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    The Dunedin City Council discusses a rates increase at yesterday's council meeting. PHOTO: GERARD...

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    Vote divided as 8.9% rates rise approved for Dunedin

    Dunedin councillors lamented a missed opportunity for financial discipline as an 8.9% rates rise was approved.

    Counting the chirps

    PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Counting the chirps

    A tūī arrives at a North-East Valley backyard bird feeder.

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    Rules-based order ‘more important’ than ever

    Robert Patman. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

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    Rules-based order ‘more important’ than ever

    The co-ordinator of the 60th Otago Foreign Policy School says the ‘‘rules’’ New Zealand once understood are more ‘‘at threat’’ and yet ‘‘more important’’ than in decades.

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    Two more senior staff resign from city council

    Jeanine Benson. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

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    Two more senior staff resign from city council

    Two more senior Dunedin City Council staff have resigned from the organisation.

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    Man traps, threatens to shoot escort

    Dunedin District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Man traps, threatens to shoot escort

    After a Southern man became obsessed with an escort, he trapped her in his car and threatened to kill her, a court has heard.

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    Man became ‘money mule’ in fraud ring

     Kade Springer. Photo: Rob Kidd

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    Man became ‘money mule’ in fraud ring

    A Dunedin man became a ‘‘money mule’’, attempting to launder more than $50,000 for an international fraud ring, after one online message.

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    Scathing attack on inquiry into mosque shootings

    Chris Wilson is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of...

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    Scathing attack on inquiry into mosque shootings

    The mosque shooter, who moved to Dunedin 18 months before his terrorist attack, was on an inevitable path to destruction, the authors of a new book say.

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    Woman adds to family plumbing legacy

    Apprentice plumber Bryleigh Scannell is hard at work after winning a Bunnings Women in...

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    Woman adds to family plumbing legacy

    Great-Granddad did it, granddad did it, uncle does it, the cousin does it, and now Bryleigh Scannell does it.

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    A change of life-cycle

    A galaxy of galaxid whitebait. Photo: Nick Brook

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    A change of life-cycle

    One of New Zealand’s best loved delicacies appears to be able to evolve when struck by sudden environmental changes.

    New principal at Columba

    Newly appointed Columba College principal Chay Carter. Photo: Supplied

    New principal at Columba

    After a year with no principal officially at the helm, a Dunedin secondary school have at last filled the role.

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    Luxon defends GP funding despite push back

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke with local business and community leaders at Breen...

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    Luxon defends GP funding despite push back

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon defended his government’s investment in primary healthcare during a visit to Wānaka yesterday.

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    Data to aid ‘informed’ merger talks

    Mayor Sophie Barker. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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    Data to aid ‘informed’ merger talks

    Analysis estimated to cost $60,000 is expected to bring focus to talks about reshaping local government in Otago.

    Cranes arrive at hospital site

    Technicians prepare a Liebherr LTR11200 telescopic crawler crane on the Dunedin hospital site...

    Cranes arrive at hospital site

    Finally, you can see something interesting happening above the fence at the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building site.

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    Major changes urged

    Lab scientist Terry Taylor is off to Australia next week. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Major changes urged

    A leading blood cancer specialist who is quitting Dunedin says the South’s medical laboratory service is in disarray and the consequences could be deadly.

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    Supermarket in hot water over mould on shelves

    Black mould found on deli baskets at the Woolworths in Andersons Bay Rd. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

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    Supermarket in hot water over mould on shelves

    After recovering from a rat infestation, the Woolworths supermarket in Andersons Bay Rd is again under the microscope for ‘‘bloody disgusting’’ black mould on shelves, and the Ministry for Primary...

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    Muir relives the good old days

    Former Silver Ferns coach Dame Lois Muir (centre) catches up with her former players (clockwise....

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    Muir relives the good old days

    Dame Lois Muir is never afraid to speak her mind.

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    Rehearsal spaces opening up opportunities

    Dunedin City Council Ara Toi Creative Partnerships adviser Nick Tipa (left) and Dunedin Gasworks...

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    Rehearsal spaces opening up opportunities

    Dunedin musicians are amped up and making a song and dance after the Dunedin City Council plugged local musicians into a network of community facilities where they can rehearse.

    Soldier who threatened to kill officer demoted, named

    Acting Corporal Jared Deal has been reprimanded and demoted. Photo: RNZ

    Soldier who threatened to kill officer demoted, named

    A soldier who threatened to kill an army captain and called him a bitch during a late-night confrontation has lost his name suppression and his rank.

    Japan braces for double storms, torrential rains shut down parts of Taiwan

    The Kamo River swollen by heavy rain flows through Kyoto, Japan. Photo: Kyodo/via REUTERS

    Japan braces for double storms, torrential rains shut down parts of Taiwan

    Japan was grappling with transport disruptions on Friday while bracing for more torrential rain and risks from two approaching tropical storms.

    Warning after $180k student loan debt arrest

    Photo: RNZ

    Warning after doctor arrested over $180k student loan debt

    A lawyer is warning people not to put their "head in the sand" when it comes to paying off a student loan while overseas.
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