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Mother deemed not guilty over causing crash that killed son

A Dunedin mother who allegedly used methamphetamine before causing a crash that killed her 7-year-old son has been deemed not guilty.

Warning of ice, fog and snow in South

A car crashed in icy conditions Highgate, in the Dunedin suburb of Maori Hill, early this morning...

Warning of ice, fog and snow in South

Motorists are warned to drive to conditions due to ice, fog and snow in parts of Otago, Southland and Canterbury. There have been minor crashes in Dunedin this morning.

Students abuzz after topping NZ schools in cancer fundraiser

Otago Boys’ High School students rub their freshly shaved heads. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Students abuzz after topping NZ schools in cancer fundraiser

When a group of boys at a Dunedin secondary school decided to shave their hair for a cause they did not expect to be leading the country with their fundraising efforts.

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ORC apologises for more privacy breaches

Richard Saunders will become ORC's chief executive on June 1. Photo: supplied

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ORC apologises for more privacy breaches

The Otago Regional Council has admitted further privacy breaches after an investigation into how the council unwittingly came to break confidentiality and share the email addresses of hundreds of...

Hormone key for heat regulation

University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences physiology researcher Dr Rosie Brown. PHOTO:...

Hormone key for heat regulation

A hormone that helps mothers adapt to changes in body temperature during pregnancy may be critical for reproduction in a world facing climate change.

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Felling of protected tree opposed

Belleknowes property owners Adam and Anna O’Byrne have applied for resource consent from the...

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Felling of protected tree opposed

The felling of a protected Dunedin tree in "undisputed" good health has been opposed by a council planner.

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Landfill decision ‘thorough’: DCC

The proposed Smooth hill site looking north towards Dunedin. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Landfill decision ‘thorough’: DCC

Dunedin residents can be assured, "hand on heart", the process leading to the approval of the Smooth Hill landfill was thorough, council staff say.

Govt asks airport for more value

Dunedin International Airport Ltd has been told to re-examine the airport’s international flight...

Govt asks airport for more value

The cash-strapped government is demanding Dunedin Airport put its international flight plan under the microscope amid a call for higher profits.

Threat made after man denied morning wine

An unintended consequence of the DCC's draft local alcohol policy is that dessert wine drinkers...

Threat made after man denied morning wine

A man threatened to return to a Dunedin supermarket with a weapon after they refused to sell him a bottle of wine at 9am because he was drunk.

Prominent buildings nearing completion

Otago Regional Council building, Broadway and Maclaggan St. PHOTOS: GERARD O’BRIEN

Prominent buildings nearing completion

A group of prominent buildings in Dunedin’s city centre are nearing completion.

Wrong-way driver had beer in cup holder - police

An alleged drunk-driver with an open beer bottle in his car said he was driving on the wrong side of a South Dunedin road because he "thought no one was coming".

Two hurt in Dunedin motorway crash

The crash caused traffic to back up on the motorway on Monday afternoon. Photos: Stephen Jaquiery

Two hurt in Dunedin motorway crash

Two people were taken to hospital and traffic was backed up for some time after a four-car crash on the Southern Motorway in Caversham.

Blackhead Rd remains closed after car hits power pole

Blackhead Rd remains closed after car hits power pole

Blackhead Rd is expected to remain closed until 5pm after a car crashed into a power pole this morning.

168km effort to raise funds

Scott Casey-Wooldridge builds stamina during training for his 168km ultra-marathon row, ski,...

168km effort to raise funds

At 16, most boys are discovering girls and immersing themselves in a busy social life.

Injured walker winched from track

A person had to be winched by a helicopter after injuring themselves on a coastal Dunedin track yesterday.

‘Everyone seems to leave event really happy’

Tia Taita (left) and her friend Shannon van Rooijen enjoy a meal at the North East Valley Project...

‘Everyone seems to leave event really happy’

They came in out of the cold in North East Valley and were rewarded with hot food and new clothes.

Doing the twist

Doing the twist

Lucia Luxton, 17, of Dunedin, performs a back 1½ twist and a 1½ twist while competing in the junior elite A girls category at the South Island Diving Championships at Moana Pool on Saturday.

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E-book allows replicas to be 3-D printed

University of Otago visiting academic Dr Daniel Thomas, of Auckland, holds a 3-Dprinted ancient...

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E-book allows replicas to be 3-D printed

Forget your yellow rubber ducky — what about a plesiosaur to play with in the bathtub?

Grave damaged as stolen car dumped at cemetery

Damage caused by a stolen car at the Port Chalmers cemetery. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

Grave damaged as stolen car dumped at cemetery

A stolen car has been dumped at a Dunedin cemetery leaving a grave damaged.

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Radich sets out campaign aims

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Radich sets out campaign aims

Dunedin's incumbent mayor has outlined key points of his re-election campaign, while one of his challengers has done an about-turn on an issue he has previously taken a very public stand on.

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