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    Council debate - when things get out of hand

    A councillor tired of being interrupted walks out. The mayor warns councillors it is "not OK" to pick on departments. Has debate been stifled at the Dunedin City...

    Appeal after store worker's arm 'broken in robbery'

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    Appeal after store worker's arm 'broken in robbery'

    Christchurch police are appealing for the public's help after they say a store worker's arm was broken during an aggravated robbery.

    Communities concerned about alcohol reforms

    The government says the bill aims to reduce red tape, make it easier for businesses to obtain...

    Communities concerned about alcohol reforms

    Concerns are growing among health providers and whānau about the govt's proposed alcohol reforms, with warnings they could increase harm in vulnerable communities.

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    Council staff — on or off the agenda?

    "Staff work here as part of our team to serve and deliver for our city so, please, please,...

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    Council staff — on or off the agenda?

    Councillors were advised at a DCC budgets meeting to be cautious over how they spoke about staff. Grant Miller looks into perceived stifling of debate.

    Closure to leave over 30 jobless

    Heinz Wattie’s is closing the Gregg’s factory in Dunedin. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Closure to leave over 30 jobless

    Closure of the Gregg’s coffee factory in Dunedin will cost more than 30 people their jobs.

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    Rural fuel theft likely to increase, Fed Farmers says

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    Rural fuel theft likely to increase, Fed Farmers says

    Thieves striking under the cover of darkness stole 1000 litres of diesel from a Southland truck yard as the country grapples with skyrocketing fuel prices.

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    Powerful wind causes damage in Dunedin

    A Mini was damaged after gale-force winds blew a tree on to it, in Balmacewen Rd, yesterday....

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    Powerful wind causes damage in Dunedin

    After powerful winds, reaching 146kmh, brought down trees and powerlines in parts of Dunedin yesterday, today’s weather is expected to become far more sedate.

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    ‘I didn’t hear anything’

    The roof of a Connell St house, in the Dunedin suburb of Waverley, lies on the drive after being...

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    ‘I didn’t hear anything’

    Jim Keenan has no idea what woke him up late on Thursday night.

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    Fine for rat infestation ‘slap on the wrist’

    A rat (and its reflection in a mirrored shelf partition) on a supermarket shelf, taken by a staff...

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    Fine for rat infestation ‘slap on the wrist’

    A worker who blew the whistle on the Woolworths rat infestation says a $33,000 fine is ‘‘a slap on the wrist’’.

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    Hey, you behind the shed

    Two weka, thought to be a male and female, spotted wandering, and trying to mate, outside Logan...

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    Hey, you behind the shed

    A pair of birds getting frisky on school grounds is a promising sight, an ornithologist says.

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    Call to revive housing project

    Duncan Eddy says long-standing state houses were demolished and families moved out of the...

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    Call to revive housing project

    A community representative has urged the council to push for government recommitment to an axed Port Chalmers social housing project.

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    Ice-cream treat at Easter market

    Dana Noye (left) and Amelia Dalman, both of Dunedin, sample mildly alcoholic ice-cream by Blue Cockatoo at the Easter artisan market at No8 Distillery in Bond St, Dunedin, last night. 

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    Ship shape

    Otago Peninsula Artists OpenArts Inc members Jan Crawford (left) and Deborah Bell admire a whimsical, nautical-themed sculpture by Robert Brown which won third place in the group’s annual ‘‘Almost...

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    Unravelling the city’s elected enigma

    Dunedin City councillor Benedict Ong talks in front of Otago University’s clock tower. PHOTO:...

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    Unravelling the city’s elected enigma

    Elected on the back of a bank-rolled campaign making economic promises, Dunedin Cr Benedict Ong’s reputation has become more circus entertainer than astute international banker, Mary Williams reports.

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    Jail term extended after attack

    Levi Reuben in the dock in 2016. PHOTO: ALDEN WILLIAMS/FAIRFAX NZ

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    Jail term extended after attack

    A man convicted of manslaughter for a fatal prison assault has had more time added to his sentence after instigating another attack behind bars.

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    Students televising sports week

    University of Otago master of data science student and New Zealand Secondary Schools Summer...

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    Students televising sports week

    And now we are cutting to breaking sports news — about a dozen University of Otago students have set up a production room to televise the New Zealand Secondary Schools Summer Tournament Week.

    Graft from cadaver caused rare condition

    A magnetic resonance image (MRI) shows the brain of a Dunedin Hospital patient who was recently...

    Graft from cadaver caused rare condition

    A patient given a dural graft from a cadaver at Dunedin Hospital as a child in the 1980s has recently been diagnosed as having iatrogenic cerebral amyloid angiopathy (iCAA).

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    Four nursing friends back together

    Retired nurses (from left) Anne Brown, Ruth Rivett-Cuthbert, Grace Milburn and Ngaire Lawrence...

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    Four nursing friends back together

    Sixty-six years after they first met in Dunedin, four retired nurses finally had the opportunity to hang out together one more time.

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    Arsonist sought jail as motive for fires

    Dunedin Central Police Station. Photo: ODT files

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    Arsonist sought jail as motive for fires

    A serial firebug who set fire to Dunedin’s biggest police station said he did it to get back to jail.

    Hipkins denies misleading public over Covid vaccine risk

    Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaking to media today. Photo: RNZ

    Hipkins denies misleading public over Covid vaccine risk

    Chris Hipkins has denied misleading Kiwis after revelations he had been aware of the potential risks to teenagers of a second Covid-19 vaccine dose in 2022 despite recently claiming otherwise.
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