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Firearms incidents costing $322m a year: study

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Firearms incidents costing $322m a year: study

As the govt reviews gun control laws, Otago Uni researchers hope the panel will take notice of their latest study, which has found firearms incidents are costing NZ $322 million a year.

Pre-bedtime advice called into question

Not many teens followed current sleep guidelines, but those who did experienced little difference...

Pre-bedtime advice called into question

Just when we thought we had pre-bedtime routines all worked out, new research suggests avoiding screen time, exercise and food for an hour before sleep may not actually help.

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Veteran astronaut to give talk at museum

Former Nasa astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria during a spacewalk (EVA) on the International Space...

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Veteran astronaut to give talk at museum

"You don’t have to be Superman, you don’t have to be Einstein, you don’t have to be Da Vinci."

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Sour note: Dunedin bands leaving Spotify

Albums by seminal Dunedin Sound band The Bats including 1993’s Silverbeet and 1991’s Fear Of God...

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Sour note: Dunedin bands leaving Spotify

The number of Dunedin bands pulling their music from Spotify is on the rise amid concerns about its chief executive’s backing of an AI weapons company.

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Dunedin Railways looking forward to bumper season

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Dunedin Railways looking forward to bumper season

After five years of hibernation, Dunedin Railways is back with a bang as train travel becomes trendy and tourists flock to travelling on the tracks.

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Legal cloud hovers after cycleway U-turn

A stop-start Albany Street Connection project is set to resume. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Legal cloud hovers after cycleway U-turn

Dunedin's contentious Albany St cycleway is back on, but a legal cloud hovers over the project.

Car ‘flew over’ garden

Car ‘flew over’ garden

A neighbour watched a car fly over a garden before slamming into a garage in Mosgiel yesterday.

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Award-winner ‘humbled and grateful’

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Award-winner ‘humbled and grateful’

Artificial intelligence (AI) can do many amazing things, but it failed to predict David Rozado would win a major research award at the Aotearoa AI Awards.

Putting a shine on history

Putting a shine on history

Restoration man Shem Sutherland, with grandson Archie Scorgie, 4, puts gold trimming on steam locomotive Josephine in Toitū Otago Settlers Museum.

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Events put stadium’s versatility to test

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.

Dunedin killer denied parole again

Gareth Smither needs long-term accommodation when he is released from prison, the Parole Board...

Dunedin killer denied parole again

A Dunedin killer who has spent 28 years behind bars is still not fit for release, the Parole Board says.

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Dunedin strangler's sentence reduced to home detention

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Dunedin strangler's sentence reduced to home detention

A Dunedin man who was jailed for strangling his partner in an angry attack has had his sentence reduced to home detention on appeal.

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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".

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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.

Palmerston death: Victim died while restrained on bed

Police work at the scene of an unexplained death at a house on the corner of Mull and Birsa Sts,...

Palmerston death: Victim died while restrained on bed

A coroner has ruled on the death of a man restrained on a bed at a house party in his Palmerston home.

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ORC salaries ‘way out of step’: Vision Otago

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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.

Drama as Dunedin cycleway decision reversed

The crucial vote that enabled the U-turn belonged to Cr Jim O'Malley, pictured with Cr Mandy...

Drama as Dunedin cycleway decision reversed

Dunedin's contentious Albany St cycleway is back on.

Car 'takes flight' in Mosgiel crash

Police at the scene of the crash this morning. Photo: Gregor Richardson

Car 'takes flight' in Mosgiel crash

A neighbour watched a car "take flight" over a grass verge before slamming into a garage in Mosgiel this morning.

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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