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    Air New Zealand says all A320neo aircraft in its fleet will receive a software update. File photo...

    Air NZ flights cancelled amid global A320 grounding

    Air New Zealand has cancelled multiple flights, with all A320 aircraft grounded due to a global software problem.

    Zelenskiy's top aide quits after anti-corruption raid on home

    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and top aide Andriy Yermak. File photo: Reuters

    Zelenskiy's top aide quits after anti-corruption raid on home

    President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak, a close ally who has headed Ukraine's negotiation team at fraught US-backed peace talks, has quit, hours after anti-corruption agents searched his home.

    Running start to every morning in November for a good cause

    Running start to every morning in November for a good cause

    Mile over matter is the mantra for a Dunedin runner completing distances corresponding with the date every day in November to fundraise for men’s mental health.

    Surrey St response a ‘disgrace’

    Dunedin city councillors and residents met yesterday to discuss wastewater overflows in Surrey St...

    Surrey St response a ‘disgrace’

    The "unacceptable" treatment of residents in a South Dunedin street blighted by sewage overflows demands an apology, a councillor says.

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    Mainlander train’s return for holidays ‘absolutely wonderful’

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    Mainlander train’s return for holidays ‘absolutely wonderful’

    A Dunedin passenger rail advocate is elated a service linking the city with Christchurch and Invercargill is back after decades of waiting.

    Equipment failures in South ‘ridiculous’

    Dunedin senior firefighters (from left) Antony Mason, Tony McEntyre and New Zealand Professional...

    Equipment failures in South ‘ridiculous’

    Fed-up Dunedin firefighters who had to deal with four different equipment failures the day before a nationwide strike say the situation they face couldn’t be made up.

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    Damage to heritage rope walk building ‘not insurmountable’

    Southern Heritage Trust trustees Ann Barsby (left) and Jo Galer look at the damaged Donaghy’s...

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    Damage to heritage rope walk building ‘not insurmountable’

    Donaghy's rope walk building is another victim of last month’s big wind, but heritage advocates say it is too important to demolish.

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    Travel, food, lifestyle highlights of life on ‘Te Kaha’

    Naval warship HMNZS Te Kaha southern crew members (from left) OLSS Libby Borthwick, of Cromwell,...

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    Travel, food, lifestyle highlights of life on ‘Te Kaha’

    The travel, food and lifestyle on a Royal New Zealand Navy warship make the early starts, hard work and time away from family all worth it, Otago crew aboard HMNZS Te Kaha say.

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    Poor care, culture of fear reported at rest-home

    Oxford Court rest-home in Oxford St, South Dunedin. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    Poor care, culture of fear reported at rest-home

    Horror stories at a Dunedin rest-home range from a resident left sitting in his own faeces and urine, a culture of fear within staff and an assisted dying procedure being "ruined" by one hostile...

    Workers strike again after no progress in mediation

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Workers strike again after no progress in mediation

    Health workers strike outside Dunedin Hospital yesterday.

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    Hard work of road patrollers rewarded

    St Clair School pupils Zeta McDowell-Ross (left) and Sydney Pomerleau, both 10, cheer as their...

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    Hard work of road patrollers rewarded

    Looming storm clouds did not rain on the parade of several hundred Dunedin schoolchildren decked out in their finest fluoro.

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    Deputy mayor disappointed by report delay

    Cherry Lucas.

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    Deputy mayor disappointed by report delay

    The delay of a report about the future of Dunedin’s economic development agency has disappointed the city’s deputy mayor.

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    Lower satisfaction level ‘on us’: mayor

    Sophie Barker. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Lower satisfaction level ‘on us’: mayor

    Dismal public satisfaction ratings should prompt Dunedin city councillors to look in the mirror; they have been told.

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    Mums share importance of creativity with exhibition

    Dunedin mothers Annah Taggart (left) and Shanaya Cunningham have teamed up to build a summer...

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    Mums share importance of creativity with exhibition

    As funding and attention for arts, culture and history declines across the country, two Dunedin mums are taking matters into their own hands.

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    Newly funded drug will mean less frequent retinal treatments

    University of Otago ophthalmology consultant and eye surgeon Dr Francesc March says a newly...

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    Newly funded drug will mean less frequent retinal treatments

    Having drugs injected into your eyeballs is probably as unpleasant as it sounds.

    Soaring good time

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Soaring good time

    A moderate onshore wind allowed this paraglider to soar with the seagulls at St Kilda Beach yesterday.

    Teen fights for life after Black Friday brawl at Adelaide mall

    Teen fights for life after Black Friday brawl at Adelaide mall

    A 16-year-old boy has life-threatening injuries and another man has also been stabbed during a brawl involving four people at a suburban Adelaide shopping mall.

    Fire looms large in couple's 70 years of marriage

    Sid and Jan Dyer celebrated 70 years of marriage this week. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

    Fire looms large in couple's 70 years of marriage

    As Sid and Jan Dyer celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary this week, they recalled driving to the ceremony and noticing a huge cloud looming ominously in the sky.

    Scores killed in floods in Southeast Asia

    A man stands next to a damaged car in a flooded area in the Hat Yai district of Thailand's...

    Scores killed in floods in Southeast Asia

    The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 161 on Friday.

    Assault victim's unlawful citizen's arrest backfires

    Steven Gardiner and his associates were convicted of wilful trespass. Photo: RNZ

    Assault victim's unlawful citizen's arrest backfires

    A month after Steven Gardiner was assaulted, he became so frustrated at the police progress on his case that he decided to take matters into his own hands.
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      Notable building to go, ‘soul’ to remain

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