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Diabetes drug cuts prostate cancer risk

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Diabetes drug cuts prostate cancer risk

Researchers have been ‘‘surprised’’ to find a common drug used to treat type 2 diabetes has the beneficial ability to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

Students’ can-do attitude helps charity

St Clair School pupil Alec Fry, 6, helps King’s High School students Tomos Chadwick, 15 (left),...

Students’ can-do attitude helps charity

After being tasked with collecting food for charity, a group of Dunedin secondary school students asked what else they could do.

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Children’s sports injuries rising: ACC

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Children’s sports injuries rising: ACC

Concerns are growing about a sizable jump in the number of winter sports injuries among 10 to 14-year-olds in the southern regions.

Fallen native usurped in Tree of the Year race

A supposed 1000-year-old mataī that fell over at Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens in February lives...

Fallen native usurped in Tree of the Year race

A centuries-old Dunedin tree is facing some fierce competition from a northern rival as the battle for New Zealand’s top tree heats up. The ‘‘Mighty Old Mataī’’, at Glenfalloch Woodland...

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Embassy brings pop-up consulate to city

Alex Harold and his father Bryan take advice on how to get an Irish passport from Embassy of...

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Embassy brings pop-up consulate to city

Having to travel to Wellington to get some ‘‘face-to-face’’ advice about passports is a bit of a faff.

Smell of burning a false alarm

Smell of burning a false alarm

A firefighter leaves the Regent Theatre in the Octagon in Dunedin just after noon yesterday after being called to investigate a smell of burning.

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Foleys awarded $50m in hospital contracts

Foleys director Chris Sutherland (left) is joined on the site of the new Dunedin hospital...

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Foleys awarded $50m in hospital contracts

A Dunedin plumbing company has been awarded more than $50 million in work for the new hospital — the single biggest project in its 90-year history.

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Parking ‘fiasco’ costs Dunedin council $100k

The technology for catching overstaying parkers was also trialled and abandoned in Ashburton....

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Parking ‘fiasco’ costs Dunedin council $100k

A $100,000 spend on the failed rollout of camera cars to issue Dunedin motorists with parking fines has been labelled a ‘‘fiasco’’.

Human Rights boss to be investigated over conduct

Human Rights Commission chief commissioner Dr Stephen Rainbow. Photo credit:Supplied/ Human...

Human Rights boss to be investigated over conduct

An investigation will be carried out into concerns raised about the conduct of Human Rights Commission chief commissioner Dr Stephen Rainbow.

Recidivist phone prankster made fake calls 'to get a response'

Hamilton woman Leah Grayling is a recidivist prank phone caller and has more than 20 convictions...

Recidivist phone prankster made fake calls 'to get a response'

A woman who continues to make prank calls to emergency services says she knows it is wrong but does it to “get a response”.

Schools across NZ hit by bomb threats

Police Minister Mark Mitchell. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

Cybercrime cops investigate bomb threats to schools

Police would treat seriously the violent threats received by multiple schools and organisations across New Zealand, Police Minister Mark Mitchell says.

Police let ex-partner into home despite protection order

Police accepted the man's explanation despite the woman showing evidence of a court order. Photo:...

Police let ex-partner into home despite protection order

A woman and her children were forced to leave their home by police so her ex-partner could collect belongings, because they didn't believe she had a protection order against him.

'Safe to eat' message for Aussies amid bird flu scare

Australians are being reassured poultry and egg products are safe to eat after a deadly bird flu strain was found in the country.

US waives Iran sanctions after talks

US Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force Two after the US and Iran held high-level...

US waives Iran sanctions after talks

The United States waived sanctions on Iran for 60 days from Monday after the first talks under a nascent peace deal.

Man suspected of indecent assaults around Hagley Park arrested

Man suspected of indecent assaults around Hagley Park arrested

A man has been arrested in connection with a number of indecent assaults against women around Hagley Park and Wigram.

Cheering on Japan at the World Cup in Dunedin

The event attracted more than 80 participants and brought together members of Dunedin's Japanese community, including exchange students and local residents.

School forced to close as rats chew through fibre cable

Christchurch's Hillmorton High School has been forced to close for two days because rats have damaged a fibre cable and the internet is down.

Heat kills 18 in France; record temperatures on way for UK

People cool off in the Trocadero Fountain next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Photo: Reuters

Heat kills 18 in France; record temperatures on way for UK

At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heatwave hung over Europe, smashing temperature records in several cities on Monday.

Peters lashes out at 'w****r question'

Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii

Peters lashes out at 'w****r question'

NZ First leader Winston Peters has angrily responded to a query about whether he might side his party with Labour after this year's election, calling it a "wanker question".

Fog affects flights at Dunedin Airport

Fog covering Dunedin Airport this morning. Photo: Supplied

Fog affects flights at Dunedin Airport

Heavy fog shrouding the Dunedin Airport has led to cancelled flights this morning.

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