Costs cut despite Treasury warning
The government ploughed ahead with cost-cutting at the new Dunedin hospital despite a warning from Treasury that the plan risked backfiring.
Finding the right balance in mind, body and spirit
Finding the right balance in mind, body and spirit
Strength, fitness and delivering big tackles are all secondary to having a balanced mindset, a young rugby player told a packed Dunedin Town Hall during a Maori speech competition.
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ANZ’s links to coal company protested
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ANZ’s links to coal company protested
Dunedin protesters have chopped their ties to a multinational bank, which they say is enabling the "worst of the worst" to mine for fossil fuels in New Zealand.
Impending closure of Oamaru House ‘a shock’
Impending closure of Oamaru House ‘a shock’
An Alexandra cancer patient is in shock at the impending closure of hospital accommodation that has been a godsend for rural people coming to Dunedin for treatment.
‘Bat’ photo not worth batting an eye over
‘Bat’ photo not worth batting an eye over
A grainy photo taken in a Dunedin park which sent social media batty was probably just a clump of leaves.
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Man found slumped over in car with bottle of Scrumpy jailed
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Man found slumped over in car with bottle of Scrumpy jailed
A Dunedin man has been jailed after he was found slumped over in his car with a bottle of Scrumpy between his legs.
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‘Out-of-it’ driver caused injury
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‘Out-of-it’ driver caused injury
A "completely out of it" Dunedin driver caused a head-on collision, rolling a car and fracturing the passenger’s sternum.
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Boost for city’s arts venues
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Boost for city’s arts venues
Theatre space to the tune of more than $17 million is back in Dunedin’s script for performing arts after the city council went improv on funding a multi-venue package.
Med school training great then and now
Med school training great then and now
While many things about the training at the Otago Medical School may have changed over the past 150 years, many things remain the same. John Lewis compares the training of a doctor who...
Risk of deluge dissipates, snow still likely
Risk of deluge dissipates, snow still likely
A large weather system that threatened to bring a major deluge to Dunedin has moved off to the east of NZ. But snow about higher parts of inland Otago and Southland is still forecast.
Students band together for foodbank drive
Students band together for foodbank drive
A Dunedin foodbank has been overwhelmed by a combined collection by Catholic schools from across the city.
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Up to $2m to go to new environmental fund
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Up to $2m to go to new environmental fund
A new $2 million fund for environmental projects will go ahead next year, but in its first year it will not be paid for by the Otago Regional Council rates take.
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Call for better support, advice for tenants
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Call for better support, advice for tenants
Dunedin's budget advice services are calling for better protection for tenants in the wake of reports of ‘‘horror stories’’ in the city.
Broadcaster declines to help ministry over leaks
Broadcaster declines to help ministry over leaks
The Education Ministry has started an external investigation into leaks - and asked RNZ to help.
Aussie charity offers Kiwis one-way ticket home
Aussie charity offers Kiwis one-way ticket home
Kiwis living on the Gold Coast who have fallen on hard times are being offered one-way tickets back to New Zealand.
Aucklanders blown off course to Dunedin
Aucklanders blown off course to Dunedin
Aucklanders bound for Queenstown instead ended up in Dunedin after their Air New Zealand flight experienced ‘‘a change in wind direction’’.
Former TVNZ presenter claimed HIV doesn’t exist
Former TVNZ presenter claimed HIV doesn’t exist
A former TVNZ presenter and doctor from Christchurch has claimed in a series of YouTube videos that garnered thousands of views, that HIV doesn’t exist.
'Entirely unconvincing': Disgraced Dunedin teacher guilty on new sex charge
'Entirely unconvincing': Disgraced Dunedin teacher guilty on new sex charge
A former Dunedin teacher who groped his students has had another sex conviction added to his record.
Park search for missing Queensland teen suspended
Park search for missing Queensland teen suspended
The search for a missing girl in a Queensland national park has been suspended as police investigate the 17-year-old's "suspicious" disappearance nearly two weeks ago.
Outbreak spurs clean-up campaign in Cooks
Dengue outbreak spurs clean-up campaign in Cook Islands
Big clean-up campaigns are under way in Rarotonga to try stamp out mosquito breeding grounds after a dengue fever outbreak was declared.