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Rising Aussie road toll prompts call to cut speed limits

Rising Aussie road toll prompts call to cut speed limits

Australian road accidents have claimed their highest number of victims in 15 years, the national road toll fuelled by a rising number of pedestrian deaths.

Grave error: Cemetery meth stash sniffed out

The fleeing man allegedly hid a baggie of meth inside a flowerpot at Palmerston cemetery. File...

Grave error: Cemetery meth stash sniffed out

A man on the run’s alleged attempt to stash his meth in a flowerpot at Palmerston graveyard was foiled by a couple of police canines.

Keys mistaken for knife spark police callout to Dunedin mall

Keys mistaken for knife spark police callout to Dunedin mall

An "erratic" customer paying for parking at a Dunedin mall sparked a police response after their keys were mistaken for a knife.

Teens among four arrested over Rotorua homicide

Teens among four arrested over Rotorua homicide

Police have arrested four people after a man was fatally assaulted in Rotorua yesterday.

Sickness, reliever shortage forcing schools to close

The Ministry of Education confirmed its 2021 provisional staffing allocations for domestic...

Sickness, reliever shortage forcing schools to close

Schools across the country are desperate for staff as winter illness knocks teachers and students out of commission.

Two Canterbury fire-fighting heroes lost in a week

Two former long-serving Canterbury firefighters have been lost in the space of just one week.

Chemical exposure concerns raised before worker hospitalised

Tegal's Christchurch plant. Photo: Google Maps

Chemical exposure concerns raised before worker hospitalised

The workers' union Etū says staff at Tegel's Christchurch plant have been raising concerns about chemical exposure for the last year and are not being taken seriously.

Country facing toughest national security environment of recent times: report

Director-general of Security Andrew Hampton. Photo: VNP/Louis Collins

Country facing toughest national security environment of recent times: report

The intelligence service warns threats to national security need to be taken much more seriously than they currently are.

Injured inmate surrenders after 17 hours on Milburn prison roof

A prisoner who injured himself during a cold night on a roof at Milburn prison is back in secure custody after voluntarily surrendering this morning.

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Tree felled before hearing on protected status

Mosgiel residents Tony Gow and his wife Jan were given notice at 8am yesterday that a significant...

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Tree felled before hearing on protected status

A Mosgiel man took a chainsaw to a landmark tree just hours before he was set to argue it should not be protected.

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Strong future as club turns 150

Otago Chess Club president Alf Loretan says it is time to celebrate 150 years of the club's...

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Strong future as club turns 150

All the pieces are in place for a 150-year-old Dunedin club to keep going strong.

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Never saw any bruises, midwife says

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Never saw any bruises, midwife says

A midwife says she never saw any bruises on a baby with more than a dozen rib fractures, said to have been caused by a prominent sportsman.

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Criticism of med school proposal rejected

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Criticism of med school proposal rejected

The University of Otago has hit back at claims in government documents it failed to provide enough information to stop University of Waikato’s medical school proposal going ahead.

All that brass

All that brass

Dunedin schoolchildren cheer on Hot Potato Band member Luke Bartley as he plays the sousaphone at Tahuna Normal Intermediate School.

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Ombudsman backs DCC stance to keep vote secret

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Ombudsman backs DCC stance to keep vote secret

How councillors voted on extending the Dunedin City Council chief executive’s contract is to stay secret.

Fatal Allanton crash under investigation

Investigations are continuing into an early-morning crash in which one person was killed south of Dunedin.

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Outgoing needle exchange provider mulls injunction

The Disc Trust, which administers the Dunedin needle-exchange programme, has not ruled out...

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Outgoing needle exchange provider mulls injunction

The outgoing providers of Dunedin’s needle exchange service is not ruling out seeking an injunction against the new contract holders, the Otago Daily Times understands.