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    Crowds gather in the Octagon on New Year’s Eve, 2025. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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    Public input wanted for future New Year’s Eve celebrations

    Public opinion is being sought on how Dunedin City Council runs future New Year’s Eve celebrations, as the mayor says it is time for a rethink.

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    Signage dispute ‘targeted’

    Andrew Simms. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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    Signage dispute ‘targeted’

    Dunedin's highest-polling councillor says the city council’s failed bid to pursue him for legal costs relating to election sign rules was "vindictive".

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    ACC call for biker, driver safety

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    ACC call for biker, driver safety

    The first three months of each year is traditionally when the sun decides to come out and the heat comes on, creating the perfect environment to ride a motorcycle.

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    Family runs away with hill titles

    Making a run for it during a three-legged race at the Aramoana League’s sports day are George...

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    Family runs away with hill titles

    Winning runs in the family for one fleet-footed Dunedin trio named three-way champions of this year’s Aramoana cliff run.

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    One person’s waste is another’s working life

    Discussing their work at the Tahuna wastewater treatment plant are (from left) plant supervisor...

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    One person’s waste is another’s working life

    It may not sound like glamorous work, but three people helping to keep Dunedin’s sewerage system operating in the holiday season sure seem to be upbeat about it.

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    Firefighters’ strike ‘only option now’

    Outside the Dunedin Central Fire Station yesterday are firefighters (from left) Jake Wansink, Dan...

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    Firefighters’ strike ‘only option now’

    Going on strike is the "only option now", a Dunedin firefighter says, as union negotiations enter a new year.

    Fresh air fun

    Fresh air fun

    Taieri Mouth friends Leon Perquin (left) and Kiptyn Garner, both 12, enjoy some air time on the Signal Hill mountainbike tracks yesterday. 

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    More spending not a guarantee of council seats for election tickets

    A Future Dunedin billboard before the city council election last year shows nine candidates — ...

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    More spending not a guarantee of council seats for election tickets

    A well-funded campaign is no guarantee of electoral success. Dunedin City Council election results provided proof of that. 

    Bolsonaro leaves hospital

    Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest. PHOTO:...

    Bolsonaro leaves hospital

    Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was discharged from a hospital in Brasilia and returned to prison yesterday, according to CNN Brazil

    Painful task of identifying bodies begins in Switzerland

    Commander of the Rescue and Fire Department at ACCM David Vocat leaves a teddy bear outside the ...

    Painful task of identifying bodies begins in Switzerland

    Investigators have set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar and killed around 40 people at a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.

    Obituary: Lan Yuan Chinese garden his legacy

    John Henderson was influential in getting Dunedin’s Chinese garden, Lan Yuan, built. PHOTO: PETER...

    Obituary: Lan Yuan Chinese garden his legacy

    There was never much doubt John Henderson would follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather in his choice of occupation.

    Obituary: DNA co-discoverer dogged by dubious race views

    United States geneticist James Dewey Watson shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and...

    Obituary: DNA co-discoverer dogged by dubious race views

    The Francis Crick Institute is a cathedral of biomedicine in the heart of London, a centre for 2000 scientists to push the limits of research and a monument to one of the men who made it possible.

    Obituary: Sam Lovell, Aboriginal leader

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    Obituary: Sam Lovell, Aboriginal leader

    Nyikina elder Sam Lovell was regarded as the founder of Aboriginal tourism.

    Mamdani sworn in as New York mayor to chants of 'tax the rich'

    New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (right) is sworn into office by senator Bernie Sanders while...

    Mamdani sworn in as New York mayor to chants of 'tax the rich'

    Democrat Zohran Mamdani has become New York City's mayor, vowing during a public swearing-in ceremony on the steps of City Hall to enact an aggressive agenda aimed at making the nation's largest city more affordable for working people.

    Card-skimmers being smuggled into NZ in air-fryers, TV antennas

    Scammers concealed card-skimming equipment in packages containing items such as air fryers, used...

    Card-skimmers being smuggled into NZ in air-fryers, TV antennas

    Customs is warning organised criminal groups are continuing to smuggle card-skimming equipment into the country.

    Boozed youths 'in denial that New Year's is over'

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    Boozed youths 'in denial that New Year's is over'

    More than 1000 revellers gathered in the Coromandel Peninsula on Thursday night, some hurling bottles at police and recklessly setting off fireworks.

    Several reported killed in Iran protests

    People walk past stores in Tehran, Iran. Several people have reportedly been killed during...

    Several reported killed in Iran protests

    Several people have been killed during unrest in Iran as the biggest protests to hit the Islamic Republic for three years sparked violence in several provinces.

    'Absolutely horrendous' start to year on Australian beaches

    'Absolutely horrendous' start to year on Australian beaches

    Three people have drowned and two people are missing and feared dead, as the new year gets off to a tragic start on the east coast of Australia.

    Firefighters walking off job for an hour today

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    Firefighters walking off job for an hour today

    Members of the NZ Professional Firefighters Union will walk off the job for an hour at midday today.

    Men warned before fall from ferris wheel

    The men fell from a ferris wheel after being warned to stop swinging the bucket. File photo:...

    Men warned to stop swinging seat before fall from ferris wheel

    The operator of a ferris wheel in Christchurch says three men were warned to stop swinging their bucket, just before they fell from the ride.
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