Ong faces pay cut amid conduct allegations
Ong faces pay cut amid conduct allegations
A pay cut could be coming for embattled Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong, while he also faces code of conduct proceedings.
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Perfect colleague Steve excelling in his line of work
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Perfect colleague Steve excelling in his line of work
Meet Steve.
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Fish & Game seeking meeting over new bylaw
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Fish & Game seeking meeting over new bylaw
A new water supply bylaw set to be introduced this year has led to one fishing advocacy group seeking a meeting with the Dunedin City Council over access and stocking arrangements.
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Art, composition fellowships returning
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Art, composition fellowships returning
After a 12-month hiatus in the Frances Hodgkins visual art and Mozart composition fellowships, the University of Otago has announced they will be resuming next year.
Rural health push can do more: study
Rural health push can do more: study
Rural health professional programmes are successfully getting more doctors into rural medical practices, but research has found the programmes need to be expanded.
Sensory stimulation and wry commentary
Sensory stimulation and wry commentary
A feat of technical mastery, the writing and production of Motion Sickness are equally as impressive as the passion and perseverance with which its creative team execute it.
Successful blend of arias and dance
Successful blend of arias and dance
Opera Otago’s contribution to Dunedin’s Fringe Week opened in Hanover Hall on Tuesday evening with Arias at Dusk, a unique performance of popular operatic arias.
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‘Celebration of the female form’
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‘Celebration of the female form’
Sparkling costumes and big feather fans feature at a traditional Dunedin burlesque show inspired by the vintage glamour of the pre-1950s.
Moir’s risque tales hit mark
Moir’s risque tales hit mark
Dear Stalker, by award-winning comedian Harriet Moir and staged at Te Whare O Rutukia, has a sellout season for good reason.
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Finding ways to reduce food waste
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Finding ways to reduce food waste
Eyes widened to the size of dinner plates when Elena Piere managed to save 13.1 tonnes of food waste from going to landfill last year.
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Protected tree survives twin onslaught of poetry and AI
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Protected tree survives twin onslaught of poetry and AI
The unlikely combination of a poem and an AI-backed report on the merits of chopping down a protected tree in Mosgiel have failed to sway planners.
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Father decries law change: 'We just don't want other people to die'
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Father decries law change: 'We just don't want other people to die'
The father of a University of Otago student crushed to death at a Dunedin flat party says a law change would stand in the way of his efforts to make the city a safer place.
Student's drug stash found as cops overhear call to lost phone
Student's drug stash found as cops overhear call to lost phone
A student unwittingly dobbed himself in when his phone containing hidden drugs was handed to Dunedin police during St Patrick’s Day partying.
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Mapping system of avalanche risk being developed
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Mapping system of avalanche risk being developed
Heading off into the mountainous back country of the South Island is becoming increasingly dangerous as climate change increases uncertainty about snow and avalanche conditions.
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Care home handyman groped 'defenceless' elderly dementia patient
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Care home handyman groped 'defenceless' elderly dementia patient
A worker at a Dunedin care facility who groped an elderly woman with dementia has avoided a jail sentence.
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Council likely $41m short of delivering capital spend
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Council likely $41m short of delivering capital spend
The Dunedin City Council is shaping to be more than $40 million short of delivering its budgeted capital spend, as mystery surrounds what it will get done next year.
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School's name change seeks to honour Māori heritage
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School's name change seeks to honour Māori heritage
A name change will help a Dunedin school embrace its local cultural heritage — and hopefully stop it getting the wrong mail.
Shop worker calls cops on customer smelling of booze
Shop worker calls cops on customer smelling of booze
A woman who ‘‘smelt of alcohol’’ was caught driving over the legal limit after being spotted by a Dunedin shop worker, police say.
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New regional council site to open late April
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New regional council site to open late April
The new Otago Regional Council building is set to open late next month and will get straight down to business.
Porch sleeper prompts plea from police
Porch sleeper prompts plea from police
Police are urging Dunedin’s student population to lock their flats and report suspicious activity after a middle-aged man returned to a flat where he was previously caught sleeping outside.