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    Sex attacker's victim still waiting for offer

    Joshua Oliver appearing in court via video link. He was sentenced to just over 6 years for...

    Sex attacker's victim still waiting for offer

    Warning: sexual content. When a woman sexually violated after a work party was offered reparation by her attacker at sentencing, she thought it'd be paid "then and there".

    Couple get refund for Tesla that couldn't drive itself

    A Tesla Model 3. Photo: Getty Images

    Couple get refund for Tesla that couldn't drive itself

    A couple has won a refund after their new Tesla failed to "drive like a robot" as the salesman promised it would.

    Needy pet owners get helping hand

    The Petstock Foundation and the NZ Food Network are launching Big Hearts Project 2025. Photo:...

    Needy pet owners get helping hand

    The Big Hearts Project, sponsored by the Petstock Foundation and NZ Food Network, aims to support people struggling to feed their pets.

    Important information as polling looms

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    Important information as polling looms

    Fiery debates, sensational promises and an onslaught of grinning politicians. It’s time again for local elections. 

    Hillside brings up major milestone

    KiwiRail wagon assembly lead Marty McArthur and his team at the Hillside Workshops yesterday....

    Production on track as Hillside brings up major milestone

    South Dunedin’s Hillside Workshop has produced 500 rail wagons in just over a year.

    Customer tumbles at bank protest

    A man watches the pushing and shoving at a climate protest from inside the Moray Pl ANZ branch as...

    Customer tumbles at bank protest

    ​​​​​​​A pensioner trying to pay her bills was caught in the crossfire as climate protesters and police jostled outside a Dunedin bank.

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    Hope returns for South D couple as house floor raised

    South Dunedin resident Marion McManus watches as builder Ken Close continues lifting the...

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    Hope returns for South D couple as house floor raised

    A community effort to rebuild a South Dunedin home is giving the owners renewed hope for the future following the trauma of October’s floods.

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    Relationships ‘mostly strained at best’ amid frustration

    Cr Andrew Whiley. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Relationships ‘mostly strained at best’ amid frustration

    The councillor who led calls for a review of Enterprise Dunedin says frustration had been brewing in the business sector.

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    Purpose, vision of agency questioned

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    Purpose, vision of agency questioned

    Dunedin's economic development unit has been called lost and confused, as consultants recommend it be stripped out of city council operations.

    Big sacrifices for treatment

    Two-month-old Hannah-Rose Thompson-Berryman, who was diagnosed with arthrogryposis 24 weeks in...

    Big sacrifices for treatment

    The desperate parents of a Dunedin infant diagnosed with a rare condition are selling off their possessions so she can get cutting-edge treatment in the United States.

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    Meth used before fatal incident

    Andrew Mercer has been on bail since charges were laid against him and he will be sentenced in...

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    Meth used before fatal incident

    A Dunedin man has admitted using methamphetamine before committing the manslaughter of his partner, who died after falling from a moving trailer.

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    Retracing steps of a 19th-century rambler

    Following in the footsteps of Dunedin rambler Peter Thomson (1823-79) are sales consultants (from...

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    Retracing steps of a 19th-century rambler

    Three keen walkers are exploring historic Dunedin, following in the footsteps of a 19th-century rambler and writer. 

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    ‘They told us to tip it’ — late reprieve saves big bill

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    ‘They told us to tip it’ — late reprieve saves big bill

    A father organising his late son’s affairs has had a last-minute reprieve after potentially being landed with a big bill to dump $22,000 worth of excess medical supplies.

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    Judge unimpressed by road rage incidents

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    Judge unimpressed by road rage incidents

    A judge told a Dunedin man he should display a cautionary bumper sticker after his road rage landed him in court.

    Boy steals car, crashes: police

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    Boy steals car, crashes: police

    A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured after crashing an allegedly stolen vehicle into a parked car in Christchurch yesterday morning.

    Man abuses, bites guard asking he leave: police

    Man abuses, bites guard asking he leave: police

    A security guard was racially abused and bitten by an aggressive man who smashed up a shelf in a central Dunedin chemist shortly before noon on Thursday, police say.

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    Islamophobia contributing to Gaza’s devastation, prof says

    Islamic studies professor Halim Rane, of Griffith University, Australia, will be a guest speaker...

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    Islamophobia contributing to Gaza’s devastation, prof says

    The level of death and destruction in Gaza would not be possible without "substantially high levels of Islamophobia", an academic visiting Dunedin says.

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    Speeding, intoxicated on school run

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    Speeding, intoxicated on school run

    A Dunedin mother admitted drinking a bottle of wine before speeding to pick her children up from school.

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    MPs, MPs everywhere and many a vote to seek

    The South. PHOTO: NASA

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    MPs, MPs everywhere and many a vote to seek

    If you didn’t see a Labour MP this week you weren’t looking hard.

    More than braces needed for restoration

    More than braces needed for restoration

    Restoration of a prominent civic heritage building in Dunedin has begun. Reporter Grant Miller takes a look behind the scaffolding.
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