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    Confidentiality breach condemned by colleagues

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    Confidentiality breach condemned by colleagues

    Potential investment in Dunedin worth more than $50 million could be at risk because of a city councillor’s confidentiality breach, another councillor says.

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    'Sick joke': Hospital with broken alarm tells staff to yell 'fire, fire'

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    Drugs, cash found in motel after trip from Nelson

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    Drugs, cash found in motel after trip from Nelson

    A man brought his family on a 750km road trip to Dunedin for a drug deal.

    City could get two Green MPs

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    City could get two Green MPs

    Dunedin could still be in with a chance of having two Green Party MPs after the election in November.

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    The so-called ‘‘Golden Visa’’ is returning golden results for New Zealand, Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says.

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    Dunedin man raided his mum's home while she was on cruise

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    Increase in dividends being considered to ease ratepayers’ pain

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    Increase in dividends being considered to ease ratepayers’ pain

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    Global success for Taurite Tū programme

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    Global success for Taurite Tū programme

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    Students pay top dollar for 's*** house' worth $1m

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    Rising rents squeeze students

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    Candidates urge council to be more transparent

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    Candidates urge council to be more transparent

    A series of Dunedin City Council by-election candidates have called for transparency as the ways the organisation might improve after two whistleblower complaints still remain a mystery.

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    Te Kaika undertook 28 ‘critical actions’ to lift suspension

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    Te Kaika undertook 28 ‘critical actions’ to lift suspension

    Te Kāika was required to undertake 28 ‘‘critical actions’’ to lift the suspension of its accreditation to deliver social care for children and young people.

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    Kiwirail's unsafe practices normalised: report

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    Kiwirail's unsafe practices normalised: report

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    Conviction avoided over sharing of photos

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    Conviction avoided over sharing of photos

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    Students to get longer mid-semester breaks

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    Students to get longer mid-semester breaks

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    Anzac Day tipped to hit 21°C

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    Anzac Day tipped to hit 21°C

    Anzac Day 2026 looks set to be a Dunner stunner for the second time in three years, temperatures forecast to reach 21°C in the city.
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