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    Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

    Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

    The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

    Ringleader gets life sentence in Fiji's largest meth operation

    The amount of methamphetamine seized was valued at an estimated $FJ2 billion ($NZ1.49 billion)...

    Ringleader gets life sentence in Fiji's largest meth operation

    The ringleader of Fiji's largest-ever methamphetamine trafficking operation was sentenced to life imprisonment today.

    Large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv

    Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko. Photo: Getty Images

    Large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv

    Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing four people.

    Man charged over imported meth lollies

    Malaysian company Rinda, who made the legitimate sweets, were fully co-operative with police....

    Man charged over imported meth lollies

    Police have charged a man for allegedly importing blocks of methamphetamine, after potentially lethal doses of the drug were disguised as sweets and given out in Auckland last year.

    Stuff staff to strike outside newsrooms

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    Stuff staff to strike outside newsrooms

    E tū members at media company Stuff are going on strike on Thursday afternoon.

    Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

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    Baby suffered 'abusive trauma': expert

    A baby's extensive fractures were “almost certainly the result of abusive trauma”, a Dunedin trial has heard. 

    'Fairness and practicality': Alcohol laws to be loosened

    Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

    'Fairness and practicality': Alcohol laws to be loosened

    The government has signed off on loosening alcohol restrictions with fewer hurdles for bars and bottle stores.

    Manhunt continues after cops killed in Victoria

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    Manhunt continues after cops killed in Victoria

    A manhunt in Victoria for a heavily armed accused police killer is entering its third day, with wintry conditions complicating search efforts.

    Drunk woman who ran over mum avoids jail

    The woman was sentenced in the Wellington High Court. Photo: RNZ

    Drunk woman who ran over mum avoids jail

    A Wellington woman who ran over her mother while drunk at the wheel after a tangi has avoided prison, and instead been sentenced to home detention.

    Missing Lower Hutt three-year-old found safe

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    Missing Lower Hutt three-year-old found safe

    A missing Lower Hutt three-year-old who was the subject of an amber alert earlier today has been found safe.

    Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

    Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

    The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

    Clocktower Magnolia in full bloom

    Magnolia in bloom seen from the Geology Building at University of Otago campus.

    Clocktower Magnolia in full bloom

    Magnolia in full bloom, welcoming spring in the heart of Dunedin.

    Warning safety reforms risk another Pike River

    Anna Osborne (left), Sonya Rockhouse and Bernie Monk lost family members in the Pike River mine...

    Warning safety reforms risk another Pike River

    Plans to reform workplace safety rules risk repeating the deadly failures of the Pike River mine disaster, officials warn.

    Sex predator shouldn't have been back on streets: victim

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    Sex predator shouldn't have been back on streets: victim

    A sex predator accused of trying to lure schoolgirls into performing inappropriate favours should never have been back on Christchurch's streets, a victim says.

    Car goes up in flames in central Dunedin

    A firefighter brings the car fire under control. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Car goes up in flames in central Dunedin

    Flames were leaping from a car which caught fire outside a Dunedin museum this morning.

    Principals urge halt to NCEA change plans

    Principals urge halt to NCEA change plans

    A group of 89 secondary school principals are calling for an immediate halt to plans to replace the NCEA school qualification.

    Warning as few people get Covid boosters

    Immunisation Advisory Centre medical adviser Professor Nikki Turner says many people are "over"...

    Warning as few people get Covid boosters

    Fewer people are bothering to get Covid-19 boosters, which some experts warn could put the population at risk from future strains of the virus.

    Children shot at while they prayed

    Children shot at while they prayed

    Two children have been killed and 17 other people wounded after an assailant with three guns opened fire on students attending Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school. One boy says his friend died trying to protect him.

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    Safety focus lost in Albany St decision: university

    Dunedin cycling advocacy group Spokes spokeswoman Heike Cebulla-Elder says a council decision to...

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    Safety focus lost in Albany St decision: university

    A council decision to abandon years of work towards safety improvements in Dunedin’s student quarter is disappointing, the university says.

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    Bill trying to weaken councils: Radich

    Jules Radich. Photo: supplied

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    Bill trying to weaken councils: Radich

    The Dunedin City Council is questioning what the government regards as "core services" for it to do.
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