Dunedin

Above average temperatures predicted for winter

Above average temperatures predicted for winter with less snow on the slopes

While many southerners may be rubbing their hands together with glee at news that temperatures are "very likely" to be warmer than average over the next three months, others may not be so pleased.

Mayor maintains wait and see position over cuts

Jules Radich. File photo: Peter McIntosh

Mayor maintains wait and see position over cuts

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has heard the chorus of concern about planned cuts to the new Dunedin hospital, but will not be reigniting protest action.

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Driver 's...-scared' speeding cars will hit a child

Outram School pupils Walter Morrissey, 8 (left), and his brother George, 5, jump out of the...

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Driver 's...-scared' speeding cars will hit a child

A concerned school bus driver is terrified cars "screaming past at 100km an hour" will seriously hurt or kill a child if authorities continue to ignore the problem.

PM brushes off hospital concerns

Taking a tour of harbourside engineering firm Farra Engineering yesterday are (from left)...

PM brushes off hospital concerns

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday defended progress on the new Dunedin hospital project, despite rising clinician concern about possible cuts to planned beds in the facility.

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‘Keep your promise’: children to council

Forty pupils from Macandrew Bay School have submitted to the Dunedin City Council regarding the...

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‘Keep your promise’: children to council

Dunedin school children are dipping a toe in the turbulent waters of local government, asking the city council to "keep your promise" on Otago Peninsula's shared pathway.

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Benefits and opportunities of cycle trails highlighted

Geoff Gabites (centre) of Cycle Journeys based in Christchurch talks to Dunedin Tracks and Trails...

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Benefits and opportunities of cycle trails highlighted

Dunedin risks missing out on a significant tourism boost if it does not connect to Otago’s sprawling cycle trail network.

'Deeply personal' event to honour stepmother

Kate Vaha'akolo is hosting a Pink Ribbon event to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation,...

'Deeply personal' event to honour stepmother

When Kate Vaha'akolo lost her stepmother to breast cancer earlier this year, it left her searching — searching for a way to deal with the grief, and bring awareness of breast cancer to other women.

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Club seeks help for new lights

The rugby training lights at the Green Island Rugby Football Club top ground on Thursday night....

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Club seeks help for new lights

One of Dunedin’s biggest rugby clubs is asking the council to help keep the lights on at one of the city’s busiest training fields.

Aim to create drugs to combat antibiotic resistance in animals

University of Otago researchers Dr Allan Gamble and Prof Sarah Hook are re-engineering...

Aim to create drugs to combat antibiotic resistance in animals

Chemically modified antibiotics which only activate in the presence of infection may be the answer to the world’s growing antibiotic resistance problem.

Henry and chums ready to delight

Henry and chums ready to delight

Dunedin Model Train Show organiser Trevor Buchanan places Henry on a Thomas the Tank Engine track yesterday at the Taieri Bowling Club.

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Stream of toxicity

The Kaikorai stream emerges, bottom centre, from Kaikorai Valley, under and around industrial...

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Stream of toxicity

A Dunedin river sits at death’s door, hidden from sight and needing rescue for more than a century.

Stolen vehicle found being stripped in South D garage

Stolen vehicle found being stripped in South D garage

A man spotted speeding at over 100kmh on George St had a stolen vehicle being stripped for parts in his garage, police say.

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Reprieve for man who tried to throw ex-partner off balcony

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Reprieve for man who tried to throw ex-partner off balcony

A Dunedin man with a "horrible" history of violence has been sentenced to home detention after trying to throw his ex-partner off a balcony.

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Rugby offers leadership experience

Concord School’s new principal Glen Beadle. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Rugby offers leadership experience

A Dunedin school’s new principal is planning on bringing some of the lessons he has learnt on the rugby field into the classroom.

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Discarded bottles, wobbly patron put liquor licence at risk

An application by the West Taieri Rugby Football Club for a special liquor licence has been...

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Discarded bottles, wobbly patron put liquor licence at risk

Reports of discarded bottles, a wobbly patron and "fresh vomit" have called the sale of alcohol at Outram’s rugby club into question.

Boy charged over car thefts 'went to see some mates'

A 15-year-old boy has been charged following a spate of car thefts across the South Island.

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‘Pros and cons’ to time-limiting St Clair all-day parks

Surfing New Zealand South Island director Jimi Higgins says a Dunedin City Council proposal to...

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‘Pros and cons’ to time-limiting St Clair all-day parks

Proposed parking changes at St Clair Beach present "pros and cons" for surfers, but nearby businesses could benefit from an end to people taking up a parking spot all day.