Rethink of quit smoking approach
Rethink of quit smoking approach
Tips on how to stop smoking, alongside the usual images of cancer-ridden organs on cigarette packaging, may help New Zealand’s remaining smokers to quit.
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When a seat at the table brings safety and security
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When a seat at the table brings safety and security
They may just look like picnic tables, but for Dunedin families escaping domestic violence, they represent places of safety and security.
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Extinct duck DNA shows evolution pathway to ‘flightlessness’: study
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Extinct duck DNA shows evolution pathway to ‘flightlessness’: study
Rēkohu shelducks are a prime example of what happens when you spend too much time in the stress-free lifestyle of island time.
Bath St focus moves to above-ground works
Bath St focus moves to above-ground works
The underground work for an upgrade to a central Dunedin street is complete.
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DCC investigating how it could implement AI
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DCC investigating how it could implement AI
The Dunedin City Council (DCC) is exploring in detail how it can incorporate artificial intelligence into its operation.
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Evicted couple forced to keep watch over belongings
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Evicted couple forced to keep watch over belongings
The belongings of a Kaikorai couple have been dumped in a Dunedin park after they were evicted from their rental property.
Firefighters pushing for better conditions
Firefighters pushing for better conditions
Firefighters around the city are campaigning for better work conditions after talks between the union and Fire and Emergency New Zealand failed this month.
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Councillor off Albany St panel after ‘ill-judged outbursts’
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Councillor off Albany St panel after ‘ill-judged outbursts’
A councillor who lashed out at businesses has been forced off a hearings panel deciding on changes to a contentious central Dunedin cycleway.
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Refugee jailed for five years for filmed sexual assault
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Refugee jailed for five years for filmed sexual assault
A refugee who fled war-torn Iraq will now spend more than five years behind bars after filming his sex attack on a woman as her child protested.
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'Tone deaf and greedy': Sunday parking charges slammed
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'Tone deaf and greedy': Sunday parking charges slammed
Charging for Sunday parking in Dunedin has been slammed as a money grab that will kill off centre city business.
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Judge says man who groped teen not predatory
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Judge says man who groped teen not predatory
A man who groped a grossly intoxicated teenager at a Dunedin bar has avoided jail after a judge said his behaviour was not predatory.
Maori Hill School pupils active and stylish
Maori Hill School pupils active and stylish
Tip your hat to the imagination of these Dunedin primary school pupils.
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Urinating shoplifter soaked shelf in supermarket stealing spree
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Urinating shoplifter soaked shelf in supermarket stealing spree
A Dunedin man has been jailed after urinating in a supermarket where he was shoplifting.
Car rolls after grit truck overtake gone wrong
Car rolls after grit truck overtake gone wrong
A Dunedin woman who came to grief on black ice was trying to overtake a grit truck, police say.
Guilty of possessing mosque attack videos
Govt employee guilty of possessing mosque attack videos
A government employee has been found guilty of possessing footage of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks.
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Many books sodden after pipe bursts
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Many books sodden after pipe bursts
Countless books have been lost to frigid waters after a morning frost burst a pipe above a Dunedin bookshop.
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DCC concerned growth plan overreaction
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DCC concerned growth plan overreaction
The government’s drive to grow housing could impose Auckland-style urban sprawl as a misguided template for other cities, Dunedin councillors have warned.
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Exercise physiology students helping folk stay mobile
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Exercise physiology students helping folk stay mobile
Jeffrey Batts reckons if he can get in or out of his car without his leg locking up, he is having a good day.
Funds to buy community hub fall short
Funds to buy community hub fall short
"We tried, but could not get over the last hurdle."
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'My suffering doesn’t matter': Victim outraged as child sex offender freed early
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'My suffering doesn’t matter': Victim outraged as child sex offender freed early
The victim of an Otago sex offender says her abuser charmed his way into an early release while she suffers a "life sentence" of trauma.