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Playground icon to go the way of the dinosaur?

A face-lift or a meteorite may be coming the way of Marlow Park’s dinosaur slide, as councillors...

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Playground icon to go the way of the dinosaur?

Dunedin councillors spoke ‘‘in defence of the dinosaur’’ as they considered plans to replace or refurbish one of Marlow Park’s most illustrious occupants.

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Youths flaunt car stealing exploits

A screenshot from a TikTok account featuring a youth stealing cars and damaging them across...

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Youths flaunt car stealing exploits

Youths stealing up to six cars a night in Dunedin have boasted of their exploits in TikTok videos showing cars speeding at 200kmh and fleeing police.

Youths back stealing cars soon after arrests: police

Youths back stealing cars soon after arrests: police

Some of the youths arrested over a spree of car thefts in Dunedin at the weekend were back at it again days later, police say.

Remains of missing 'kind-hearted fella' found

Murray Wakefield is shown on his boat in this 2018 photo. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Remains of missing 'kind-hearted fella' found at Portobello

Human skeletal remains located on the Portobello coastline have been identified as those of a "kind-hearted fella" who went missing nearby in May last year.

Firefighters work to make scene safe

Firefighters work to make scene safe

Firefighters work on freeing a car jammed into the traffic island in Princes St yesterday.

For the children

Tayla Galletly (left), of Dunedin Hospital’s children’s ward, receives a gift of a new PlayStation 5 for the ward from Images of the Past Dunedin representative Lorraine Clark at the ...

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Gum disease remedy studied

University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry periodontal health and disease researcher Prof Dawn...

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Gum disease remedy studied

A University of Otago researcher is working with the world’s number one-ranked dental school to study the ability of a new mānuka oil nanoparticle gel to treat gum disease.