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Two staff hospitalised after Dunedin Airport chemical incident

Two staff hospitalised after Dunedin Airport chemical incident

Two Dunedin Airport staff members have been taken to hospital as a precautionary measure after potentially being exposed to a toxic chemical.

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Tireless effort to get bush tyre-less

Keep Dunedin Beautiful volunteer Vita Mayhem-Bullock, 10, stands near a pile of tyres pulled from...

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Tireless effort to get bush tyre-less

Enough tyres to fit a standard car and a motorcycle were pulled from the bush around the Dunedin Town Belt in a community effort to clean up the area.

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Varroa infestation adds to beekeepers’ climate, price fluctuation worries

The queen bee (right of centre) spends much of her time examining cells through the colony among...

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Varroa infestation adds to beekeepers’ climate, price fluctuation worries

Otago beekeepers says the job has become more intense and technical, there being seemingly more questions than answers around the varroa mite.

Festival celebrates 90 years of club

Otago Bridge Club captain Phil Noye prepares to play several rounds of bridge during their 90th...

Festival celebrates 90 years of club

After nine decades of playing bridge, Otago’s local club shows no signs of waning membership and is instead going from strength to strength.

Dunedin partygoer strikes teen with high-heel: police

A Dunedin partygoer allegedly took off her high-heel to strike a teenager in the head after accusing him of stealing her alcohol.

Man in court after alleged Dunedin stabbing

A man has appeared in Dunedin District Court following an alleged stabbing yesterday.

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Sri Lankan children ready to welcome a new year

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Sri Lankan children ready to welcome a new year

A group of young Sri Lankan children are all dressed up to get ready to perform for Sri Lankan new year celebrations at the Sargood Centre, Logan Park, yesterday.

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Seeing inside of whale ‘one of coolest things I’ve ever done’

Mahe Ewan, of Cromwell, gets up close and personal with a life-sized inflatable humpback whale at...

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Seeing inside of whale ‘one of coolest things I’ve ever done’

Cool, calm and collected — that’s how Mahe Ewan reckons he would be if he was swallowed by a whale.

Car on roof; driver injured

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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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