Fever pitch

    Alt-rock duo Pearly*, guitarist Ryan Hill (left) and bass guitarist and vocalist Phaedra Love, perform to an enthusiastic crowd (below) at Wild Dunedin’s Pitch Choir event, which also featured Don...

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    Public pitches in to sting honey thief

    Carlee McCaw

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    Public pitches in to sting honey thief

    Bee warned. Anyone thinking of pilfering honey from a Waihola stall is likely to be stung.

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    Fast-track bid for inland port to be adjusted

    An application for fast-track approval of the proposed Southern Link inland port in North Taieri...

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    Fast-track bid for inland port to be adjusted

    Backers of an inland port near Mosgiel have withdrawn their application for fast-tracked consent and look set to submit an adjusted version next week.

    Ballots arriving as voting opens

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    Ballots arriving as voting opens

    Voting has opened in the Dunedin City Council by-election.

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    PR coup for HR student

    University of Otago bachelor of arts and commerce student Sophia Hardie has been named 2026 Human...

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    PR coup for HR student

    At a time when Sophia Hardie should be celebrating, she is suffering a little bit of "imposter syndrome" after winning two major awards at the 2026 Human Resources New Zealand (HRNZ) Awards.

    Four Otago professors elected to become fellows of RSNZ

    Tim Anderson. Photo: supplied

    Four Otago professors elected to become fellows of RSNZ

    Professors Tim Anderson, Michael Baker, John Crump and Peter Dearden have been recognised by the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi.

    Three injured in Opoho crash

    Emergency services at the scene on Saturday morning. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Three injured in Opoho crash

    Three people have been injured, one of them seriously, in a two-car crash in North Dunedin this morning.

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    Accreditation restored for OHL youth services

    Photo: ODT files

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    Accreditation restored for OHL youth services

    The suspension of Te Kāika’s accreditation to deliver social care for children and youth has been lifted, but the charity’s approved status is on a tight leash.

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    Student caught in $4m drug bust

    Reghan Laurie. PHOTO: ROB KIDD

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    Student caught in $4m drug bust

    Days after a Dunedin masters student was announced as a scholarship recipient, he was arrested in a sting on an international drug-trafficking syndicate.

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    Rally fan relishing chance to further dream

    Otago Polytechnic automotive engineering student Dawson Porthouse takes a look under the hood of...

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    Rally fan relishing chance to further dream

    If seeing a 4-year-old boy watching the animated movie Cars "all day, on repeat" was not a clue, then watching him progress to sitting in the driveway and listening to idling cars must...

    Airport’s solar power up and running

    The new solar panels on Dunedin Airport’s terminal roof. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Airport’s solar power up and running

    Dunedin Airport is making power while the sun shines.

    Rally ready

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Rally ready

    Greg Jordan, of Dunedin, photographs a Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo to be driven by Robbie Stokes, of Waikuku, and Andrew Sarandis, of Australia, at the Rally Otago Motor Show in the Octagon last night.

    Unwrapping nature’s gift

    PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Unwrapping nature’s gift

    Michelle Ritchie, of Organics Unearthed, and Otago Peninsula homeowner Annelies Ruigrok uncover a compost heap insulated with wool in Ms Ruigrok’s back yard during a composting workshop yesterday.

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    7 months’ detention for plumber’s sex attack

    Peter Lindsay. Photo: staff photographer

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    7 months’ detention for plumber’s sex attack

    A Dunedin plumber left his job site to molest a teenage girl in a "vile" sex attack, a court has heard.

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    Taylor declines Jones debate as ‘blustering theatre’

    Sir Ian Taylor. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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    Taylor declines Jones debate as ‘blustering theatre’

    Sir Ian Taylor says he will not be debating with Shane Jones over the rights and wrongs of Santana Minerals, saying the MP has turned it into theatre featuring bullying and bluster.

    Turns on mood, or mood to turn out?

    Encourage the young people in your life to enrol to ensure their right to be heard in this year’s...

    Turns on mood, or mood to turn out?

    By-elections can be a strong barometer of electorate mood.

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    Searchers find no sign of poison on dog walk

    Bailey is one of several dogs treated by vets in Dunedin at the weekend after accidentally eating...

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    Searchers find no sign of poison on dog walk

    Dog walkers can put their minds at ease after Dunedin Land Search and Rescue’s (LandSAR) recent search of John Wilson Ocean Dr failed to find any further sign of rat poison.
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