Winter blasts into the South
Winter blasts into the South
Winter has truly arrived in the South Island, with road crews working through the night to clear heavy snow in Otago and Canterbury.
Dunedin
Badly hurt in dog attack
Badly hurt in dog attack
A person was seriously hurt in a dog attack near Brighton yesterday.
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Capable NZ set to lose 20 jobs
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Capable NZ set to lose 20 jobs
Otago Polytechnic staff are feeling "like stunned mullets" after the institution cut 20 jobs from a ground-breaking department.
Cold prompts a sugar rush
Cold prompts a sugar rush
The current cold snap caused a flurry of activity at this north Dunedin bird feeder yesterday.
Lucky escape for teen driver as car slams into fence
Lucky escape for teen driver as car slams into fence
An 18-year-old driver walked away unharmed when their sportscar spun out on gravel and hit a fence on the outskirts of Dunedin.
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Concerns over viability of new venue build
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Concerns over viability of new venue build
Casting aside Dunedin’s Mayfair Theatre from being in contention for council funds for redevelopment could hold back performing arts in the city, a representative has warned.
Graduates to tackle Mongol Rally
Graduates to tackle Mongol Rally
Would you like your name plastered on the side of a beat-up old limousine bashing through central Asian rivers and traversing Tajikistan’s many snow-capped mountains?
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Two Dunedin pupils and their robot to take on world
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Two Dunedin pupils and their robot to take on world
Two Dunedin intermediate school pupils are taking on the world with a robot they built from scratch.
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Initiative ‘fantastic’ chance to learn
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Initiative ‘fantastic’ chance to learn
John Marrable is always looking for ways to improve.
One serious after Dunedin 'animal incident'
One serious after Dunedin 'animal incident'
A person is in a serious condition after an incident involving an animal near Brighton this morning.
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Rare oarfish found on Dunedin beach
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Oarfish found on Dunedin beach 'not a harbinger of doom'
An oarfish that recently washed up on Aramoana Beach is likely not a "harbinger of doom", but it is "certainly an unusual sight and a special one", the Department of Conservation says.
Clean and green
Clean and green
North East Valley Normal School pupils Luthias Gilmore, 10 (left), and Ashton Dawson, 11, pick up refuse scattered about Lindsay Creek yesterday.
Middlemarch cut off, cars stranded on Crown Range
Middlemarch cut off, cars stranded on Crown Range
SH87 has closed and a "handful" of vehicles are stranded on Crown Range Rd as snow starts to settle in parts of the South where warnings are in place for possible heavy falls.
One in hospital after Pine Hill crash
One in hospital after Pine Hill crash
One person was taken to Dunedin Hospital with "minor to moderate" injuries following a single-vehicle crash in Pine Hill yesterday.
Dog Rescue gives Alfie new leash of life
Dog Rescue gives Alfie new leash of life
Back in the day, Alfie’s goose would nearly be cooked by now.
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Festival anti-social conduct ‘deeply stressful’
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Festival anti-social conduct ‘deeply stressful’
Inflammatory rhetoric from political leaders is to blame for a "significant" rise in anti-social behaviour at this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival, organisers say.
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Is Dunedin bar NZ's strangest pub?
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Is Dunedin bar NZ's strangest pub?
It is open for only four hours a week and last served a meal before the Covid lockdown — is this New Zealand’s most peculiar pub?
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Five-star social housing ‘still wonderful’ despite tenant's threats
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Five-star social housing ‘still wonderful’ despite tenant's threats
A five-star Dunedin social housing complex remains a "wonderful place" despite a tenant being evicted for threatening to blow up his neighbours with a gas bottle, the Salvation Army says.
Need for speed gets man busted for weed
Need for speed gets man busted for weed
A man speeding through Mornington was found with a haul of cannabis in the boot of his car when pulled over, police say.
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Scale of planting to meet zero carbon goal ‘unachievable’
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Scale of planting to meet zero carbon goal ‘unachievable’
It is "unachievable" for Dunedin to plant a path to its zero carbon goals, city councillors have been told.