New Zealand has highest child suicide rate: report
New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children, a survey of wealthy countries shows.
Crews battle massive hay bale blaze
Crews battle massive hay bale blaze
Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire burning through around 14,000 hay bales since late on Wednesday night.
Labour defends raising c-word column in House
Labour defends raising c-word column in House
Labour has rejected the idea that it was a poor political judgment to reference a column using the c-word in connection to female ministers overhauling the pay equity scheme in Parliament.
Te Pāti Māori punishment 'not taken lightly'
Te Pāti Māori punishment 'not taken lightly'
The head of Parliament's powerful Privileges Committee says the decision to impose an unprecedented punishment on Te Pāti Māori MPs over a protest haka was not taken lightly.
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Boozed driver injured wife in crash with 7yo daughter in car
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Boozed driver injured wife in crash with 7yo daughter in car
A man who drove while three times over the legal limit with his 7-year-old daughter, causing a crash, has avoided prison.
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Allegations turn to threats as feud boils over
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Allegations turn to threats as feud boils over
A bitter feud between drivers at Dunedin’s biggest taxi company erupted into threats of violence at a meeting called to address rising tensions.
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'Voice of an Irish man told me to do it': sex offender
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'Voice of an Irish man told me to do it': sex offender
A man who pretended to be an immigration officer to scare a prostitute into performing a sex act for free, says the voice of an Irish man told him to do it.
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Prominent member of immigrant community jailed for breaches
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Prominent member of immigrant community jailed for breaches
A respected member of the Dunedin immigrant community has spent time in prison after spitting on a man and breaching court orders.
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Woman forced to flee naked to escape abuser
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Woman forced to flee naked to escape violent abuser
A Dunedin woman ran into the street naked to escape her abuser, a court has heard.
Lotto 2481
Lotto 2481
Results from Wednesday night's Lotto draw.
Missing man 'kind-hearted sort of fella'
Missing man Murray 'kind-hearted sort of fella'
A man missing around the Otago Harbour has been described as a "kind-hearted man" living his best bachelor life onboard his yacht.
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Greens keen to get Southerner back on track
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Greens want to get passenger rail back on track
The Green Party wants to supercharge passenger rail in the South - including reviving the Southerner.
Runner rescued after slipping on track
Runner rescued after slipping on track
An injured runner is carried out of the bush at the North East Valley Quarry by firefighters yesterday.
'Insulted' Dunedin survivor files UN complaint
'Insulted' Dunedin survivor files UN complaint
A former Dunedin survivor of historical sexual abuse says he was so "insulted" by the government’s compensation scheme he is taking it up with the United Nations.
Dunedin author wins top award for her poetry
Dunedin author wins top award for her poetry
A Dunedin author has been honoured at the country’s biggest literary arts awards.
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Mosgiel bank closure would make life 'very difficult'
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Mosgiel bank closure would make life 'very difficult'
A proposal to close the Westpac branch in Mosgiel has set off alarm bells in the Taieri community.
Big Careers Expo fan
Big Careers Expo fan
Bayfield High School student George Abbott, 16, holds a 3-D printed Trent 900 axial flow, high bypass turbofan with three coaxial shafts of the Rolls-Royce Trent family at the New Zealand...
Citizens embrace NZ, the cold
Citizens embrace NZ, the cold
The Ganaii family are happy to accept Dunedin’s cooler climate in exchange for the many opportunities the city has provided them.
Stanford students, staff on hunger strike
Stanford students, staff on hunger strike
Stanford University students and faculty launched a hunger strike this week, joining a broader statewide movement calling for universities to divest from companies with ties to Israel in protest of...
Zelenskyy insists on face-to-face talks with Putin
Zelenskyy insists on face-to-face talks with Putin
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he would attend talks with Russia on the war in Ukraine this week only if Vladimir Putin is also there, and goaded him by saying the...