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Wild weather batters country, ruins New Year plans

Wild weather is playing havoc with New Year plans for thousands of Kiwis, hitting flights and ferry sailings, cutting power and shutting down celebrations in some places.

Cyclone bearing down on Western Australia upgraded

Tropical Cyclone Hayley has been upgraded to a category four system as residents in Australia's far northwest prepare to ride out the storm as it approaches land.

Joshua injured in crash that killed two friends

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua. File photo: Reuters

Boxer Anthony Joshua injured in crash that killed two friends

British former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was injured in a car accident in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends.

Hoping for a return to ‘holistic solutions’

Green MP Julie Anne Genter during question time in Parliament. PHOTO: NZ HERALD

Hoping for a return to ‘holistic solutions’

2026 is election year and parties are already jockeying for position. In a five-part series ODT political editor Mike Houlahan asks a senior MP from the leading parties about how the...

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Aim to slow deterioration as we age

Members of the University of Otago (Christchurch) Canterbury Health and Ageing Life Course ...

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Aim to slow deterioration as we age

Most of us have heard of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study and the Christchurch Health and Development Study. Reporter John Lewis takes a closer look at a...

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City to funk it up for New Year’s Eve

Scaffolder Max McKenzie hams up a variation of air guitar after assembling the stage in the...

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Dunedin to funk it up for New Year’s Eve

A high-energy party has been forecast for New Year’s Eve in Dunedin and organisers are hopeful the weather will co-operate.

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Proof arguing can be productive

University of Otago mooting team members Campbell Kidd and Abby Bowmar after winning the New...

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Proof arguing can be productive

Campbell Kidd and Abby Bowmar love to argue.

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Teenagers tried to carjack taxi: officer

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Teenagers tried to carjack taxi: officer

Two teenagers who allegedly punched and hit a Port Chalmers taxi driver with a glass bottle on Christmas Day were trying to bring open alcohol into the vehicle, police say.

Aim to ensure wife’s life ‘was not a waste’

Dunedin man Sam Weepers has started a petition to change the Dunedin cath lab’s operating hours...

Aim to ensure wife’s life ‘was not a waste’

A Dunedin widower making sure his wife’s life "was not a waste" has started a petition to Parliament to open Dunedin Hospital’s catheterisation laboratory around the clock.

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First sea lion pup of breeding season born

Tui, the 6-year-old sea lion, with her pup — the first to be born in Dunedin this season (this...

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First sea lion pup of breeding season born

Just two weeks after scaring the living daylights out of a Bedford St family by taking shelter on their front doorstep, Tui the sea lion has given birth to Dunedin’s first pup of the season.

Holiday road toll stands at zero

Holiday road toll stands at zero

The road toll for the official Christmas holiday period is at zero, but police say people need to continue to stick to the basics of safe driving.

Bondi hero recounts confronting gunman

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Mr Al Ahmed in hospital a few days after the...

'I feel sorry for the lost': Bondi hero recounts confronting gunman

A tobacconist who went viral for his extraordinary bravery wrestling one of the Bondi beach gunmen has spoken out for the first time about his instinctive actions.

China launches live-fire war games surrounding Taiwan

A ship fires a weapon during drills east of Taiwan, in this screenshot from a video released by...

China launches live-fire war games surrounding Taiwan

China's military has moved army, naval, air force and artillery units around Taiwan for its "Justice Mission 2025" drills, as the island vows to defend democracy and mobilise troops to rehearse repelling a potential Chinese attack.

At least 13 dead in Mexican train derailment

A compartment is overturned at the site of a train derailment on the Interoceanic Corridor of the...

At least 13 dead in Mexican train derailment

Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least 13 people were killed after an Interoceanic Train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca.

Flatmates involved in alleged assault over dog's behaviour

A Dunedin flat erupted into chaos after a man was allegedly assaulted by his flatmate due to the household dog behaving out of character.

String of motorbike crashes on Dunedin roads

String of motorbike crashes on Dunedin roads

Two teenage brothers driving around the neighbourhood on their dirt bikes found themselves getting blood taken by police after one crashed into a parked car.

Govt urged to commit resources to tackling organised crime

Chairperson of the ministerial advisory group on organised crime, Steve Symon. (File photo) Photo...

Govt urged to commit resources to tackling organised crime

The chairperson of a ministerial advisory group on organised crime says he won't be satisfied until he sees the government commit resources to tackling the issue of organised crime.

Pair injured after another brawl in Auckland

Two people have been taken to hospital after another brawl in Auckland.

Elderly hiker saved by mother, teens after collapsing

Kauaeranga Valley. Photo: Supplied/DOC via RNZ

Elderly hiker saved by mother, teens after collapsing

An elderly hiker who got lost and collapsed wearing only shorts and a singlet was saved by a mother and her two teenagers who huddled around him to keep him warm, police say.

'You owe us': Families of Bondi victims write to PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has resisted calls for a national royal commission in the wake of...

'You owe us': Families of Bondi victims write to PM

The Jewish families of the Bondi Beach terror attack victims are demanding the Prime Minister set up a national royal commission, saying he owes Australians "the truth".

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