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    Ong faces pay cut amid conduct allegations

    Benedict Ong. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Ong faces pay cut amid conduct allegations

    A pay cut could be coming for embattled Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong, while he also faces code of conduct proceedings.

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    Perfect colleague Steve excelling in his line of work

    Steve, the GPS-controlled robotic line marker, and Delta contracts superviser Simon Smaill mark...

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    Perfect colleague Steve excelling in his line of work

    Meet Steve.

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    Fish & Game seeking meeting over new bylaw

    Jamie Ward. Photo: Bruce Quirey/Otago Fish & Game

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    Fish & Game seeking meeting over new bylaw

    A new water supply bylaw set to be introduced this year has led to one fishing advocacy group seeking a meeting with the Dunedin City Council over access and stocking arrangements.

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    Art, composition fellowships returning

    University of Otago 2026 Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance Jeremy Beck and Robert Burns...

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    Art, composition fellowships returning

    After a 12-month hiatus in the Frances Hodgkins visual art and Mozart composition fellowships, the University of Otago has announced they will be resuming next year.

    Rural health push can do more: study

    "More medical students need opportunities to be exposed to rural medicine, as we’ve found those...

    Rural health push can do more: study

    Rural health professional programmes are successfully getting more doctors into rural medical practices, but research has found the programmes need to be expanded.

    Sensory stimulation and wry commentary

    Otago Museum. Photo: ODT files

    Sensory stimulation and wry commentary

    A feat of technical mastery, the writing and production of Motion Sickness are equally as impressive as the passion and perseverance with which its creative team execute it.

    Successful blend of arias and dance

    The creative team behind Opera Otago’s Arias at Dusk, (from left) director Sam Kelly, musical...

    Successful blend of arias and dance

    Opera Otago’s contribution to Dunedin’s Fringe Week opened in Hanover Hall on Tuesday evening with Arias at Dusk, a unique performance of popular operatic arias.

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    ‘Celebration of the female form’

    Performer Oblivion Westwood, of Queenstown, practises at a rehearsal ahead of the opening night...

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    ‘Celebration of the female form’

    Sparkling costumes and big feather fans feature at a traditional Dunedin burlesque show inspired by the vintage glamour of the pre-1950s.

    Moir’s risque tales hit mark

    Harriet Moir. Photo: supplied

    Moir’s risque tales hit mark

    Dear Stalker, by award-winning comedian Harriet Moir and staged at Te Whare O Rutukia, has a sellout season for good reason.

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    Finding ways to reduce food waste

    University of Otago PhD student Elena Piere has launched a toolkit aimed at reducing the amount...

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    Finding ways to reduce food waste

    Eyes widened to the size of dinner plates when Elena Piere managed to save 13.1 tonnes of food waste from going to landfill last year.

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    Protected tree survives twin onslaught of poetry and AI

    A second application to remove a Mosgiel pin oak tree, which the owners say poses an urgent risk...

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    Protected tree survives twin onslaught of poetry and AI

    The unlikely combination of a poem and an AI-backed report on the merits of chopping down a protected tree in Mosgiel have failed to sway planners.

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    Father decries law change: 'We just don't want other people to die'

    Bede Crestani. Photo: ODT files

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    Father decries law change: 'We just don't want other people to die'

    The father of a University of Otago student crushed to death at a Dunedin flat party says a law change would stand in the way of his efforts to make the city a safer place.

    Student's drug stash found as cops overhear call to lost phone

    Ther phone was handed in to police during St Patrick's Day festivities. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Student's drug stash found as cops overhear call to lost phone

    A student unwittingly dobbed himself in when his phone containing hidden drugs was handed to Dunedin police during St Patrick’s Day partying.

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    Mapping system of avalanche risk being developed

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    Mapping system of avalanche risk being developed

    Heading off into the mountainous back country of the South Island is becoming increasingly dangerous as climate change increases uncertainty about snow and avalanche conditions.

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    Care home handyman groped 'defenceless' elderly dementia patient

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    Care home handyman groped 'defenceless' elderly dementia patient

    A worker at a Dunedin care facility who groped an elderly woman with dementia has avoided a jail sentence.

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    Council likely $41m short of delivering capital spend

    Sandy Graham. Photo: supplied

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    Council likely $41m short of delivering capital spend

    The Dunedin City Council is shaping to be more than $40 million short of delivering its budgeted capital spend, as mystery surrounds what it will get done next year.

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    School's name change seeks to honour Māori heritage

    St Leonards School may have a new name in the coming weeks. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    School's name change seeks to honour Māori heritage

    A name change will help a Dunedin school embrace its local cultural heritage — and hopefully stop it getting the wrong mail.

    Shop worker calls cops on customer smelling of booze

    Photo: ODT Files

    Shop worker calls cops on customer smelling of booze

    A woman who ‘‘smelt of alcohol’’ was caught driving over the legal limit after being spotted by a Dunedin shop worker, police say.

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    New regional council site to open late April

    The Otago Regional Council's new offices on the corner of Broadway and Maclaggan Sts in Dunedin....

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    New regional council site to open late April

    The new Otago Regional Council building is set to open late next month and will get straight down to business.
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