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    Albanese booed as Bondi victims honoured

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stands between a rabbi and a police officer as...

    Albanese booed as Bondi victims honoured

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed by an angry crowd gathered at the famous Bondi beach on Sunday to honour the victims of a gun attack a week earlier.

    Seller of fake home to repay victim

    Queenstown District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Seller of fake home to repay victim

    A woman who listed a tiny home for sale that didn't exist before pocketing the money will now pay the victim back at $20 a week.

    Man jailed for 'cruel treatment' of dog, assaulting daughter

    Photo: file

    Man jailed for 'cruel treatment' of dog, assaulting daughter

    A judge has described the actions of a man who repeatedly hit his dog with a large square shovel, and later assaulted his daughter, as "callous and cruel treatment" of the animal.

    New way to get nitrates out of wastewater discovered

    A wastewater treatment plant in Akaroa. Photo: Supplied/Christchurch City Council via RNZ

    New way to get nitrates out of wastewater discovered

    University of Auckland researchers have discovered different microbes can be used to reduce the carbon footprint of treating wastewater.

    Strikes hit IS operatives

    A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command...

    Strikes hit IS operatives

    At least five Islamic State operatives were killed in overnight airstrikes launched in a major operation by the United States-led coalition against the terrorist organisation in Syria

    Seven wild elephants killed by train

    Bodies of elephants lie in between railway tracks after they were hit by a train in India's Hojai...

    Seven wild elephants killed by train

    At least seven wild elephants were killed when hey were hit by an express train in eastern India.

    Six enjoy Blue Origin suborbital joyride

    European Space Agency engineer Michaela Benthaus is carried from the capsule door of a Blue...

    Six enjoy Blue Origin suborbital joyride

    Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride on Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers.

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    Call to govt to firm up pathology solution

    Terry Taylor. Photo: Gregor Richardson

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    Call to govt to firm up pathology solution

    A Dunedin clinician is calling on the government to firm up a solution for pathology for the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building

    Singing to the gallery

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Singing to the gallery

    Getting into the Christmas spirit on Saturday afternoon are members of the Dunedin Rock Choir.

    Lotto 2544

    Lotto 2544

    Results from Saturday night's Lotto draw

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    Planning starts for upgrade of‘ beloved’ dinosaur park

    Enjoying Marlow Park are (from left) Savarna Duffy, 9, Mckenzie Fenn, 6, Jackson Duffy, 9, and...

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    Planning starts for upgrade of‘ beloved’ dinosaur park

    Multimillion-dollar upgrades to Dunedin’s "beloved" dinosaur park have swung into action.

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    Andy Bay street hit by sewage overflows

    Mal Parker on patrol to clear mud tank grills, as he has done for over 50 years to reduce the...

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    Andy Bay street hit by sewage overflows

    An Andersons Bay resident who has notched up more than 50 years fighting for flooding solutions says Dunedin’s wastewater woes are in no way limited to Surrey St.

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    ‘Pretty humbling’ to be in cancer research top 100

    "There’s some amazing people and to be muttered in the same list — surreal is the only word I can...

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    ‘Pretty humbling’ to be in cancer research top 100

    A Dunedin academic has joined the ranks of Bill Gates, the Princess of Wales and even "McDreamy" to be recognised among the most influential people in cancer research.

    Vigil for Bondi Beach victims

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Vigil for Bondi Beach victims

    Edward Genet speaks to a small crowd at Queens Gardens in Dunedin yesterday at a vigil for the victims of the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14

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    Burglary spree punctuated by graffiti on sign, tagging

    Christopher Wise’s strained financial means meant he was not ordered to pay reparation to his...

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    Burglary spree punctuated by graffiti on sign, tagging

    A recidivist burglar came south for a fresh start but ended up committing four more break-ins and leaving a $20,000 trail of destruction, a court has heard.

    A slice of Dunedin garden life

    Otago Woodturners’ Guild vice-president Jonathan Leichter displays a piece from the guild’s...

    A slice of Dunedin garden life

    Those in search of a last-minute Christmas present may be interested in gifting a wee piece of woodturned Dunedin.

    Singer keeps audience entranced

    Nadia Reid and her band play at the Regent Theatre on Friday night. Photo: Craig Baxter

    Singer keeps audience entranced

    The stalls were filled with Nadia Reid’s loyal locals for her last show of her sell-out tour, "Enter Brightness Now".

    440 cans and one restored carriage join collection

    Olivia, 8 (left), and Hannah, 9, Bottomley take a ride in an Ocean Beach Railway carriage. Photo:...

    440 cans and one restored carriage join collection

    Dozens of families got to experience old-style rail travel while supporting local food banks at St Kilda yesterday.

    Family Christmas Festival now a ‘feature’ of season

    Ezra Thompson, 11, makes bubbles during the festival. Photos: Peter McIntosh

    Family Christmas Festival now a ‘feature’ of season

    Families braved the torrential rain to attend the Oval’s Christmas celebrations in decent numbers on Saturday.

    Sound could help protect our native birds from cats

    Feral cat caught in a live trap in Fiordland National Park. Photo: RNZ/Cole Eastham-Farrelly

    Sound could help protect our native birds from cats

    A research project has discovered a way to use sound as a harmless deterrent to keep cats away from nesting native birds.
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