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Adelaide writers' festival cancelled after swell of outrage

Adelaide Writers' Week is part of the broader Adelaide Festival. File photo: Getty

Adelaide writers' festival cancelled after swell of outrage

One of Australia's premier writers' festivals has been cancelled after almost 200 speakers and its director pulled out over the dumping of a Palestinian-Australian novelist.

Australia's disaster zones face long recovery

'Changed forever': Australia's disaster zones face long recovery

The loss of major local infrastructure illustrates the long road ahead for communities living through bushfires in Victoria and flooding in Queensland.

New OCD treatment being trialled in NZ

New OCD treatment being trialled in NZ

An intensive treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is now being trialled in this country by a group of 17 New Zealanders aged 18 to 25 years old.

Former media exec injured in Northland assault

Dallas Gurney was pushed off the deck of his Whananaki Store from behind. Photo: DALLAS...

Former media exec injured in broad daylight assault in Northland

A former media executive who now owns a store in coastal Northland has been left with a fractured shoulder after an alleged assault by a customer in broad daylight.

Missing Christchurch woman found safe and well

Missing Christchurch woman found safe and well

A woman reported missing in Christchurch this morning has been found safe and well.

Festival director quits as writers drop out

Louise Adler has resigned as director of Adelaide Writers' Week. Photo: Supplied/Adelaide Festival

Festival director quits as writers, including Ardern, drop out

The director of an embattled writers festival has quit after a Palestinian-Australian academic was barred from appearing by the board, triggering a boycott of 100 authors.

Queensland flooding 'worst I have ever seen'

Queensland flooding 'worst I have ever seen'

Homes have been inundated and communities isolated as the remnants of former Tropical Cyclone Koji are felt across the Queensland outback.

Man sentenced over dramatic blaze at former boarding house

Man sentenced over dramatic blaze at former boarding house

A fire which engulfed a Dunedin boarding house was started by a squatter who left a camp stove unattended, a court has heard.

Police discover two bodies in search for missing swimmer

Police discover two bodies in search for missing swimmer

Police have recovered two bodies from the Waikato River.

Traffic light brings wayward car to abrupt stop

Emergency services at the South Dunedin crash this morning. Photo: Peter McIntosh

Traffic light brings wayward car to abrupt stop

A driving mishap left a traffic light on a strange angle after a car crashed into it in South Dunedin this morning.

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Student who scarred victim in bottle attack gets conviction overturned

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Student who scarred victim in bottle attack gets conviction overturned

An Otago student who bottled a man in a nightclub can now pursue a career as a chartered accountant after a successful appeal.

IT expert says KFC app 'more secure' than Manage My Health

Which has better data security - Manage My Health or the KFC app? Photo: RNZ

IT expert says KFC app 'more secure' than Manage My Health

Colonel Sanders has better web security than many digital health providers, an IT expert has claimed, saying the government is failing to enforce what minimum standards it has.

Giant puffball in Port Chalmers

Stan Spiers of Port Chalmers arrived home after a brief holiday away at Lake Ohau, to find a giant puffball on his property.

Trump weighs military response to Iran protest crackdown

Cars burn in a street during protests that began over the collapse of the currency's value, in...

Trump weighs military response to Iran protest crackdown

Tehran says it is keeping communications open with the US as President Donald Trump weighs responses to a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran, which pose one of the stiffest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Kmart should be held accountable for asbestos sand - shopper

Some of the recalled sand products sold by Kmart. Photo: Supplied / MBIE

Kmart should be held accountable for asbestos sand - shopper

For Christchurch father of two Joe Baxter, there was no question he needed to act fast when alarms were raised over asbestos in children's play sand sold by Kmart.

Students get taste of life at university

Brian Wilson, 17, of Otahuhu College, gets into his biochemistry lesson at the Hands-On at Otago...

Students get taste of life at university

More than 400 secondary school students are dipping their toes into university life this week in Dunedin.

Drape escape from Dunedin motel

A person eluded capture at a South Dunedin motel yesterday by using what appeared to be curtains tied together to jump out of a two-storey window.

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Councillors to discuss plan to get rid of councils

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Councillors to discuss plan to get rid of councils

A meeting tomorrow will discuss what Otago regional councillors think about the proposal to get rid of regional councils but the council chairwoman has questioned if mayors have any idea what they...

Yachts battle for honours

Yachts battle for honours

Yachts compete in a Port Chalmers Yacht Club race on Otago Harbour on Saturday.

Bug off!

Caked in wind-blown sand, a resting sea lion on Smaills Beach lifts its head, disturbing a cloud of flies which were gathered around the moisture from its eyes.

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