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    ‘‘Stop double-rating our wonderful city,’’ raps Dunedin mayoral hopeful Lee Vandervis, who says...

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    ‘Need to be free from the useless ORC’,candidate raps

    Candidate karaoke was not enough for Lee Vandervis — the Dunedin mayoral hopeful has released a rap.

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    Concerns raised over minister’s meeting

    Bryce Edwards. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Concerns raised over minister’s meeting

    Concerns are being raised about privatisation after Health Minister Simeon Brown met representatives of a controversial multinational company that runs prisons and hospitals.

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    Top opera singer hits a high note in career

    Dunedin opera singer Jonathan Lemalu, when he was made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of...

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    Top opera singer hits a high note in career

    Jonathan Lemalu has taken on countless starring roles on the world’s top stages during his award-winning opera career, but in his latest role, he will no longer require any makeup or costumes.

    Fire truck exhibition building on the Taieri

    Standing on the site of a proposed exhibition building for the Dunedin Fire Brigade Restoration...

    Fire truck exhibition building on the Taieri

    Fire engines galore, plane viewing out the window and all with food and drink available — a child’s utopia is going to open on the Taieri Plain.

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    No conviction for smacking child

    Neill Leitch was discharged without conviction after assaulting a child he was caring for through...

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    No conviction for smacking child

    A care worker who lost his job for smacking a disobedient child at work has avoided a mark on his criminal record.

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    Castle St flat invaders sentenced for attack

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    Castle St flat invaders sentenced for attack

    A group armed with a hammer and baseball bat invaded a Castle St student flat and violently attacked the occupants, a court has heard.

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    Six60 raise up touring Ranfurly Shield

    Six60 band members (front from left) Marlon Gerbes, Matiu Walters and Ji Fraser take a selfie...

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    Six60 raise up touring Ranfurly Shield

    Everyone wants to know what it feels like to hold the Ranfurly Shield.

    Lilliput libraries little and loved

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Lilliput libraries little and loved

    Waitahuna resident Mila Cameron-Tuhaka, 7, browses the collection of books inside the newest Lilliput Library, located on the cycle trail between Hylton St and Lockharts Rd, yesterday.

    Southern health report card doesn’t tell full story: union chief

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    Southern health report card doesn’t tell full story: union chief

    The Southern region has received a middling report card in an overview of its health services.

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    Building safety laws to balance cost, risk: Percentage-risk system replaced

    Caroline Orchiston. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Building safety laws to balance cost, risk: Percentage-risk system replaced

    Changes to the earthquake-prone building laws could breathe life back into small towns in the south as Coastal Otago and Dunedin move from a low- to a medium-risk seismic zone.

    Land sale not so fantastic, 650 signatories say

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    Land sale not so fantastic, 650 signatories say

    Duncan Eddy and Ursula Lehr deliver a letter signed by 650 people to Kāinga Ora’s offices in Dunedin central.

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    Leaf mining fly pitched as fix to lagarosiphon invasion

    Lagarosiphon. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Leaf mining fly pitched as fix to lagarosiphon invasion

    A humble fly may be the key to stopping the march of a pest weed through pristine southern lakes.

    Auction of artist’s work to benefit community studio

    With a couple of  paintings by Dunedin artist Eion Stevens, that will be auctioned for Artsenta,...

    Auction of artist’s work to benefit community studio

    A prolific Dunedin artist’s work will directly benefit an art studio that supports people with mental health and addiction issues.

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    Consultant recommends ‘wide-scale divestment’: Polytech not economically viable

    Otago Polytechnic. Photo: ODT files

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    Consultant recommends ‘wide-scale divestment’: Polytech not economically viable

    Otago Polytechnic’s campus could be cut in half as part of efforts to make the institution financially viable, consultants have recommended.

    $4.2m awarded for heart research

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    $4.2m awarded for heart research

    Life-saving heart research has been given a major financial boost by the Heart Foundation of New Zealand.

    Clothing charity closing as grants denied

    Tracey Creed (left) and Charli Cox. Photo: RNZ

    Clothing charity closing as grants denied

    An Auckland charity that has clothed thousands of people in need has been forced to close.

    Aussie telco suffers fresh emergency call outage

    Optus is Australia's No 2 teleco, owned by Singapore Telecommunications. Photo: Reuters

    Aussie telco suffers fresh emergency call outage

    Australian telco Optus has suffered an emergency call outage in an area south of Sydney, 10 days after a broader disruption that it said had probably caused four deaths.

    ‘Serious risk’: Warning over e-motorbikes

    Hastings District Council wants to prevent any damage at the archaeologically significant Hikanui...

    ‘Serious risk’: Warning over e-motorbikes

    The Hastings District Council is being proactive with public education about riding any form of motorbike on council-owned parks and reserves.

    Jago loses appeal over sex abuse charges

    Tim Jago was jailed last November after being found guilty of abusing two teenage boys in the...

    Jago loses appeal over sex abuse charges

    Former ACT Party president Tim Jago has lost an appeal against his sexual abuse conviction and sentence.

    Apology after bed-bound woman suffered burns

    The incident happened between April and May 2022 while the woman was a resident at Elmwood...

    Apology after bed-bound woman suffered burns

    Elmwood Village has apologised after the woman needed a skin graft when her bed was left too close to a heater with no guard.
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