Polytech claims win on future independence
Polytech claims win on future independence
Otago Polytechnic is hailing a breakthrough with the government but staff are still living in a "culture of anxiety" worried about the next cuts.
Track repairs expected to be finished for summer season
Track repairs expected to be finished for summer season
Repairs to a popular Dunedin walking track are expected to be completed in time for the busy summer visitor season.
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Train trips back on track after ‘hibernation’
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Train trips back on track after ‘hibernation’
After five years in "hibernation", Dunedin Railways has come out roaring and ready to roll again.
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Performance a ‘special’ way to celebrate 50 years
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Performance a ‘special’ way to celebrate 50 years
A Dunedin preschool’s polyfest performance was its unique way of celebrating 50 years since opening.
Sleep, diet, exercise key to lifting wellbeing: research
Sleep, diet, exercise key to lifting wellbeing: research
Leaving home, educational pressures, financial stress and social tensions - they are all unique strains that can lower "happiness levels" in young adults.
Bus stop upgrade priority list approved
Bus stop upgrade priority list approved
Bus stops across Dunedin are in line for a facelift as the Otago Regional Council sets the wheels in motion for public transport safety improvements.
Now we see you
Now we see you
Security cameras installed on scaffolding around Dunedin’s Municipal Chambers and Civic Centre to deter people performing parkour are working a treat, representatives have been told.
Store manager attacked while restocking shelves
'Completely unacceptable': Supermarket manager attacked while restocking shelves
A supermarket duty manager was left with facial injuries after a man punched him in the head, then kicked him as he lay on the ground, in a brutal surprise attack.
Wife of accused cop-killer 'present' at time of shooting
Wife of accused cop-killer 'present' at time of shooting
The wife of Australia's most-wanted man was present when he allegedly shot and killed two officers, police have revealed as their search effort grows.
Loafers Lodge murder-accused previously convicted of attempted arson
Loafers Lodge murder-accused previously convicted of attempted arson
The man accused of lighting the fatal Loafers Lodge fire told a forensic psychiatrist voices in his head told him to burn the place down, a court has heard.
Uber driver stabbed, left for dead on Gold Coast
Female Uber driver stabbed, left for dead on Gold Coast
A 16-year-old boy is assisting police after a female rideshare driver was repeatedly stabbed and left for dead in a Gold Coast car park.
Mum confronts attacker who killed her baby on New Year's Day
Mum confronts attacker who killed her baby on New Year's Day
A woman has confronted the man who killed her baby and stabbed her and a toddler in a New Year's Day attack in Hamilton.
Another quake shakes Afghanistan as toll passes 1400
Another quake shakes Afghanistan as toll passes 1400
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 has shaken southeastern Afghanistan, almost two days after a large quake in the same region killed more than 1400 people and injured thousands more.
Kiwi volunteer firies battling Canadian blazes
'Right on the fire-front': Kiwi volunteer firies battling Canadian blazes
Five long weeks of battling wildfires in Canada day after day had an impact on seasoned Canterbury volunteer firefighter Tim Clark.
Pupils take action to slow speeding drivers
Pupils take action to slow speeding drivers
Pupils at a Christchurch school have petitioned the local community for action to slow traffic that is "too fast and too dangerous".
'Wrong message': Clark, Key at China's military parade
'Wrong message': Clark, Key at China's military parade
A Canterbury University professor has criticised Helen Clark and John Key's appearance at a military parade in China attended by the likes of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
Thousands of Epstein files released
Thousands of Epstein files released
A Republican-led US House of Representatives committee has released more than 33,000 pages of files on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Xi projects power, says world faces war or peace
China's Xi projects power, says world faces war or peace
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he kicked off his country's largest-ever military parade in Beijing.
'Abnormal bone' likely cause of baby's fractures, court told
'Abnormal bone' likely cause of baby's fractures, court told
A medical expert says an infant’s fractures were likely caused by “normal force on abnormal bone” rather than abuse from a prominent sportsman.
Police fight to keep NZ-born neo-Nazi leader locked up
Police fight to keep NZ-born neo-Nazi leader locked up
Police are fighting to keep a New Zealand-born neo-Nazi group leader locked up, citing fears of escalating violence after he and his followers allegedly attacked an Aboriginal protest site.