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    Forsyth Barr Stadium. File photo

    Stadium scale-down aimed at securing more shows

    A Capacity Reduction System planned for Forsyth Barr Stadium is aimed at helping Dunedin secure events it is currently missing out on.

    Arrest, one in hospital after lockdown at Waikato school

    Tuakau College. Photo: Tuakau College

    Arrest, one in hospital after lockdown at Waikato school

    A young person has been arrested and another is in hospital after an incident involving a student and a teacher at a Waikato school.

    Man with knife arrested in garage of student flat

    The man was found in a garage in Queen St. Photo: Google Maps

    Man with knife arrested in garage of student flat

    A knife-carrying man allegedly tried to break into a north Dunedin flat in the middle of the night to wake up a woman he had briefly met.

    Southern driver racks up 117 speeding offences in rental car

    Photo: Getty Images

    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.

    One critically hurt in kindergarten carpark fight

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    One critically hurt in kindergarten carpark fight

    A person was critically injured during an assault in a kindergarten carpark in Lincoln, near Christchurch, overnight.

    Drenching, buffeting on way for parts of Otago

    Drenching, buffeting on way for parts of Otago

    Parts of coastal Otago, including Dunedin, are set to be hit by some wild weather leading into the weekend.

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    Ideas offered as council faced with stadium debt

    The Dunedin City Council has approved additional funding of $1.25m to Dunedin Stadium Property...

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    Ideas offered as council faced with stadium debt

    Funding of Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium was one of the big issues in the city council’s discussion of budgets on March 4 and 5.

    Some people may have to pay back fuel support

    Image: RNZ

    Some people may have to pay back fuel support

    There are concerns that offering fuel support via the Working for Families system may mean some people end up having to pay it back.

    Christchurch cancer drug campaigner dies aged 45

    Christchurch cancer drug campaigner dies aged 45

    A Christchurch mum who tirelessly advocated for lifesaving cancer drugs to be publicly funded has died aged 45.

    Same crash different day: Motorway backed up again

    Traffic backed up on the southern motorway. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Long tailbacks on Dunedin motorway second morning in row

    Traffic on the southern motorway is rolling again after being backed up for the second day in a row following a crash near Lookout Point.

    Far North cut off by flooding

    Far North cut off by flooding

    Updated 11.25 am

    Kaitāia and the top of the Far North are now cut off from the rest of the country by flooding.

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    Meet-up over 40 years in the making

    Pen pals for more than 40 years, Lynette Kennedy (left) and Lana Rodlie met face to face for the...

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    Meet-up over 40 years in the making

    Across Dunedin’s busy railway station foyer, Lynette Kennedy spotted her pen pal of more than 40 years.

    Ong: 'Why would I consider resigning?'

    Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong presents his defence in a code of conduct case, reading from...

    Ong: 'Why would I consider resigning?'

    Defying a call by his colleagues to consider quitting, beleaguered Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong says he is not going anywhere.

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    Drink-driver convicted after having sworn off alcohol

    Photo: ODT files

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    Drink-driver convicted after having sworn off alcohol

    When Joanne Lee Souquet crashed her car with three children inside, while more than five times over the alcohol limit, she said she would "never ever" drink again.

    Bullying linked to inmate's suicide mismanaged by corrections

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    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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    Big softie bikers raise $2000-plus for SPCA

    Dunedin SPCA huntaway collie Tanggol with SPCA community support officer Eric Odell and Niflheim...

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    Big softie bikers raise $2000-plus for SPCA

    Some motorcycle clubs have historically had a bad rap for being uncaring and antisocial.

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    Fuel prices threaten school trips, camps

    Dave Bagwell. File photo: Richard Davison

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    Fuel prices threaten school trips, camps

    School trips and camps are under threat from skyrocketing fuel prices as the Ministry of Education considers reviving distance learning.

    Dunedin-born broadcaster Catherine Saunders dies

    Dunedin-born broadcaster Catherine Saunders dies

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

    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".

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    Lotto 2571

    Results from last night's Lotto draw.
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