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    Dunedin Venues Ltd chief executive Paul Doorn kicks a ball on the green grass of Forsyth Barr...

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    Events put stadium’s versatility to test

    One day dirt, the next — the green, green grass of Shield country.

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    People’s Hub a ‘progressive alternative’

    Otago Regional Council candidate Alex King is working with various other candidates in Dunedin at...

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    People’s Hub a ‘progressive alternative’

    An alternative alliance of council candidates in Dunedin has come together to promote shared values such as climate action and social justice.

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    Turbulence ‘pure terror’: passenger

    NZ673 an Auckland to Dunedin flight on Sunday 21/09/2025 that was impacted by turbulence. IMAGE:...

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    Turbulence ‘pure terror’: passenger

    Four minutes of "absolute pure terror".

    Clark’s patronage of festival celebrated

    Former prime minister Helen Clark (standing) and Routeburn Dart Wildlife Trust trustee Amanda...

    Clark’s patronage of festival celebrated

    Dunedin's reputation as the "wildest city in New Zealand" has been cemented, after former prime minister Helen Clark was named patron of the Wild Dunedin Festival yesterday.

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    Koru Care trip will take nurse full circle

    With life-long lessons and memories of her own Koru Care Otago trip to the Gold Coast in 2008,...

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    Koru Care trip will take nurse full circle

    Tara Cheung thought her life was "pretty bad" when she woke up in hospital after stomach surgery, and found the surgeons had not stitched her back up again.

    Fire in car sparks warning about lithium-ion batteries

    A Fire and Emergency New Zealand crew from St Kilda attends to a smoke-filled car after a battery...

    Fire in car sparks warning about lithium-ion batteries

    Emergency services are warning the public to be vigilant after a battery pack caught fire in the back of car parked in a busy public place in South Dunedin.

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    Fears fare rise will lower bus patronage

    Gretchen Robertson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Fears fare rise will lower bus patronage

    Bus patronage has risen by more than 50% in the past five years in Dunedin and Queenstown, but fears remain it will sink when fares are increased.

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    Fate of cycleway on council agenda

    Jim O’Malley. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Fate of cycleway on council agenda

    Amid fears of legal challenges, the fate of a controversial central Dunedin cycleway could rest on one councillor.

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    Event a dress rehearsal for the big one

    Early risers were treated to a view of yesterday morning’s partial solar eclipse at St Clair...

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    Event a dress rehearsal for the big one

    A partial eclipse was the perfect test run for a Dunedin astronomer ahead of the big one in less than three years’ time.

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    New itsy bitsy discovery came down in ‘spider rain’

    The Pholcomma genus spider (right) next to a tarantula the size of a stamp. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

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    New itsy bitsy discovery came down in ‘spider rain’

    A Dunedin researcher’s spider senses were left tingling when a species new to science began falling from the sky.

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    ORC salaries ‘way out of step’: Vision Otago

    Michael Laws. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    ORC salaries ‘way out of step’: Vision Otago

    An annual report has laid bare why rates are going up, one regional councillor says — too many staff, earning big pay rises and pocketing more than $100,000 annually.

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    Audience thrilled show ‘delivered a crash’

    A monster truck gets good air after jumping over some cars.

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    Audience thrilled show ‘delivered a crash’

    Earmuffs were the headwear of choice at Forsyth Barr Stadium over the weekend, as thousands packed in to catch some rip-roaring monster truck action.

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    Jigsaw championship brings enthusiasts together

    Dunedin speed puzzler Alison Jacobs is competing in her first World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship in...

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    Jigsaw championship brings enthusiasts together

    A passion for puzzles is a common language connecting 3600 international speed puzzlers competing at the world champs, an Ōtepoti speed puzzler says.

    Trust campaigning for consecutive hoiho wins

    Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust treasurer Tim Mepham and ranger Fran Neal hold one of the hoardings...

    Trust campaigning for consecutive hoiho wins

    The 2025 Bird of the Year race has started — and it appears to be getting pretty political, pretty quickly.

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    Moran Chapel set to close this week

    The Catholic Moran Chapel (above) in the Moran Building (below) in the Octagon. PHOTOS: GERARD O...

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    Moran Chapel set to close this week

    The Catholic Church has done a U-turn on keeping a central Dunedin chapel and will close it for financial reasons.

    Collecting rubbish to help the homeless

    PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

    Collecting rubbish to help the homeless

    King’s High School students Sam Moore (left), 17, and Charlie Heller, 18, pick up rubbish outside Woolworths Dunedin Central yesterday.

    Southerners catch glimpse of rare partial eclipse

    The eclipse glimpsed through the trees in Octagon this morning. Photo: Supplied/Andy Smith

    Southerners catch glimpse of rare partial eclipse

    Parts of the South offered up some of the best views of a partial solar eclipse this morning.

    Wage gap really taking the cake

    PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON / REPORT: RUBY SHAW

    Wage gap really taking the cake

    Event co-ordinator Glenda Alexander, of the Council of Trade Unions, holds a cake decorated to represent the 20% "chunk of pay women are missing".

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    Toxic tar removal bill $8m: council

    Anna Nilsen. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Toxic tar removal bill $8m: council

    Dunedin City Council faces an $8 million bill to remove toxic tar from a contaminated site in South Dunedin, a new report reveals.

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    Stranded humpback whale dies despite rescue efforts

    A curious seal pops out of the water to look at a stranded humpback whale on a sandbank at the...

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    Stranded humpback whale dies despite rescue efforts

    An adult humpback whale, which stranded and died near Waitati on Saturday, left conservation groups and local residents emotionally spent yesterday.
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      11 new ‘life-changing’ social housing units being built

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      New owners reopen pub: ‘life’s too short’

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      Rating the performance of Dunedin councillors

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