Rare visitor spotted
Erect-crested penguins are normally found on New Zealand’s subantarctic Bounty and Antipodes island groups, but this juvenile was among sea lions at a Dunedin beach yesterday.
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Name suppression for man who tied up child
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Name suppression for man who tied up child
A Dunedin man who tied his toddler’s legs together, leaving her injured for nearly two months, has had his name permanently suppressed.
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Dementia patients ’forced shift‘ appalling’
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Dementia patients ’forced shift‘ appalling’
A desperate lack of dementia beds in Dunedin has resulted in the "appalling" situation of patients being shipped out of the city.
New public toilet facilities to boost accessibility
New public toilet facilities to boost accessibility
Dunedin is set to become the first city in the South Island with a fully accessible $750,000 Changing Places bathroom.
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Stab wound penetrated to within 2cm of heart
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Stab wound penetrated to within 2cm of heart
A stabbing in central Dunedin left the victim with a wound just 2cm from his heart, a court has heard.
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Coach to tackle cafe ownership
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Coach to tackle cafe ownership
With a resume that includes coaching for the Highlanders and Black Ferns, Riki Flutey expects his sporting expertise will come in handy manning the helm of a Dunedin cafe.
Timber!
Timber!
Portobello Rd traffic was down to one lane yesterday as arborists felled a large macrocarpa tree in Ivanhoe Rd.
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Adjusting tasks of DCC firm suggested
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Adjusting tasks of DCC firm suggested
Am alternative idea has emerged for fostering economic development in Dunedin — tweaking an existing council company.
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Strait to be swum for sprinklers
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Strait to be swum for sprinklers
Water is both "the challenge and the solution" for David Hutchinson.
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Wet weather no concern for cruise ship tourists
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Wet weather no concern for cruise ship tourists
Tourists on a rare two-night stay in Dunedin did not let the wet weather get in the way of their travels.
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Builder had to ‘learn place pretty quickly’
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Builder had to ‘learn place pretty quickly’
Not surprisingly, Stephen Jory has forgotten the number of times he has smashed his thumb with a hammer on a building site over the past 50 years.
Summer art exhibition attracts over 100 entries
Summer art exhibition attracts over 100 entries
More than 100 Otago artists feature in the Otago Art Society’s summer exhibition at the Dunedin Railway Station.
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Work begins on new town housing project
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Work begins on new town housing project
Another town housing project is about to spring up in Dunedin — this time on the former Bayfield Bowling Club site in Bayfield Rd.
Stormy snapshot
Stormy snapshot
A couple pause to take a photograph while walking along Smaills beach on a blustery day recently.
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Removal planned for scout hall before blaze
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Removal planned for scout hall before blaze
Plans to remove the Roslyn scout hall were under way a week before a large fire ripped through the more than 100-year-old building.
Academy to foster students’ potential in science
Academy to foster students’ potential in science
There was very little sign of life at the University of Otago yesterday — particularly when it came to pollution-sensitive invertebrates in the Water of Leith.
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Man threw coward punch in pub argument
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Man threw coward punch in pub argument
A man was left with five broken teeth, a broken nose and a concussion after he was coward punched at a Milton pub, a court has heard.
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Teen collapsed after being fed booze and drugs
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Teen collapsed after being fed booze and drugs
A Dunedin man supplied alcohol and offered prescription drugs to three vulnerable children, leaving one so intoxicated she had to be hospitalised.
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Chef steps up to resurrect community cafe
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Chef steps up to resurrect community cafe
Turns out The Duck is not dead after all.
Crews fight fire at fireplace factory
Crews fight fire at fireplace factory
Firefighters have quelled a blaze at a fireplace factory in the Dunedin suburb of Green Island.