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What’s in a number? Council survey rankings debated

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What’s in a number? Council survey rankings debated

Basic arithmetic came to the fore at an Otago Regional Council meeting this week over accusations of the value of the number four.

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Hospital budget reassurance over fuel costs

Cladding work continues at the new Dunedin hospital outpatient building yesterday. The building...

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Hospital budget reassurance over fuel costs

Contingencies are in place to stop rising fuel costs producing a further budget blowout for the new Dunedin hospital project, the government says.

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Wild whackers tee off neighbour — leading to change of course

Island Park Golf Club president Steve Cushnie throws some golf balls in the air while greenkeeper...

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Wild whackers tee off neighbour — leading to change of course

Spraying one off the tee is having an impact on golf clubs around the country and one Dunedin course is trying to do something about it.

Basketball star snaps up Dunedin pavlova makers

A Dunedin institution has been sold to a former New Zealand basketball star.

Dunedin-born broadcaster Catherine Saunders dies

Dunedin-born-and-raised broadcaster Catherine Saunders has died.

Southern driver racks up 117 speeding offences in rental car

Southern driver racks up 117 speeding offences in rental car

A woman driving a rental car hit speeds of 170kmh while racking up 117 speeding offences all over Otago and Southland in a week.

Programme giving prospective drivers confidence

Yes Disability Resource Centre southern regional co-ordinator Hannah Butson with one of the...

Programme giving prospective drivers confidence

A programme supporting young Dunedin people living with disabilities to get their driver’s licence is being described as a "game changer".

South Dunedin street attack caught on CCTV

The incident happened in front of the South Dunedin Library. Photo: ODT Files

South Dunedin street attack caught on CCTV

A Dunedin pedestrian was forced to run for it when a woman he knew chased him down the street wielding a weapon.

Former Dunedin Anglican dean sexually violated teen

Former Dunedin Anglican dean sexually violated teen

A former dean of Dunedin's St Paul's Cathedral can now be revealed as the man who sexually violated a teenager at his Canterbury bach over 30 years ago.

Bullying linked to inmate's suicide mismanaged by corrections

Bullying linked to inmate's suicide mismanaged by corrections

A Dunedin-born man died by suicide after being bullied in jail — an issue which was mismanaged by Corrections — a coroner says.

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Meet-up over 40 years in the making

Pen pals for more than 40 years, Lynette Kennedy (left) and Lana Rodlie met face to face for the...

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Meet-up over 40 years in the making

Across Dunedin’s busy railway station foyer, Lynette Kennedy spotted her pen pal of more than 40 years.

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Stadium New Year’s Eve floated as fireworks display replacement

Dunedin City Council by-election candidate Andrew Whiley suggests at a meeting yesterday Forsyth...

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Stadium New Year’s Eve floated as fireworks display replacement

Dunedin's New Year’s Eve celebrations might best be held under the roof at Forsyth Barr Stadium, a council by-election candidate says.

Wild weather on way for weekend

MetService has issued a slew of severe weather advisories for the country. Image: MetService

Wild weather on way for weekend

Parts of coastal Otago, including Dunedin, are set to be hit by some wild weather leading into the weekend.

Man with knife arrested in garage of student flat

The man was found in a garage in Queen St. Photo: Google Maps

Man with knife arrested in garage of student flat

A knife-carrying man allegedly tried to break into a north Dunedin flat in the middle of the night to wake up a woman he had briefly met.

Ong: 'Why would I consider resigning?'

Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong presents his defence in a code of conduct case, reading from...

Ong: 'Why would I consider resigning?'

Defying a call by his colleagues to consider quitting, beleaguered Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong says he is not going anywhere.

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Fuel prices threaten school trips, camps

Dave Bagwell. File photo: Richard Davison

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Fuel prices threaten school trips, camps

School trips and camps are under threat from skyrocketing fuel prices as the Ministry of Education considers reviving distance learning.

Stadium scale-down aimed at securing more shows

Stadium scale-down aimed at securing more shows

A Capacity Reduction System planned for Forsyth Barr Stadium is aimed at helping Dunedin secure events it is currently missing out on.

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Barker totally rejects acting ‘unlawfully’

By-election candidate Jo Galer speaks at a public forum at yesterday’s Dunedin City Council...

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Barker totally rejects acting ‘unlawfully’

Dunedin's mayor has denied acting "unlawfully" at a council meeting after accusations of censorship from a by-election candidate.

Same crash different day: Motorway backed up again

Traffic backed up on the southern motorway. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Long tailbacks on Dunedin motorway second morning in row

Traffic on the southern motorway is rolling again after being backed up for the second day in a row following a crash near Lookout Point.

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'Thoroughly intoxicated' drink-driver had sworn off alcohol

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'Thoroughly intoxicated' drink-driver had sworn off alcohol

A Dunedin drink-driver who swore she would "never ever" touch alcohol again was spotted driving on the wrong side of High St while five times over the limit.

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