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    Mother's shock at IRD taking $1000 a week from account

    How much is it reasonable for Inland Revenue to take from an account to recover debt?

    Live: ODT Class Act 2025

    Live: ODT Class Act 2025

    The ODT Class Act awards celebrate the excellence of young people in the southern region. 

    'Like a bomb': Small town woken by mystery explosions

    Mystery surrounds what could be causing the noise waking many residents of Cambridge. Photo:...

    'Like a bomb': Small town woken by mystery explosions

    Residents in a Waikato town are having their sleep disturbed by midnight explosions.

    Simeon Brown says doctors' strike crosses 'ethical line'

    Health Minister Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro

    Simeon Brown says doctors' strike crosses 'ethical line'

    Health Minister Simeon Brown has come out firing at the senior doctors' annual conference, accusing them of "crossing an ethical line" with industrial action that was hurting patients.

    Neighbours at war: Woman's eye gashed in Caversham

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    Neighbours at war: Woman's eye gashed in Caversham

    A woman was left with a gash above her eye after neighbourly relations turned sour between two Caversham residents.

    Call to make cervical screening free for all

    Campaigners and whānau call for the National Cervical Screening Programme to be free for all....

    Call to make cervical screening free for all

    The National Centre for Women's Health Research is calling for the government to make cervical screening free for all.

    'Like a bomb': Residents alarmed by mystery sound

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    'Like a bomb': Residents alarmed by mystery sound

    Residents in a small Waikato town are having their sleep disturbed by midnight explosions.

    Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger dies at 90

    Jim Bolger at his home in 2016. Photo: RNZ

    Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger dies at 90

    A pragmatist who disliked being called a pragmatist, Jim Bolger led NZ through a tumultuous '90s and the first MMP government.

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    'Viper’s nest': Columba College calls in troubleshooter

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    'Viper’s nest': Columba College calls in troubleshooter

    Columba College has called in a top educational troubleshooter, but says there is no instability at the school.

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    ‘Pike River’ premiere to fundraise for Playhouse

    Playhouse Theatre committee member Shannon Colbert holds a poster for the Pike River Dunedin...

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    ‘Pike River’ premiere to fundraise for Playhouse

    A celebrated Dunedin film-maker is giving back to the small city theatre where he got his start in the performing arts.

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    New councillor accused of breaking law

    On September 18, Dunedin City Council election candidate Benedict Ong prepares to give away...

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    New councillor accused of breaking law

    A new Dunedin city councillor and high-profile "paper boy" has been accused of breaching electoral law.

    Official results expected tomorrow

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    Official results expected tomorrow

    Final results for the Dunedin City Council election are expected tomorrow.

    Lotto 2525

    Lotto 2525

    Results from last night's Lotto draw

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    Claims lawyer incompetent thrown out

    Pierre Anglem, pictured here in 2022 at his sentencing for violently raping a woman. PHOTO: ODT...

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    Claims lawyer incompetent thrown out

    The Court of Appeal has shut down claims by a Dunedin sex attacker that his lawyer was incompetent and ruined his trial.

    Full of stock for fundraiser

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    Full of stock for fundraiser

    Dunedin Host Lions Club garage sale convener Jenni Mattingly holds a teddy bear amid boxes full of donated goods up for grabs at the club’s annual fundraiser.

    Time to jam

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    Time to jam

    Pupils from 10 schools across Dunedin were in full ukulele mode at the Ōtepoti Dunedin Ukulele Jam at Taieri College yesterday.

    Event offers students ‘lived experience’

    Friends of the University of Otago Medical School John Marrable (in wheelchair), Alan Jackson and...

    Event offers students ‘lived experience’

    For nearly 20 years, volunteers have told the University of Otago’s medical students their stories — and it has helped keep students at the cutting edge.

    'Soviet era censorship': Peters lets rip at BSA

    Foreign Minister Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ

    'Soviet era censorship': Peters lets rip at Broadcasting Standards Authority

    Foreign Minister Winston Peters is accusing the Broadcasting Standards Authority "Soviet era stasi" censorship.

    Critically ill baby on board ambulance blocked by slips

    Flooding on farmland at the base of the Awakino Gorge on Tuesday. Photo: Supplied / Bree Joyce

    Critically ill baby on board ambulance blocked by slips

    An ambulance carrying a critically unwell baby got stuck in floodwaters in Awakino in the North Island on Monday night, police say.

    US revokes visas for six foreigners over Charlie Kirk comments

    Charlie Kirk. File photo

    US revokes visas for six foreigners over Charlie Kirk comments

    The US State Department says it has revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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