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    Ariana Thompson-Bell spent most of the money on clothing and fast food, her lawyer told the court...

    Woman who stole $500k from employer spent most of it on takeaways

    A woman who pilfered almost $500,000 from her employer says she spent most of it on takeaways and clothing.

    Dunedin Study gets world-wide attention

    The Dunedin Study. Photo: Dunedin Study/University of Otago

    Dunedin Study gets world-wide attention

    The landmark Dunedin Study of babies born in the early 1970s has caught the eye of the OECD.

    UK sanctions regime for people-smuggling gangs

    British Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Photo: Reuters

    UK sanctions regime for people-smuggling gangs

    Britain has launched a new sanctions regime targeting people-smuggling gangs and their enablers in what the government says is the first move of its kind globally.

    Israel sends tanks into suspected hostage area

    Smoke rises during Israeli strikes amid the military operation in Deir Al-Balah, in the central...

    Israel sends tanks into suspected hostage area

    Israeli tanks have pushed into southern and eastern districts of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah for the first time, where Israeli sources say the military believes hostages may be held.

    Wellington homicide victim 'set up' to be robbed - police

    Police think more than one person was involved in the plan to lure and rob Abdulhassan Nabizadah....

    Wellington homicide victim 'set up' to be robbed - police

    Wellington police believe a man was  "set up" to be robbed - but the incident took a violent and ultimately tragic turn.

    'Slap in the face': Grieving mum wants harsher sentence

    Emma-Jane Kupa was killed while riding her bike in Flaxmere  in January this year. Photo: supplied

    'Slap in the face': Grieving mum wants harsher sentence

    The family of Emma-Jane Kupa, an 11-year-old fatally knocked from her bike by an angry and intoxicated drug-using driver, wants her killer given a longer sentence.

    User sceptical over changes to needle exchange service

    The Christchurch Needle Exchange at the Rodger Wright Centre. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

    User sceptical over changes to needle exchange service

    Changes to a decades-long needle exchange contract have left a South Island drug-user and health expert worried the decision will breed distrust, potentially leading to needle-sharing.

    School curriculum rewrite had 'serious problems'

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    School curriculum rewrite had 'serious problems'

    Internal Education Ministry documents seen by RNZ reveal serious problems plagued the rewrite of the school curriculum and managers were considering using AI to help with the work.

    'Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies by drowning at 54

    American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Photo: Reuters

    'Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies by drowning at 54

    American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Bill Cosby's son Theo on the 1980s TV hit "The Cosby Show," has died at age 54 by drowning.

    NZ condemns 'inhumane', 'horrifying' killings in Gaza

    Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Nuseirat,...

    NZ condemns 'inhumane', 'horrifying' killings in Gaza

    New Zealand has joined 24 other countries in calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and criticising what they call the inhumane killing of Palestinians.

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    Majority backs going with the flow

    South Dunedin Community Network chairman Mike Hammond wades through water ponding at South...

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    Majority backs going with the flow

    A future where South Dunedin is dotted with waterways and wetlands has been backed by residents as the best hope to address climate change.

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    ‘Otago is being overlooked’

    A new medical school will be established at the University of Waikato. File photo

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    ‘Otago is being overlooked’

    The government’s backing of a third medical school at Waikato is yet more evidence it cares little about Dunedin, opponents say.

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    Fearless advocate for Grey Power gave it her all

    The late Grey Power Otago president Jo Millar in front of the new South Dunedin Public Library...

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    Fearless advocate for Grey Power gave it her all

    Jo Millar never really knew what the word "retired" meant.

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    Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai

    East Otago Taiapure management committee chairman Brendan Flack. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai

    A proposal to make a popular fishing area off the Otago Coast into an iwi-managed reserve is on the table as a way to protect the area and still allow fishing to take place.

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    ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m

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    ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m

    Flood damage from the past three years will cost the Otago Regional Council nearly $4 million, a new report says.

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    ‘Crate diggers’ in for treat at sale

    Regent Theatre Music Sale co-ordinator Mark Burrows examines a pressing of Eccentric Soul: The...

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    ‘Crate diggers’ in for treat at sale

    Whether it is French field recordings, esoteric minimalist music or a 1959 concert at Dunedin’s Town Hall, "crate diggers" are in for a treat at this year’s Regent Theatre Music Sale.

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    Call to delay cycleway project

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    Call to delay cycleway project

    A contentious central city cycleway should be delayed two years to prevent "another round of chaos" being dumped on business owners’ doorsteps, a Dunedin property investor says.

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    Councillors opposed to plan to remove wellbeing provisions

    "I’m a little bit tired of the business as usual ... vibe" — Mandy Mayhem. Photo: supplied

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    Councillors opposed to plan to remove wellbeing provisions

    Undemocratic, dictatorial and an attack — a government plan for councils to refocus on core services has hit a flat note with Dunedin representatives.

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    Book ‘in very good hands’ for adaptation

    Dunedin author and University of Otago Stuart Professor of Scottish studies Liam McIlvanney’s...

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    Book ‘in very good hands’ for adaptation

    What could be worse than your child disappearing?

    Residential college wins construction award

    University of Otago organisational delivery senior project manager Kirsten Eichstaedt and capital...

    Residential college wins construction award

    Te Rangihīroa College has become more than just a place to sleep for University of Otago students.
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