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DCC blunder lands woman with $70 parking ticket

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DCC blunder lands woman with $70 parking ticket

A Dunedin woman is questioning a parking ticket she received last Sunday when a sign right above the park shows paid parking was not required that day.

School mural ‘big step up’

Nic Dempster will not be spending so much time at Waikouaiti School any more.

Opening date for uni building

The troubled and long-delayed building for the University of Otago’s Christchurch campus finally has an opening date, as the university looks to grow student numbers across the board.

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Ong calls police after claiming security cameras ripped down

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Ong calls police after claiming security cameras ripped down

Benedict Ong says he has serious concerns for his safety after being threatened with a baton in the street and having his home security cameras ripped down.

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Whale, hello there! Marine mammals visit Otago Harbour

University of Otago students (from front) Amy Jordan, Mila Smith de Zeeuw and Ella Peterson...

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Whale, hello there! Marine mammals visit Otago Harbour

They told Mila Smith de Zeeuw: ‘‘Go study in Dunedin. It’ll be great. You’ll have a whale of a time’’.

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'It was the drugs': Scot reveals reason he finally became NZ citizen

Scottish-born John McIntosh holds the kowhai seedling he was given at the New Zealand citizenship...

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'It was the drugs': Scot reveals reason he finally became NZ citizen

John McIntosh was in a drug-fuelled haze when he finally decided to become a New Zealand citizen after seven decades in this country.

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Prospect of sealing road gets closer

McMaster Rd residents Julie Pearse and Dr Ohad Dar would like to see the troublesome road sealed....

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Prospect of sealing road gets closer

Residents concerned about the safety of a pothole-ridden, gravel Dunedin road are buoyed the council has taken a step towards sealing it.

Starry, starry nights for Speight’s chimney

Starry, starry nights for Speight’s chimney

Illuminating the Dunedin skyline is a projection featuring three stars upon the chimney at Speight’s Brewery.

Imagine food, glorious food

Do you fill up more at the supermarket when you’re hungry? Scientific research might confirm why.

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Brewery takes aim at Dunedin student group

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Brewery takes aim at Dunedin student group

New Zealand’s biggest alcohol company says the actions of a small, student-led Dunedin group were why liquor laws needed to change.

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Dunedin boss groped two women at work party

William Oldham was fined and ordered to pay reparation for grabbing the bottoms of two bar staff...

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'Simply unacceptable': Dunedin boss groped two women at work party

A Dunedin forestry boss groped two women working at a bar during his company party, a court has heard.

‘Always being active’ keeps centenarian motoring

‘Always being active’ keeps centenarian motoring

Joan Hardey raises a glass as she nears 100 years — and is showing no signs of slowing down.

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Council silent on ‘major event’

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Council silent on ‘major event’

The council is staying tight-lipped over a ‘‘major event’’ proposed for Dunedin being discussed behind closed doors today.

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Car crimes driving repair demand

South City Panel Beaters director Wayne Bennett holds a damaged key barrel beside a recently...

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Car crimes driving repair demand

While groups of youths run rampant causing severe damage to countless stolen cars, it is up to Dunedin panel beaters to clean up after them.

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First families move into homes under philanthropic scheme

Chace Moody and Bryleigh Webb-Cassidy, with their 3-month-old son Tate, are among some of the...

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First families move into homes under philanthropic scheme

Chace Moody reckons without Roger Fewtrell, his young family would not have been able to buy their first home.

Remains of man missing for year found

Remains of man missing for year found

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.

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Archers hit fundraising target for wall repairs

Otago University Archery Club president Charlie Boocock-Yee removes arrows from the club’s new...

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Archers hit fundraising target for wall repairs

Sitting on the toilet and hearing a thud on the wall next to their head was becoming ‘‘a little disconcerting’’ for women in the changing rooms at the University of Otago’s Clubs and Societies Centre.

Group banned from George St McDonald's

The five youths have been trespassed from McDonald's in George St. Photo: Google Maps

Group banned from George St McDonald's

Five youths have been banned from a Dunedin fast-food restaurant for two years due to their behaviour, police say.

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Core may hold sea level rise answers

University of Siena (Italy) researcher Luca Zurli (left) and Federal Institute for Geosciences...

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Core may hold sea level rise answers

An Antarctic sediment core, providing an environmental record stretching back about 17 million years, may hold answers to how long we have before coastal areas become inundated by rising sea levels.

Reinstalled camera to monitor speed next month

The recently reinstalled average-speed safety camera in Allanton-Waihola Rd, State Highway 1.

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