Water worries grow amid lax flood mitigation
Water worries grow amid lax flood mitigation
South Dunedin is not the only area in the city with water worries. Residents in a North Dunedin suburb face the threat of a catastrophic flood.
Photo exhibition to help spread anti-nuclear message
Photo exhibition to help spread anti-nuclear message
Visiting Hiroshima has motivated a Dunedin woman to spread awareness about the devastating impact of nuclear weapons.
Armed officers swarm settlement
Armed officers swarm settlement
Two people were helping police with inquiries after armed officers descended on a Dunedin coastal settlement yesterday.
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Young Dunedin golfer crowned world’s best for her age
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Young Dunedin golfer crowned world’s best for her age
Talk about a great birthday present.
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Mayor hedging his bets
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Mayor hedging his bets
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has hedged his bets — seeking a seat at the city council table in case he does not win the mayoralty race.
Probe wanted into tobacco firms’ policy influence
Probe wanted into tobacco firms’ policy influence
Following fresh revelations the government has extended a 50% tax cut on heated tobacco products (HTPs) for two more years, health experts across the country are ramping up calls for an independent...
Next stop South America
Next stop South America
A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of Chilean airline Latam flying from Sydney to Santiago catches the setting sun at 33,000 feet as it appears behind the Municipal Chambers clocktower yesterday...
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‘De-extinction’ criticism sparks smear campaign
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‘De-extinction’ criticism sparks smear campaign
An Otago paleogenetics researcher who has been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plan to "de-extinct" the giant moa has been targeted by online "smear" articles aimed at discrediting him.
Backing hoiho
Backing hoiho
Te Tautiaki Hoiho Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust general manager Anna Campbell (left) and programme co-ordinator-researcher Wenna Yeo are hoping the endangered seabird’s outlook improves amid a wave of...
Within living memory
Within living memory
Taking a break from riding the bikes they received for their birthday in June 1985 are Mosgiel triplets Andrew, Simon and Timothy Madill.
Obituary: There and back again at OBHS
Obituary: There and back again at OBHS
When Clive Rennie retired to Whanganui he did not have to pay the man who cut his lawn.
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Bus hub stabber to appeal sentence
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Bus hub stabber to appeal sentence
The teenager who killed a Dunedin schoolboy at the city’s bus hub will appeal his conviction and sentence.
Dunedin teen turns tables on middle-aged attacker
Dunedin teen turns tables on middle-aged attacker
A teenager fought off a man well over twice his age after being lunged at in an unprovoked Dunedin street assault.
From Dunedin TV station to global powerhouse: the story of NHNZ
From Dunedin TV station to global powerhouse: the story of NHNZ
For four decades Dunedin was home to a powerhouse of global documentary filmmaking.
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South D residents don’t want ‘status quo’
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South D residents don’t want ‘status quo’
Clear signals have been sent about what South Dunedin people want for their future amid climate challenges, Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says.
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Views split on mandatory lecture recording
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Views split on mandatory lecture recording
All lectures at the University of Otago could be recorded and available by next year if a group of academics and students gets its way.
Association formed to boost connection in sciences
Association formed to boost connection in sciences
A lack of tertiary science major social cohesion, and nobody being "mates" has inspired two University of Otago students to kick-start an association.
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Residential hall recreated in the virtual world
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Residential hall recreated in the virtual world
Forget couch fires in Castle St.
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Drunk wedding guest strangled groom’s father
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‘Drunk, out of control’ wedding guest strangled groom’s father with own hair
A "drunk and out of control" wedding guest strangled the father of the groom, using the groom’s father’s own hair.
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Rapist’s board hearing ‘traumatic’ — ‘it’s like I’m being re-raped’
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Rapist’s board hearing ‘traumatic’ — ‘it’s like I’m being re-raped’
The Dunedin victim of a remorseless serial predator says the offender’s recent parole hearing was like being "re-raped".