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    The damaged property at Welcome Bay. Photo: RNZ

    Vigil for boy killed in Pāpāmoa landslide

    A vigil has been held at a church in Tauranga for a young boy who died in a Pāpāmoa landslide in the Bay of Plenty.

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    Strait to be swum for sprinklers

    David Hutchinson waves to one of the Broad Bay locals while training for his swim across one of...

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    Strait to be swum for sprinklers

    Water is both "the challenge and the solution" for David Hutchinson.

    Campground search: 'Partial' slip, as six still missing

    Excavators have been working on moving piles of rubble from a massive slip in Mount Maunganui...

    Campground search: 'Partial' slip, as six still missing

    Updated 10.26 am

    Forecast heavy rain may force search and rescue teams to stop work at Mt Maunganui campground following a huge landslide.

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    Stab wound penetrated to within 2cm of heart

    Emergency services rushed to the scene of a stabbing just off George St on September 27. PHOTO:...

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    Stab wound penetrated to within 2cm of heart

    A stabbing in central Dunedin left the victim with a wound just 2cm from his heart, a court has heard.

    Rare visitor spotted

    REPORT: GRANT MILLER / PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Rare visitor spotted

    Erect-crested penguins are normally found on New Zealand’s subantarctic Bounty and Antipodes island groups, but this juvenile was among sea lions at a Dunedin beach.

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    Name suppression for man who tied up toddler

    The case is being heard in the Dunedin District Court. Photo: ODT files

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    Name suppression for man who tied up toddler

    A Dunedin man who tied his toddler’s legs together, leaving her injured for nearly two months, has had his name permanently suppressed.

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    Dementia patients ’forced shift‘ appalling’

    The man in his 80s was living in a cottage in a retirement village when he sought help from...

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    Dementia patients ’forced shift‘ appalling’

    A desperate lack of dementia beds in Dunedin has resulted in the "appalling" situation of patients being shipped out of the city.

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    Coach to tackle cafe ownership

    Settling in as the new owners of St Clair’s Starfish Cafe are (from left) Sarah and Riki Flutey...

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    Coach to tackle cafe ownership

    With a resume that includes coaching for the Highlanders and Black Ferns, Riki Flutey expects his sporting expertise will come in handy manning the helm of a Dunedin cafe.

    Timber!

    PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Timber!

    Portobello Rd traffic was down to one lane yesterday as arborists felled a large macrocarpa tree in Ivanhoe Rd.

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    Adjusting tasks of DCC firm suggested

     PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Adjusting tasks of DCC firm suggested

    Am alternative idea has emerged for fostering economic development in Dunedin — tweaking an existing council company.

    New public toilet facilities to boost accessibility

    A concept design for a new Changing Places bathroom to be installed at the Dunedin Railway...

    New public toilet facilities to boost accessibility

    Dunedin is set to become the first city in the South Island with a fully accessible $750,000 Changing Places bathroom.

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    Wet weather no concern for cruise ship tourists

    Norwegian Spirit cruise ship passenger Rick Bennet, 80, of Noosa, Australia, braves the Dunedin...

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    Wet weather no concern for cruise ship tourists

    Tourists on a rare two-night stay in Dunedin did not let the wet weather get in the way of their travels.

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    Builder had to ‘learn place pretty quickly’

    Cook Brothers Construction site manager Stephen Jory has knocked up 50 years in the construction...

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    Builder had to ‘learn place pretty quickly’

    Not surprisingly, Stephen Jory has forgotten the number of times he has smashed his thumb with a hammer on a building site over the past 50 years.

    Summer art exhibition attracts over 100 entries

    Otago Art Society president Rose Shepard in front of the acrylic painting Waiting to Open, by...

    Summer art exhibition attracts over 100 entries

    More than 100 Otago artists feature in the Otago Art Society’s summer exhibition at the Dunedin Railway Station.

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    Work begins on new town housing project

    Construction of foundations have begun on the former Bayfield Bowling Club site, where 18 new...

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    Work begins on new town housing project

    Another town housing project is about to spring up in Dunedin — this time on the former Bayfield Bowling Club site in Bayfield Rd.

    Stormy snapshot

    PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Stormy snapshot

    A couple pause to take a photograph while walking along Smaills beach on a blustery day recently.

    Roof ripped off campervan at country's most-hit underpass

    A campervan had its roof removed after attempting to pass under the height-restricted underpass...

    Roof ripped off campervan at country's most-hit underpass

    The country's most-struck rail bridge has claimed yet another victim, this time slicing the roof off a campervan driving beneath the low-clearance viaduct in Canterbury.

    Pedestrian hit by car in central Christchurch

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    Pedestrian hit by car in central Christchurch

    A person is in a serious condition after being struck by a car in central Christchurch this evening. 

    Ceiling collapses, house hit by lightning in Canterbury

    Photo: RNZ

    Ceiling collapses, house hit by lightning in Canterbury

    Firefighters in Canterbury are responding to a house believed to have been struck by lightning, and another where the ceiling has caved in as a bout of severe weather crosses the mainland.

    Trump touts deal with NATO, giving US 'total access' to Greenland

    US President Trump during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, at the World Economic...

    Trump touts deal with NATO, giving US 'total access' to Greenland

    President Donald Trump says he has secured total and permanent US access to Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head says allies will have to step up their commitment to Arctic security to ward off threats from Russia and China.
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