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    Stuart Nash Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

    Stuart Nash now a NZ First candidate

    Former Labour Minister Stuart Nash is switching allegiances to New Zealand First.

    Sexual abuse survivor support services funding to be redirected

    Photo: Getty Images

    Sexual abuse survivor support services funding to be redirected

    Hundreds of sexual abuse survivors could soon lose access to counselling.

    Person dies after crash near Lake Tekapo

    Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

    Person dies after crash near Lake Tekapo

    A person has died following a serious crash near Lake Tekapo. 

    Labour apology for 'duck faced horse' comment

    Labour's finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds and Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Photos: RNZ

    Labour apology for 'duck faced horse' comment

    Labour's finance spokesperson has apologised to the Finance Minister after audio of her calling Nicola Willis a "duck-faced horse" was leaked to media.

    'She shouldn't have been there': Coroner rules on Ruapehu fall

    Wednesday Davis died after sliding 250m down an icy slope. Photo: Supplied/Sarah Hall

    'She shouldn't have been there': Coroner rules on Ruapehu fall

    A first-time mountaineer had a deadly fall on Mt Ruapehu, after her group pressed on in dangerous conditions that nobody questioned, a coroner has found.

    Formal complaint made about school curriculum rewrite

    Education Minister Erica Stanford. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii

    Formal complaint made about school curriculum rewrite

    A former Education Ministry staffer has asked a Parliamentary committee to rein in the government's curriculum changes.

    One person’s unwanted threads are another’s vintage treasure

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    One person’s unwanted threads are another’s vintage treasure

    Searching for hidden treasures within the clothes racks at the be-loved Vintage and Pre-Loved Market on Saturday is organiser Joanna Livingston.

    Alleged murderer to appear in court

    A police officer keeps watch at the intersection of Somerville St and Marne St in Andersons Bay,...

    Alleged murderer to appear in court

    A man charged with murder is set to appear in the Dunedin District Court today, after a death in the city on Friday evening.

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    90kg tuna from area set to be marine reserve

    Jason Lewis and the bluefin tuna he caught off the Dunedin coast on Tuesday. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    90kg tuna from area set to be marine reserve

    Another hefty bluefin tuna has been caught off the Dunedin coast, but the big catches may become even harder to bag, as some of the fishing area will soon move into a marine reserve where fishing...

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    Survey findings suggest no mandate for govt tobacco policies

    Janet Hoek. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Survey findings suggest no mandate for govt tobacco policies

    Findings of a new survey show New Zealanders share the concerns of health researchers about the covert influence the tobacco industry exerts on government policy, and the resounding failure of...

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    Council to consider gymnastics funding

    PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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    Council to consider gymnastics funding

    A funding boost to the tune of $100,000 a year could help secure the future of gymnastics in Dunedin, councillors have been told.

    Lantern-making for carnival begins

    Romi Thomson, 6, displays a lantern created at a workshop at the Meridian Mall in Dunedin on...

    Lantern-making for carnival begins

    Cocoons have been created.

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    600 birds of a feather flock together at show

    Ian Selby judges a black Pekin cockerel at the 49th annual Dunedin Poultry Show at Forrester Park...

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    600 birds of a feather flock together at show

    Poultry, caged birds, waterfowl and pigeons were well-represented in a Dunedin show at the weekend.

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    Minister ‘hiding behind percentages’ on road changes

    Cr Andrew Simms. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Minister ‘hiding behind percentages’ on road changes

    Suggestions by the government Mosgiel traffic congestion and trucks in the main street are not much to worry about have been panned.

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    NZTA criticised over Mosgiel traffic priorities

    A truck travels down Mosgiel's Gordon Rd. PHOTO: CRAIG BAXTER

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    NZTA criticised over Mosgiel traffic priorities

    The government must not be allowed to drag the chain in sorting out Mosgiel transport troubles, community advocates say.

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    Good weather brings dragon boat recruits to harbour

    Dunedin locals try their hand at dragon boat racing on Otago Harbour for the first time during...

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    Good weather brings dragon boat recruits to harbour

    Sunny skies and a glass-like harbour drew in a huge crowd for a Dunedin dragon boat team’s callout to possible recruits.

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    Cuts to technology subjects anger teachers

    Attending their annual conference in Dunedin yesterday were (from left) Home Economics Technology...

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    Cuts to technology subjects anger teachers

    A government plan to gut food and technology as a school subject will fail children who do not learn nutrition and life skills at home, teachers say.

    Ukraine riding school beckons city man again

    Dunedin man Trevor Sutherland is heading back to Ukraine. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Ukraine riding school beckons city man again

    A Dunedin man is heading back to a place he calls ‘‘surreal insanity’’.

    Bid to prevent catastrophe with leaking California chemical tank

    A drone view shows water being sprayed during the incident in Garden Grove, California. Photo:...

    Bid to prevent catastrophe with leaking California chemical tank

    Firefighters trying to keep a tank of hazardous chemicals in California from exploding or leaking have brought in outside experts to help prevent a catastrophe.

    Anti-Muslim extremism 'worst in 20 years'

    Federation of Islamic Associations chairperson Abdur Razzaq. File photo: VNP / Phil Smith

    'Hate soup': Anti-Muslim extremism worst in 20 years, leaders say

    Muslim community leaders are warning that New Zealand is facing the most dangerous environment with the worst anti-Muslim extremism in two decades.
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