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'Lots of reasons': Bus hub pub plans abandoned

The building at 1 Great King St is still yet to be filled after an application for a new pub was...

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'Lots of reasons': Bus hub pub plans abandoned

Plans for a new student pub and club in a long-vacant building on the doorstep of Dunedin’s bus hub have been abandoned after a public backlash.

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Accused massage therapist claims she was just doing her job

Annie Varghese is on trial defending charges of indecent assault. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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Accused massage therapist claims she was just doing her job

A Dunedin massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting two clients says she was just doing her job according to her limited training.

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‘Lifelong consequences’ from botched surgery

Marvin Weyland with his daughter Mira, 3, who requires more surgery to fix her hip joints. PHOTO:...

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Botched procedures leave 3-year-old needing urgent surgery

A botched surgical procedure has worsened the condition of a 3-year-old Dunedin girl and left her needing urgent corrective hip surgery.

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Lovely day for cricket

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Lovely day for cricket

(Clockwise from above) Atawhai Foley, 9, raises the bat with a group of young cricket fans; Gabriel, 2, waves his flag with Yoshi Geerlofs and Arlo, 8, with Simon Greenall watch the...

Witnesses to Christmas Day shooting in Christchurch sought

Witnesses to Christmas Day shooting in Christchurch sought

Police are appealing to the public for information about an alleged shooting in Christchurch on Christmas Day.

Ardern joins boycott of Australian arts festival

Jacinda Ardern joins boycott of Australian arts festival

A top Australian arts festival has seen the withdrawal of dozens of writers, in a backlash against its decision to bar an Australian Palestinian author after the Bondi Beach mass shooting.

Four injured in highway crash near Rakaia

Four people have been injured, three seriously, in a crash that has closed State Highway 1 near Rakaia this evening.

Stranded ferry travellers left with thousands in costs

Multiple sailings on the Connemara ferry were cancelled due to a problem with the winch that...

Stranded ferry travellers left with thousands in costs

Bluebridge passengers have been left stranded or out of pocket after several cancelled sailings due to a ramp fault on the ferry Connemara.

Parliament to debate 'toughest hate laws Australia has ever seen'

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Reuters

Parliament to debate 'toughest hate laws Australia has ever seen'

Australia's Parliament will be recalled early to pass hate speech laws following the Bondi terror attack that claimed 15 lives and injured dozens more.

Homeland Security beefed up after Minnesota shooting, protests

Portraits of people killed in incidents involving US authorities are displayed near the site of...

Homeland Security beefed up after Minnesota shooting, protests

The Department of Homeland Security is sending "hundreds" more officers to Minnesota after thousands of people marched to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration agent.

Inquiry into deaths in separate homes on same property ongoing

Inquiry into deaths in separate homes on same property ongoing

The deaths of a man and a woman at the same Bay of Plenty property earlier this month remain under police investigation.

Hero cop who shot Bondi stabber diagnosed with cancer

An Australian police officer and young mum hailed a hero for stopping a deadly stabbing rampage in Bondi has been diagnosed with a rare cancer.

New Zealanders in Iran 'should leave now': Govt

Protesters gather amid evolving anti-government unrest in Tehran, Iran. Photo: Screengrab/Reuters

New Zealanders in Iran 'should leave now': Govt

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has expressed grave concern at reports protesters have been killed in Iran, while the government is urging any NZers still there to leave now.

Pedestrian run down, cop car rammed in Nelson

A 36-year-old man is due to appear in court after allegedly running down and assaulting a pedestrian in Nelson.

'Definite increase': The rise of 3D-printed firearms

Some of the illegal guns found during Operation Black Onyx, a police operation that took place...

'Definite increase': The rise of 3D-printed firearms

In 2022, only two 3D-printed firearms were seized by police. Fast-forward three years to 2025 and the count, as of December, was 87.

Second health provider hit by cyber attack

A Dunedin man allegedly never delivered a laptop he sold on Facebook marketplace. Photo: Getty...

Second health provider hit by cyber attack

A leading private provider doing breast cancer diagnosis and treatment took six months to notify some patients or the public of a major cyber attack on its systems.

Meta slams Australia's social media ban as it blocks child accounts

More than half a million accounts have been wiped from Facebook, Instagram and Threads since Australia's under-16s were banned from social media in December.