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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics at the San Siro Stadium...

Political tensions surface at opening of Winter Games

Italy launched the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics with a colourful ceremony that celebrated the country's history, arts and fashion but where global political tensions surfaced in the crowd reaction.

Questions over communication delay during ferry grounding

The wrecked catamaran after the incident. Photo: Environment Canterbury

Questions over communication delay during ferry grounding

Questions are being raised over delays in communication to passengers after a tourist ferry ran aground in Akaroa Harbour last weekend.

Three dead after light plane crash off SA coast

Three men, two of them teenagers, are dead after their light plane crashed into the ocean in front of onlookers at a popular South Australian fishing spot.

Family member a suspect in boy's disappearance

Family member declared suspect in boy's disappearance

The grandparents of a missing four-year-old boy say they are "absolutely devastated" after a family member was declared a suspect in his likely death.

Trump shares video depicting Obamas as apes

Outrage after Trump shares video depicting Obamas as apes

US President Donald Trump triggered outrage by posting a video depicting Barack Obama, the first black president in American history, and his wife Michelle as apes.

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Fireworks to return for Dunedin's New Year's Eve?

Crowds gather in the Octagon on New Year’s Eve, 2025. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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Fireworks to return for Dunedin's New Year's Eve?

Stinging public feedback about "anticlimactic" Dunedin New Year’s Eve celebrations has been presented to city councillors set to debate bringing back fireworks.

Housing crisis hitting former refugees

Some former Syrian refugees living in Dunedin say they are struggling with overcrowded...

Housing crisis hitting former refugees

The plight of former refugees living in overcrowded, ageing Dunedin houses is a symptom of the city’s housing crisis that government must solve, social leaders say.

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‘Baby ship driver’ enjoying her Naval career

From Lake Wānaka to helming Lake-class patrol vessel HMNZS Taupo, former Mount Aspiring College...

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‘Baby ship driver’ enjoying her Naval career

Efforts to steer clear of a desk job landed one Wānaka woman at the helm of a Navy patrol vessel, albeit as a "baby ship driver".

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‘All pretty special’: Ōtākou mark day on Treaty Grounds

Otākou hapū member Kiliona Tamati-Tupai holds mere pounamu Te Taki Haruru, named for the beach...

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‘All pretty special’: Ōtākou mark day on Treaty Grounds

Marking Waitangi Day alongside other iwi on the Treaty Grounds made for a "pretty special" occasion, an Ōtākou rakatira says.

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‘Accessibility’ of new setting draws thousands to event

An estimated crowd of between 2000 and 3000 people came to the free whānau festival on the...

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‘Accessibility’ of new setting draws thousands to event

Dunedin's Waitangi Day commemorations, featuring a change of scenery, drew thousands to mark the national holiday.

Police rescue pub patron

Police rescue pub patron

A man was forced to mount an escape attempt from a Dunedin pub after he woke in the toilet after hours to find himself locked in.

Crash driver absconds

A driver took out a 100m section of median barrier on the Southern Motorway before allegedly absconding from an early morning crash, Dunedin police say.

Hīkoi makes feelings known

Hīkoi makes feelings known

About 150 people took part in a hīkoi through Dunedin yesterday — walking from the Gardens Grounds in North Dunedin to rally in the Octagon.

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No ‘respect’ shown to teacher aides

Teacher aide Tracey Clifton. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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No ‘respect’ shown to teacher aides

A Dunedin teacher aide says being paid out of the toilet paper and electricity budgets has led to an increasing amount of job insecurity.

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Birthday trip to remember for footballer and team-mates

Californian Jeff Serota (fourth from left) and his Serota Birthday Football California team-mates...

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Birthday trip to remember for footballer and team-mates

You can’t ask for a better birthday present.

Count the flowers

Young visitors from Invercargill Earl Xander Marial, 9, and his brother, Earl Sky Marial, 5, take in the colourful plantings at the Dunedin Railway Station yesterday.

A convenient amenity

A new toilet facility has popped up in a remote area in Merton Station Rd, near Karitane.

City’s heritage to be theme for new festival

City’s heritage to be theme for new festival

The future of Dunedin’s festival schedule is the past as a celebration of the city’s heritage is put into the works.

Student hopes expedition inspires others to explore local wilderness

John McGlashan student Adam Ludgate completed a tramp in the Olivine Wilderness of Mt Aspiring...

Student hopes expedition inspires others to explore local wilderness

A Dunedin secondary student wants to inspire his peers to explore their backyard after an expedition into some untouched parts of Fiordland National Park.

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Rodeo provides tune-up for national title contender

Emily Daly, of Leeston, tips her hat at the rodeo. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH

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Rodeo provides tune-up for national title contender

When you get a bit down in life and things aren’t really going your way, Johnson Davis reckons a ride on a bull is all it takes "to buck your ideas up a bit".

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