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Climate change response timeframe at odds with visions

Jonathan Rowe. File photo: Gregor Richardson

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Climate change response timeframe at odds with visions

Responding to climate change risks in South Dunedin needs to happen much sooner than the 75-year visions promoted for the suburb earlier this year, a new report suggests.

Dunedin makes global list of LGBTQ+-friendly destinations

Dunedin makes global list of LGBTQ+-friendly destinations

An international travel site has proclaimed Dunedin to be a friendly place for the LGBTQ+ community, but advocates say much work is yet to be done.

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Leary slams govt over needle exchange decision

Labour's Ingrid Leary questions if the Suicide Prevention Office is really staying open when it...

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Leary slams govt over needle exchange decision

A Dunedin-based opposition MP has slammed the government for cutting funding for a world-leading needle exchange service for intravenous drug users.

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23,000 new books set to hit shelves at South Dunedin library

Admiring the 23,000 new books headed for South Dunedin’s new library are (from left) South...

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23,000 new books set to hit shelves at South Dunedin library

"Every day is like Christmas" for the librarians eagerly awaiting the opening of the new South Dunedin library.

Spat on after intervening

Spat on after intervening

A Dunedin man who intervened when a group of about 20 teenagers were causing a ruckus at the George St McDonald’s was spat on and had soap squirted on him.

Man on run after crash

Man on run after crash

A Dunedin man is on the run after allegedly crashing into a police patrol vehicle and fleeing.

Deportation likely for Enere’s killer

Friends and family of Enere McLaren-Taana gathered outside the High Court at Dunedin yesterday to...

Deportation likely for Enere’s killer

A Dunedin 14-year-old who stabbed another teen to death will likely be deported after being jailed over the killing.

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Vandervis keen on pitch switch at stadium

Dunedin city councillor Lee Vandervis says a fully synthetic turf would enable Forsyth Barr...

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Vandervis keen on pitch switch at stadium

Forsyth Barr Stadium should turf the grass in favour of an artificial alternative, a Dunedin mayoral candidate says.

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Student avoids conviction over crash

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Student avoids conviction over crash

A student who crashed his car and blamed his mate has avoided a conviction because he wants to be an engineer.

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Shared passion for outdoors channelled into business

Weekend Mish founders Gabe Ross (left) and Riley Meason after they won Tracked in 2022. PHOTO:...

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Shared passion for outdoors channelled into business

A pair of Dunedin high school mates have turned their passion for the outdoors into a successful multimedia business.

Show to fundraise for dance champs

Rasa School of Dance crew Allies (back row, from left) Safera Wintrup, 17, Ruby Martin, 14, Lisa...

Show to fundraise for dance champs

A Dunedin dance school is calling on the community to help them get to the "Olympics of hip-hop".

Toroa chicks weigh in at 10.2kg, 11kg

Toroa chicks weigh in at 10.2kg, 11kg

Department of Conservation rangers weigh a juvenile toroa (northern royal albatross) at Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula.

Proud to sing anthem

Former Columba College and University of Otago student Rosie Auchinvole after a performance at St...

Proud to sing anthem

A Dunedin choir member was proud to sing New Zealand’s national anthem on a global stage after winning a top award.

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Shuffles continue at top of hospital project

Piles await the Dunedin hospital’s inpatient building while people at the top of the project...

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Shuffles continue at top of hospital project

A fast-rising bureaucrat brought in to helm the government’s reset of the new Dunedin hospital project has been dumped from the inpatient build, the Otago Daily Times understands.

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Hunter helping others to fill their freezers

Hunt Mate founder Tristan Corbett (right) shares some hunting wisdom with University of Otago...

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Hunter helping others to fill their freezers

As the cost of living bites, an Outram man says he has been surprised to find many new hunters want to learn how to gather meat from the land instead of collecting trophies.

Positively polarising

Act New Zealand leader David Seymour. Photo: Peter McIntosh

Positively polarising

Controversy has never done Act New Zealand leader David Seymour any harm in the past, and he does not think it will do him any harm in the future either, he tells political...

Obituary: strove to improve rural medicine

Obituary: strove to improve rural medicine

Rural healthcare workers and other first responders had always done their best when dealing with medical emergencies in extremely trying circumstances.