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    Immigration NZ alerted to child smuggling, families adopting more than 10 kids

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    Immigration NZ alerted to child smuggling, families adopting more than 10 kids

    Some New Zealanders have adopted more than 10 children from overseas and one woman with previous convictions smuggled children into the country, government briefings have revealed.

    Hospices warn critical services under threat amid funding crisis

    Hospices warn critical services under threat amid funding crisis

    Hospices are warning that critical services for the dying are under threat, with nothing for palliative care providers in the Budget.

    Schools serving own lunches

    Porirua College canteen manager Antoinette Van Den Elzen oversees lunch production in the school...

    Schools serving own lunches

    Schools that still serve up their own lunches they have made - despite slashed funding from the government's free school lunch scheme - are determined to stick with it.

    Tensions flare as National Guard arrives in LA

    Members of the Los Angeles Metro Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against federal...

    Tensions flare as National Guard arrives in LA

    California National Guard troops have clashed with protesters in Los Angeles hours after arriving in the city on the orders of President Trump.

    Young drivers' offending cut in half over decade: AA

    Young drivers are committing fewer driving offences than a decade ago. Photo: Getty Images

    Young drivers' offending cut in half over decade: AA

    Young drivers are committing fewer driving offences than a decade ago, but road deaths remain high, according to new research from the Automobile Association.

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    E-book allows replicas to be 3-D printed

    University of Otago visiting academic Dr Daniel Thomas, of Auckland, holds a 3-Dprinted ancient...

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    E-book allows replicas to be 3-D printed

    Forget your yellow rubber ducky — what about a plesiosaur to play with in the bathtub?

    Govt asks airport for more value

    Dunedin International Airport Ltd has been told to re-examine the airport’s international flight...

    Govt asks airport for more value

    The cash-strapped government is demanding Dunedin Airport put its international flight plan under the microscope amid a call for higher profits.

    168km effort to raise funds

    Scott Casey-Wooldridge builds stamina during training for his 168km ultra-marathon row, ski,...

    168km effort to raise funds

    At 16, most boys are discovering girls and immersing themselves in a busy social life.

    Doing the twist

    PHOTOS: LINDA ROBERTSON

    Doing the twist

    Lucia Luxton, 17, of Dunedin, performs a back 1½ twist and a 1½ twist while competing in the junior elite A girls category at the South Island Diving Championships at Moana Pool on Saturday.

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    Road-safety advocate took sleeping pills before crash

    Mark Cummings. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

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    Road-safety advocate took sleeping pills before crash

    A Dunedin father and road-safety advocate has admitted crashing his car on the motorway, wiping out 200m of the wire barrier.

    Disco a fundraiser for hip-hop trip

    PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

    Disco a fundraiser for hip-hop trip

    Children have fun at the Rasa School of Dance disco fundraiser on Saturday night.

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    Radich sets out campaign aims

    Jules Radich. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Radich sets out campaign aims

    Dunedin's incumbent mayor has outlined key points of his re-election campaign, while one of his challengers has done an about-turn on an issue he has previously taken a very public stand on.

    ‘Everyone seems to leave event really happy’

    Tia Taita (left) and her friend Shannon van Rooijen enjoy a meal at the North East Valley Project...

    ‘Everyone seems to leave event really happy’

    They came in out of the cold in North East Valley and were rewarded with hot food and new clothes.

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    Avoid slip-sliding into winter injuries: ACC

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    Avoid slip-sliding into winter injuries: ACC

    Winter has arrived and with it come the inevitable hazardous conditions that cause injury.

    Discovery of genes relevant to disease a ‘eureka moment’

    University of Otago microbiologist and immunologist Dr Tony Merriman. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Discovery of genes relevant to disease a ‘eureka moment’

    Treatment for calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease — more commonly known as inflammatory arthritis — may soon take a major step forward following a major discovery by a University of...

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    Landfill decision ‘thorough’: DCC

    The proposed Smooth hill site looking north towards Dunedin. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Landfill decision ‘thorough’: DCC

    Dunedin residents can be assured, "hand on heart", the process leading to the approval of the Smooth Hill landfill was thorough, council staff say.

    Prominent buildings nearing completion

    Otago Regional Council building, Broadway and Maclaggan St. PHOTOS: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Prominent buildings nearing completion

    A group of prominent buildings in Dunedin’s city centre are nearing completion.

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    Call for action on creating more health roles for Māori

    Donna Matahaere-Atariki. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Call for action on creating more health roles for Māori

    Calls for the government to create more roles for Māori in health in the Southern region will mean nothing if they are not followed by action, the leader of a major Māori health organisation says.

    Indecent act on Halloween lands man home detention

    Ean Henry has been sentenced for masturbating in front of two teens who were trick or treating in...

    Indecent act on Halloween lands man home detention

    A night of trick or treating turned into a Halloween horror for two young teens when a man parked his car beside them and began indecently touching himself.

    Illegal gasfitter claims laws need to change

    John Arthur of Whangārei says he has been a registered gasfitter since 1985.

    Illegal gasfitter claims laws need to change

    An unregistered gasfitter caught installing hazardous systems and using homemade registration stickers on campervans has claimed it is the law, not his work, that is the problem.
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