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    Quick response to burning tractor

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    Quick response to burning tractor

    Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff attend a tractor fire above Concord, in Dunedin, which sent large plumes of thick black smoke across the area yesterday afternoon.

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    Rents drop despite dip in supply

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    Rents drop despite dip in supply

    Rental properties in the southern regions appear to be turning the economic principle of supply and demand on its head.

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    Mosgiel roads on NZTA radar

    Motorists sometimes have trouble around Quarry Rd getting in or out of Mosgiel. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Mosgiel roads on NZTA radar

    Significant investment in Mosgiel’s roads could be on the cards, as initial work to deal with increasing congestion may not be enough.

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    Decapitated fur seals found on Dunedin beach

    A New Zealand fur seal. PHOTO: RNZ

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    Sharks or humans: anger, questions over seal deaths

    Department of Conservation staff are not ruling out human involvement in the decapitation of at least two New Zealand fur seals found dead on a Dunedin beach.

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    Child sex offender denied parole

    Paiea Waihirere, pictured here at his sentencing in 2017, was declined parole at his most recent ...

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    Child sex offender denied parole

    A Dunedin sex offender who photoshopped his victim’s face on to child pornography images has been declined parole again.

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    Contest win down to ‘story in the image’

    Waitahuna freelance photographer Susan Church holds up her Australia New Zealand Sony Alpha...

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    Contest win down to ‘story in the image’

    Concerned, encouraging, inquisitive, disbelieving, holding on for dear life — the facial expressions in Susan Church’s award-winning photo say it all.

    ‘Kind, dedicated, humble’ librarian mourned by school

    Otago Boys’ High School Librarian Kelly Kinghorn died suddenly last week, aged 39. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    ‘Kind, dedicated, humble’ librarian mourned by school

    A Dunedin secondary school is mourning its "deeply passionate" and "extremely caring" librarian after her sudden death last week.

    'Just your usual student antics'

    Thanks to the joint effort of a bunch of strangers, a car was covered by cones in Dundas St on...

    Car's cone covering 'just your usual student antics'

    Covering a random Dunedin car completely in road cones was a joint effort by a bunch of strangers, a woman who lives in the area says.

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    Anger as fence cuts access to summit

    Director of 3 Peaks, Lydia Pattillo, flanked by Leith Harrier and Athletic Club vice-president...

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    Anger as fence cuts access to summit

    A telecommunications company has blocked off a 360° view of Dunedin from one of its most "iconic" summits and trail runners are saying it is health and safety gone crazy.

    Uber driver who raped teen gives up fight for suppression

    The face of the convicted Hamilton Uber driver rapist can now be printed after Judge Tini Clark...

    Uber driver who raped teen gives up fight for suppression

    An Uber driver, convicted of raping a teenage passenger, has given up his fight to prevent media from publishing his photo.

    Guard to remain overnight after Christchurch stabbing

    Photo: ODT Files

    Guard to remain overnight after Christchurch stabbing

    A scene guard will remain in place in central Christchurch overnight as police continue to investigate a serious assault.

    Latest poll points to possible hung Parliament

    The latest RNZ Reid Research political poll points to a deadlocked Parliament. Photo: RNZ

    Latest poll points to possible hung Parliament

    Neither the right or left bloc would be able to govern if an election were held today, according to the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll.

    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years

    Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in...

    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years

    Hong Kong's most prominent media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to a total of 20 years in jail on national security charges.

    Delays on SH1 after crash south of Palmerston

    A tow truck arrives to remove the crashed vehicle and trailer on SH1 south of Palmerston. Photo:...

    Delays on SH1 after crash south of Palmerston

    State Highway 1 is under stop-go traffic management after a vehicle towing a caravan crashed just south of Palmerston. 

    Christchurch couple fight to keep $200k found in ceiling

    Bonus Bonds investors are due to receive a share of the $870 million remaining in the scheme....

    Christchurch couple fight to keep $200k found in ceiling

    People will be discouraged from doing the right thing if a Christchurch couple who found more than $200,000 in the ceiling of their house do not get to keep any of the money, a court has heard.

    Vehicle fire sends thick black smoke over city

    Firefighters tackle the blaze near Blackhead this afternoon. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Vehicle fire sends thick black smoke over city

    A hedge cutter fire near Blackhead, south of Dunedin, sent large plumes of thick black smoke across the area this afternoon.

    Trump should apologise for 'racist' Obama post: Luxon

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ

    Trump should apologise for 'racist' Obama post: Luxon

    The prime minister says US President Donald Trump's social media post - depicting his predecessor Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes - is racist.

    Reminder after 'tired and confused' grandmother on wrong side of motorway

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    Reminder after 'tired and confused' grandmother on wrong side of motorway

    Police are asking people to look after their older family members after a "tired" grandmother drove the wrong way along the Dunedin Motorway.

    Young men behaved 'like untrained seals' when car pulled over

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    Young men behaved 'like untrained seals' when car pulled over

    A pack of allegedly intoxicated young men behaved like a pack of "untrained seals" after police stopped them for throwing cans out of a moving car, police say.
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