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Local body elections 2025: Central Otago District Council

Local body elections 2025: Central Otago District Council

Central Otago’s next district council will inherit a district under pressure from growth, with booming towns like Cromwell and Clyde grappling with housing demand, infrastructure strains and questions of affordability.

Premature babies may be more prone to health issues: study

Premature babies may be more prone to health issues: study

A longitudinal study of New Zealand babies shows those born very prematurely may be more vulnerable to early organ decline and future health issues.

Trilling finale

Trilling finale

Columba College perform in the Big Sing Finale at the Dunedin Town Hall last night.

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Only city-wide ban possible, adviser says

Broken glass on Castle St. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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Only city-wide ban possible, adviser says

Banning alcohol sold in glass containers in Dunedin would only be possible if it included the whole city, councillors have heard.

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‘Superstar’ sniffer named Top Dog with a Job

New Zealand’s 2025 Top Dog with a Job, Boss celebrating his big win with a few cheesy treats and...

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‘Superstar’ sniffer named Top Dog with a Job

New Zealand’s Top Dog with a Job for 2025 was more worried about where his dad had gone than taking out a national prize.

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No GP for East Otago patients 'nothing new' for regions

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No GP for East Otago patients 'nothing new' for regions

Patients at East Otago Health are without a GP as the health crisis in the regions deepens.

Back to nature

St Leonard's School pupil Leif Hill, 10, points out to Orokonui Ecosanctuary guide Oscar Thomas during the Enviroschools year 4-6 student hui yesterday.

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Driver caught drunk behind wheel of school bus stood down

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Driver caught drunk behind wheel of school bus stood down

A Dunedin man was shocked to see an alcohol-impaired school bus driver "carrying the most precious of cargo — our youth."

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Remediation action plan needed for Kettle Park

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Remediation action plan needed for Kettle Park

An action plan will be drawn up for removing part of an old seaside landfill in Dunedin and groynes to complement this have not been ruled out.

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Govt ‘needs to up its game’ on eye care

Dunedin Hospital consultant eye surgeon Dr Francesc March holds retinal images of eyes with...

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Govt ‘needs to up its game’ on eye care

A growing number of people are at risk of irreversible vision loss from retina problems and eye diseases over the next decade, unless the government "ups its game" and strengthen’s health sector...

Recidivist shoplifter back thieving after release

Recidivist shoplifter back thieving after release

A recidivist shoplifter who previously claimed she’d been “framed” for offences she hadn’t committed has returned to her old ways of walking out of retail outlets without paying for anything.

Iran clean-up likely to remove evidence of nuclear work

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi. Photo: Getty Images

Iran clean-up likely to remove evidence of nuclear work

Iran has launched a speedy clean-up operation at a nuclear-related site in northern Tehran hit by Israeli airstrikes that will likely remove evidence of any nuclear weapons development work.

Singapore to take harsher stance on drug-laced vapes

Singapore will take a harder stance against drug-laced vapes from September. Photo: Getty Images

Singapore to take harsher stance on drug-laced vapes

Singapore will take a harder stance against drug-laced vapes from September as it changes the classification of anaesthetic agent etomidate from a poison to a drug, the government announced today.

Otago study finds device design eases 'vaping's normalisation'

A researcher has found the design of vaping devices makes it easy to puff in secrecy. Photo:...

Otago study finds device design eases 'vaping's normalisation'

From designated smoking areas to no smoking zones to indoors to inside the wharenui, a researcher has found the design of vaping devices makes it easy to puff in secrecy.

NZ joins international partners in countering China-linked cyber attacks

New Zealand's cyber security agency has joined international partners in issuing guidance on malicious cyber activity it says is linked to China.

Cholera outbreak kills eight, infects 200 in Nigeria

A cholera outbreak in Nigeria, has claimed at least eight lives and infected over 200 people across 11 communities, residents and local officials said today

Sex offender breached supervision order 14 times

Eric Baker will be freed from Nawha Prison on a time-served basis in about two weeks. Photo:...

Sex offender breached supervision order 14 times

A high-risk convicted sex offender has gone on to breach his Extended Supervision Order (ESO) 14 times, including three times this year alone.

Largest-ever import of liquid ecstasy seized at border

An estimated 1950 litres of GBL was seized. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police

Largest-ever import of liquid ecstasy seized at border

The largest-ever import of GBL (gamma butyrolactone) - commonly known as liquid ecstasy - has been seized at the border in a joint police and customs operation.

Watch: Dramatic car fire on Southern Motorway

The occupants of a car managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

Ringleader gets life sentence in Fiji's largest meth operation

The amount of methamphetamine seized was valued at an estimated $FJ2 billion ($NZ1.49 billion)...

Ringleader gets life sentence in Fiji's largest meth operation

The ringleader of Fiji's largest-ever methamphetamine trafficking operation was sentenced to life imprisonment today.

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