Dunedin

Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

A baby's extensive fractures were “almost certainly the result of abusive trauma”, a Dunedin trial has heard.

Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

NZ’s top school choirs competing in city

Big Sing regional co-ordinator Rosemary Tarbotton in the Dunedin Town Hall, set to host the Big...

NZ’s top school choirs competing in city

New Zealand’s premier secondary schools’ choral competition is returning to Dunedin for the first time since 2019.

Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

Car goes up in flames in central Dunedin

A firefighter brings the car fire under control. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Car goes up in flames in central Dunedin

Flames were leaping from a car which caught fire outside a Dunedin museum this morning.

Seriously injured driver pulled from truck

A man received serious injuries after the oil tanker he was driving ran off the road south of Waikouaiti last night.

Weather forecasting supercomputer on

Flooding in Richmond St, South Dunedin in 2015. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Weather forecasting supercomputer on

If a weather bomb is going to flood South Dunedin, residents will get much more time to prepare for it now Earth Sciences New Zealand has switched on its new $35 million weather forecasting supercomputer.

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'I spent my childhood in a sex shop'

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Dunedin's family-owned sex shop closes doors

A Dunedin man who grew up in his family’s sex shop is preparing to say goodbye to one of the country’s oldest adult stores.

No controlled burns today: Fenz

An out-of-control vegetation fire near St Bathans. Photo: Fire and Emergency NZ

No controlled burns today: Fenz

Otago farmers are being warned to postpone any controlled burns amid warnings of high wind today.

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Bill trying to weaken councils: Radich

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Bill trying to weaken councils: Radich

The Dunedin City Council is questioning what the government regards as "core services" for it to do.

Injured baby case: 'Accidental rib fractures very rare'

It would be "highly unusual" for a baby’s rib fractures to be caused by being rolled on by his mother, a Dunedin court heard.

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Surprised by service award

Retired Dunedin orthodontist Dr Winifred Harding was recently recognised for her 40 years of...

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Surprised by service award

Very seldom does Winifred Harding walk down the street or through a supermarket without seeing a beautiful smile and thinking, "I did that".

Gravity-defying grazing not a cliff-hanger

Gravity-defying grazing not a cliff-hanger

A couple of sheep munching on bushes on the side of a cliff near Taiaroa Head may look precariously placed, but the farm’s owner, Parry Reid, says there is no need to worry...

Crash after dropped vape leads cops to wanted man

A wanted Mosgiel man was nabbed by police after crashing his car as he rummaged around for a dropped vape.

'Wines with lunch': Dunedin bus driver blows over limit

A Dunedin bus driver taking school students home blew over the legal alcohol limit after drinking "some wines with lunch", police say.

Blooming marvellous way to welcome spring

Blooming marvellous way to welcome spring

The first day of meteorological spring is on Monday, and true to form, the magnolias in the University of Otago quad are blossoming wildly amid the recent settled weather.

Rising costs making times rough for Dunedin students

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

Rising costs making times rough for Dunedin students

Students at the University of Otago say with the lack of jobs in the city, climbing rent prices and cost of power, they are struggling to make ends meet.

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