Dunedin

Retractable curtains for stadium to fix city’s ‘Goldilocks problem’

‘‘Innovative’’ investment unveiled for Dunedin’s covered stadium will attract a wide range of acts the city is missing out on, the venue boss says.

‘Enjoy the music’: centenarian’s advice to fellow singles

Mosgiel woman Joan Gardiner cannot believe she has turned 100. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

‘Enjoy the music’: centenarian’s advice to fellow singles

Joan Gardiner has some advice for the single girls out there.

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Students lend perspective to Cargill’s redevelopment

Second-year Otago Polytechnic design students Alexia Jones (left) and Katie Child stand by their...

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Students lend perspective to Cargill’s redevelopment

Otago Polytechnic’s second-year architecture students have spent the semester imagining what to do with the historic Cargill’s Castle.

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Fuel crisis may spur public transport rethink

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Fuel crisis may spur public transport rethink

Petrol shortages could lead to the opening of new and desired routes for public transport in the South, one regional councillor has suggested.

Gregg's coffee factory in Dunedin to close

The smell of coffee wafting from the Gregg’s factory in Forth St, Dunedin, could soon be a thing...

Gregg's coffee factory in Dunedin to close

Dozens of workers will lose their jobs with the closure of Dunedin's Gregg's coffee factory announced this afternoon.

Woolworths fined over South Dunedin rat infestation

The South Dunedin supermarket was closed for 18 days in February last year following numerous...

Woolworths fined over South Dunedin rat infestation

Supermarket giant Woolworths has been fined $33,000 after admitting it failed to control a rat infestation at one of its Dunedin branches.

Some fishers apparently miss memo on size, quantity rules

Mike Hulleman, of Dunedin, casts his line at Taieri Mouth. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Some fishers apparently miss memo on size, quantity rules

It seems a few anglers in the south were slow to catch up.

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District health target figures improve

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District health target figures improve

The Southern district has shown improvement across the board in its health targets, but the nurses’ organisation is not wholly satisfied.

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Te Kaika chair takes aim at critics

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Te Kaika chair takes aim at critics

The board chairwoman of an embattled Dunedin health charity has dismissed criticisms of the organisation as simply ‘‘tall poppy’’ syndrome.

Singing in school’s 25th

Hillview Christian School principal Steve Frost, of Christchurch, and New Zealand Association for Christian Schools facilitator Julie McGregor sing during Amana Christian School’s 25th anniversary...

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What’s in a number? Council survey rankings debated

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What’s in a number? Council survey rankings debated

Basic arithmetic came to the fore at an Otago Regional Council meeting this week over accusations of the value of the number four.

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Hospital budget reassurance over fuel costs

Cladding work continues at the new Dunedin hospital outpatient building yesterday. The building...

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Hospital budget reassurance over fuel costs

Contingencies are in place to stop rising fuel costs producing a further budget blowout for the new Dunedin hospital project, the government says.

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Wild whackers tee off neighbour — leading to change of course

Island Park Golf Club president Steve Cushnie throws some golf balls in the air while greenkeeper...

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Wild whackers tee off neighbour — leading to change of course

Spraying one off the tee is having an impact on golf clubs around the country and one Dunedin course is trying to do something about it.

Basketball star snaps up Dunedin pavlova makers

A Dunedin institution has been sold to a former New Zealand basketball star.

Dunedin-born broadcaster Catherine Saunders dies

Dunedin-born-and-raised broadcaster Catherine Saunders has died.

Southern driver racks up 117 speeding offences in rental car

Southern driver racks up 117 speeding offences in rental car

A woman driving a rental car hit speeds of 170kmh while racking up 117 speeding offences all over Otago and Southland in a week.

Programme giving prospective drivers confidence

Yes Disability Resource Centre southern regional co-ordinator Hannah Butson with one of the...

Programme giving prospective drivers confidence

A programme supporting young Dunedin people living with disabilities to get their driver’s licence is being described as a "game changer".

South Dunedin street attack caught on CCTV

The incident happened in front of the South Dunedin Library. Photo: ODT Files

South Dunedin street attack caught on CCTV

A Dunedin pedestrian was forced to run for it when a woman he knew chased him down the street wielding a weapon.

Former Dunedin Anglican dean sexually violated teen

Former Dunedin Anglican dean sexually violated teen

A former dean of Dunedin's St Paul's Cathedral can now be revealed as the man who sexually violated a teenager at his Canterbury bach over 30 years ago.

Bullying linked to inmate's suicide mismanaged by corrections

Bullying linked to inmate's suicide mismanaged by corrections

A Dunedin-born man died by suicide after being bullied in jail — an issue which was mismanaged by Corrections — a coroner says.

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