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    Dry, warm spring predicted

    Lyn Howe and her dog Lulu enjoy the spring blossoms near Willowbank, in Dunedin yesterday. PHOTO:...

    Dry, warm spring predicted

    Inland Otago could be in for quite a dry spring if the long-term forecast plays out as expected.

    Patient slams five-week wait for GP

    PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

    Patient slams five-week wait for GP

    A Dunedin woman who was asked to wait more than a month to see her GP says her experience reflects a "broken" health system.

    Polytech claims win on future independence

    Otago Polytechnic. Photo: ODT files

    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

    This aerial view shows several of the slips which caused the closure of the Tunnel Beach walking...

    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’

    The Taieri Gorge Railway train makes its way to Middlemarch in this 2022 file photo. PHOTO:...

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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

    Children from the four Pioneers early childcare centres perform at the 2025 Otago Polyfest at the...

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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

    Young people who got good-quality sleep, ate more fruit and vegetables and stayed physically...

    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

    The bus stop at 151 Princes St tops the list for stops due to be revamped by the Otago Regional...

    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

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    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

    Woolworths NZ says the unprovoked attack on a staff member at one of its Nelson stores was ...

    '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

    Photo: RNZ

    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

    Rescue workers search for victims amidst debris of a damaged house in Mazar Dara, Kunar province,...

    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

    The wildfires in Manitoba, Canada, were the worst seen for 30 years. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    '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

    Student council representatives (from left) Leighton Scott, Greta Lewis, and Ruby McLoud, with...

    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

    Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Photo: Getty Images

    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

    Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews troops during a military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th...

    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.
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