Laying the foundations
Laying the foundations
Contractors get under way with a massive concrete pour at the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building site yesterday.
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Tobacco interference index fall ‘shameful’
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Tobacco interference index fall ‘shameful’
New Zealand’s dream of becoming smokefree by the end of 2025 appears to have gone up in smoke.
Invercargill, Q’town lead home gains
Invercargill, Q’town lead home gains
Invercargill and Queenstown have posted the strongest home value gains among New Zealand’s regional centres, bucking a largely flat national market.
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Simms gets his way in last-minute deal
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Simms gets his way in last-minute deal
An eleventh-hour agreement with Dunedin’s mayor has elevated first-term councillor Andrew Simms to joint leadership of the city’s economic development portfolio.
Windy work high above rest home
Windy work above Brockville rest home
Firefighters used an aerial appliance to remove a loose cowling flapping in high winds at a rest home in Dunedin today.
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Small schools to fight closure proposal
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Small schools to fight closure proposal
Two Otago schools with single-figure rolls and earmarked for closure are pushing back against the proposal.
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Tuition fee increase regrettable: Robertson
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Tuition fee increase regrettable: Robertson
University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson says it is "highly regrettable" the university has had to increase tuition fees by 6% for the second consecutive year.
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Controversial Albany St cycleway survives close vote
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Controversial Albany St cycleway survives close vote
An under-threat Dunedin cycleway and safety project has survived.
New fossil fish species named after late prof
New fossil fish species named after late prof
Zealandorhynchus fordycei is not a fish you would want to come face to face with at St Clair Beach.
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Bus hub killer, 15, continues to argue sentence
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Bus hub killer, 15, continues to argue sentence
A 15-year-old who stabbed a Dunedin schoolboy to death continues to argue he should avoid a conviction for the crime.
Banned driver went to cops after running out of petrol
Banned driver went to cops after running out of petrol
A forbidden driver with no license dobbed himself in after his car ran out of petrol in the middle of a central Dunedin street.
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Running 800km for men’s mental health
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Running 800km for men’s mental health
Each day after work, three young Dunedin flatmates routinely find themselves sitting on the couch, cursorily asking each other how their day was.
Leopard seal sunbathing, while sea lion prioritises working on handicap
Leopard seal sunbathing, while sea lion prioritises working on handicap
Summer is supposedly right around the corner and marine mammals are heading our way — some have already arrived.
Sun storm to dazzle southern night sky
Sun storm to dazzle southern night sky
A severe geomagnetic storm from the sun is expected to paint the southern skies with colourful Aurora Australis tonight - so long as the skies remain clear.
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Air rifle prompts lockdown
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Air rifle prompts lockdown
A man wandering around the graves of East Taieri Cemetery with a firearm sent a neighbouring school and preschool into lockdown, and struck fear into residents yesterday.
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Second Green Island player sentenced over secret filming
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Second Green Island player sentenced over secret filming
A second player from a Green Island rugby team who secretly filmed a woman in bed and sent it to a group chat is part of a culture of misogyny, a judge says.
End of WW1 remembered in Otago
End of WW1 remembered in Otago
The Otago Gunners Association fires the second two-gun salute marking Armistice Day at the cenotaph in Queens Gardens yesterday morning.
Relocated war memorial unveiled
Relocated war memorial unveiled
Otago Military History Group member Charlie Boyes (left) and KiwiRail Hillside Workshops general manager Alan Hill unveil the relocated war memorial
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Mass dumping in student quarter ‘disappointing’
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Mass dumping in student quarter ‘disappointing’
As Dunedin’s students pack to head home for summer, they are leaving behind piles of couches and stained mattresses for us to remember them by.
'Sovereign citizens' charged after barricading themselves in court
'Sovereign citizens' charged after barricading themselves in court
A trio of "sovereign citizens" who locked themselves in the Dunedin Courthouse after plans to sue the court were foiled are expected to reappear today — this time in the dock.
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