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Subjected to ‘stalking-type behaviour’

The Dunedin District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Subjected to ‘stalking-type behaviour’

A Dunedin man subjected his former partner to "stalking-type behaviour", including slashing her tyre, threatening to poison her dogs and secretly installing a camera where she was living.

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Moana Pool upgrade work expected to come in $3m under budget

Moana Pool is off-limits during the lockdown. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Moana Pool upgrade work expected to come in $3m under budget

The Dunedin City Council is anticipating a $3 million saving for upgrade work to Moana Pool.

Street art process set to unfold

The proposed mural for the side wall of the building at 197 King Edward St facing Carey Ave....

Street art process set to unfold

More street art in action will soon be seen in South Dunedin.

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‘Liar’ Weatherston denied parole

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‘Liar’ Weatherston denied parole

Clayton Weatherston says blaming his victim for the frenzied murder he committed was "completely wrong".

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By-election comes during crunch time for council

The Dunedin City Council had a couple of 8-7 votes at meetings in November last year, including...

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By-election comes during crunch time for council

Voter fatigue or not, issues will be debated and campaigns are coming.

Driver illness cancels buses

A raft of driver illness has caused dozens of bus cancellations across Dunedin this week.

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Tenants paying extra day of rent, mother says

If prospective students can no longer afford to rent, they won’t come, and those that are here...

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Tenants paying extra day of rent, mother says

A Dunedin mother is warning prospective student tenants to read the fine print or else face an extra day’s rent at the end of their stay.

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‘Honour’ to be made society fellow: Prof

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‘Honour’ to be made society fellow: Prof

Prof Cilla Wehi feels like she is now standing among the giants of the ecology world, after being elected as a Fellow of the British Ecological Society.

Obituary: Church leader profound, caring

A charming, compassionate man of faith, Donald Phillipps. Photo: Linda Robertson

Obituary: Church leader profound, caring

John Wesley, one of the founding fathers of Methodism, exhorted the faithful to love God with all one’s heart, mind, soul and strength and to love one’s neighbour as oneself.

Builder’s career stretches hospital to hospital

New Dunedin hospital construction worker Trevor Ellison is eyeing retirement, 50 years after...

Builder’s career stretches hospital to hospital

Trevor Ellison reckons if you stand next to a concrete mixer long enough, your working career is bound to turn full circle at some stage.

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‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms

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‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms

A Dunedin pharmacist is concerned about the ‘‘enshittification’’ of NZ's healthcare system, which is slowly dissolving services to people and increasingly serving ‘‘scale, profit and efficiency’’ instead.

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DCC backs new business approach

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DCC backs new business approach

Economic development in Dunedin should be supported through a ‘‘bold’’ change of approach that keeps council input at arm’s length, most councillors agree.

Ding, ding, ding: Cars shunted in fender bender

Ding, ding, ding: Cars shunted in fender bender

A Dunedin fender bender shunted a parked car forwards into two other parked vehicles this morning.

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Strait repeat could still be on the cards

Tūhura Otago Museum board chairman and University of Otago physics professor David Hutchinson...

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Strait repeat could still be on the cards

Despite nursing aches and pains, a bad sunburn and quite a ‘‘nasty’’ bit of chafing yesterday, David Hutchinson is not ruling out another attempt at swimming across Cook Strait.

One critical in rollover crash near Outram

The aftermath of the crash. Photo: Graeme Gough

One critical in rollover crash near Outram

A person has been taken to hospital in a ‘‘critical condition’’ after a car rolled into a paddock near Outram this morning.

'Stolen' BMW then set on fire: police

'Stolen' BMW then set on fire: police

Police are investigating a suspected arson after discovering a fire inside an allegedly stolen BMW in Mosgiel.

Weatherston blames 'uncontrollable rage' for killing

Clayton Weatherston in the dock for sentencing at the Christchurch High Court in 2009. Photo: ODT...

Weatherston blames 'uncontrollable rage' for killing

Clayton Weatherston, jailed for 18 years over the harrowing stabbing murder of Sophie Elliott in Dunedin, has today been denied parole in his first appearance before the board.

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Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez

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Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez

An opposition MP says he is not surprised the controversial Waikato medical school project has been classed as ‘‘high risk’’ by the government’s financial advisers.

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Driver seen 'bolting' as crash victim lay unconscious

Stone St resident Matt Thomson says his front porch was damaged after a car crashed into a power...

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Driver seen 'bolting' as crash victim lay unconscious

A resident of a Dunedin street has described people ‘‘bolting’’ from a crash where a woman was found lying unconscious in the street.

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Councillors reject Ong’s naming-rights plan

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Councillors reject Ong’s naming-rights plan

A push to award naming rights of Dunedin public assets has failed, with one councillor confessing he was still baffled despite reading the plan two dozen times.

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