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Uncle of 'Run it' game victim calls for events to be canned

Ryan Satterthwaite died after suffering a catastrophic head injury in a run it-style...

Uncle of 'Run it' game victim calls for events to be canned

The uncle of the teenager who died while playing a version of the game 'Run It Straight' is calling for the 'Run It' events to be cancelled.

Attempted murder arrest after Liverpool parade crash

Tributes to victims lie on the ground near the site of the incident in central Liverpool....

Attempted murder arrest after Liverpool parade crash

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was driven into a crowd during a Premier League football title parade in Liverpool.

Trump says Putin 'playing with fire'

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, New...

Trump says Putin 'playing with fire'

US President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks with Kyiv as Russian forces made gains in Ukraine's northeast.

Outrage over one-game ban for stomper

Green Island prop Aifala Taelega has been left with a nasty wound after he was stomped in the...

One-game ban for stomper outrages disfigured player’s son

The son of a Dunedin club rugby player who has been left disfigured after being stomped on the head during a game is outraged the culprit was given just a one-game ban.

Photographers go a bit wild

Photographers go a bit wild

Judges for the 2025 Tūhura Otago Museum Photography Competition display some of the entries in the wildlife category of the annual photography competition.

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Smooth Hill landfill going ahead: council

Proposed Smooth hill site looking north towards Dunedin, PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Smooth Hill landfill going ahead: council

It is time to get on with the job and construct the Smooth Hill landfill, Dunedin’s mayor says.

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Hospital housing for out-of-town families under threat

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Hospital housing for out-of-town families under threat

A volunteer-run service providing affordable accommodation to out-of-town families of patients in Dunedin Hospital has been given just four months to find a new building or close for good.

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Pregnancy opioid use surprises midwife

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Pregnancy opioid use surprises midwife

A Dunedin midwife is shocked by research showing New Zealand has the third-highest prevalence in the world of prescribed opioid use during pregnancy.

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Historic pub ready for loving ‘revival’

Outside the Law Courts Hotel are (from left) PKB builders contractor Paul Kirby and new owners...

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Historic pub ready for loving ‘revival’

The new owners of a historic Dunedin restaurant and pub say they are taking over a beautiful building that just needs some love.

Chalking it up

Chalking it up

Contractors, suspended in a crane’s man-cage, remove numbered bricks from the Dunedin Gasworks Museum’s chimney yesterday.

Attack on politicians placed in large print

Attack on politicians placed in large print

A retired Dunedin doctor has put his money where his mouth is, declaring a plague on both Labour and National parties for their failure to deliver the new Dunedin hospital as promised.

Changes in personnel leading new hospital build continue

Changes in personnel leading new hospital build continue

The merry-go-round of faces leading the new Dunedin hospital build continues with the departure of a long-serving local health official and arrival of one of New Zealand’s top health bosses.

Hundreds donate blood at university

University of Otago microbiology honours student Caitlin Ewenson gives blood at Union Hall...

Hundreds donate blood at university

About 250 people donated blood at the University of Otago’s Union Hall yesterday.

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Otago Museum to charge international visitors

"We’ve made this independent decision because we must act to protect the future of our work." —...

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Otago Museum to charge international visitors

While a proposal to charge international visitors $20 to enter some of Dunedin’s cultural institutions has been thrown out, Tūhura Otago Museum is pushing ahead with the fee.

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Car crashing into fence gives resident ‘big fright’

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Car crashing into fence gives resident ‘big fright’

An elderly Dunedin woman got a "big fright" when she was woken by a loud bang after a driver careened into her concrete fence.

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Illustrating ‘generations of issues’

Dunedin Public Art Galley director Cam McCracken (left) and Te Rūnaka o Ōtākou upoko Edward...

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Illustrating ‘generations of issues’

A local Māori leader hopes an exhibition detailing Ngāi Tahu’s landmark High Court case will shine a light on waterway degradation across the iwi’s tribal lands.

Well-represented German dept alumni to hold reunion

Nearly 100 former students of the University of Otago German language department will be saying "auf wiedersehen" to the department for one final time on Saturday.

Sweep for chess team’s youngest

The Otago regional chess champions are Logan Park High School A, (from left) Tyne Grant, Daniel...

Sweep for chess team’s youngest

A young Dunedin chess prodigy has cleaned up at the Otago secondary schools competition.

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Funds approved for carbon-friendly transport

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Funds approved for carbon-friendly transport

More than $60 million worth of carbon-friendly transport projects were put on DCC books as councillors sparred over combating climate change.

Beloved Berwick outdoor course closes

People participate in leadership and confidence-building activities at the recent Berwick Outdoor...

Popular outdoor course shuts, lacks volunteers

A popular and important outdoor skills course on the Taieri has been shut down after 35 years, due to a lack of volunteer support and the economic downturn.

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