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    Te Kaika chair takes aim at critics

    Donna Matahaere-Atariki

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    Te Kaika chair takes aim at critics

    The board chairwoman of an embattled Dunedin health charity has dismissed criticisms of the organisation as simply ‘‘tall poppy’’ syndrome.

    Basketball star snaps up Dunedin pavlova makers

    Basketball star snaps up Dunedin pavlova makers

    A Dunedin institution has been sold to a former New Zealand basketball star.

    Concerns aired as miner outlines expansion plans

    Millers Flat resident Marion Mewburn was the lone protester, but not sole objector, at a meeting...

    Concerns aired as miner outlines expansion plans

    Some opposing residents aired their views in Millers Flat last night as a mining company outlined expansion plans that include rerouting a stream and two roads in the township.

    Retractable curtains for stadium to fix city’s ‘Goldilocks problem’

    Retractable curtains for stadium to fix city’s ‘Goldilocks problem’

    ‘‘Innovative’’ investment unveiled for Dunedin’s covered stadium will attract a wide range of acts the city is missing out on, the venue boss says.

    Singing in school’s 25th

    Singing in school’s 25th

    Hillview Christian School principal Steve Frost, of Christchurch, and New Zealand Association for Christian Schools facilitator Julie McGregor sing during Amana Christian School’s 25th anniversary...

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    District health target figures improve

    Anne Daniels.

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    District health target figures improve

    The Southern district has shown improvement across the board in its health targets, but the nurses’ organisation is not wholly satisfied.

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    Fuel crisis may spur public transport rethink

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    Fuel crisis may spur public transport rethink

    Petrol shortages could lead to the opening of new and desired routes for public transport in the South, one regional councillor has suggested.

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    Hospital budget reassurance over fuel costs

    Cladding work continues at the new Dunedin hospital outpatient building yesterday. The building...

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    Hospital budget reassurance over fuel costs

    Contingencies are in place to stop rising fuel costs producing a further budget blowout for the new Dunedin hospital project, the government says.

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    Students lend perspective to Cargill’s redevelopment

    Second-year Otago Polytechnic design students Alexia Jones (left) and Katie Child stand by their...

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    Students lend perspective to Cargill’s redevelopment

    Otago Polytechnic’s second-year architecture students have spent the semester imagining what to do with the historic Cargill’s Castle.

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    What’s in a number? Council survey rankings debated

    Michael Laws

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    What’s in a number? Council survey rankings debated

    Basic arithmetic came to the fore at an Otago Regional Council meeting this week over accusations of the value of the number four.

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    Court chaos as defendant attacks cop and Corrections officer

    Police stand outside the Dunedin Courthouse after a defendant allegedly physically lashed out at...

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    Court chaos as defendant attacks cop and Corrections officer

    Two people required medical attention after a defendant allegedly physically lashed out at custodial staff because his bail was declined.

    ‘Enjoy the music’: centenarian’s advice to fellow singles

    Mosgiel woman Joan Gardiner cannot believe she has turned 100. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    ‘Enjoy the music’: centenarian’s advice to fellow singles

    Joan Gardiner has some advice for the single girls out there.

    'Lifesaving' eating disorder facility remains without govt funding

    Matt Doocey, one of the ministers responsible for assessing the Royal Commission's...

    'Lifesaving' eating disorder facility remains without govt funding

    A North Canterbury eating disorder residential facility that's proved a lifesaver for those admitted there can't attract government funding.

    Thailand fishing industry nearing standstill as fuel costs rise

    Soaring fuel costs threaten to cripple Thai fishing fleet. Photo: Reuters

    Thailand fishing industry nearing standstill as fuel costs rise

    A surge in diesel prices triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran is pushing Thailand's multibillion-dollar fishing industry towards a standstill.

    At least 24 dead as bus falls into river while boarding ferry

    Relatives of victims react at a mortuary after a bus met with an accident and plunged into the...

    At least 24 dead as bus falls into river while boarding ferry

    At least 24 people died after a passenger bus carrying around 40 passengers plunged into the Padma River while attempting to board a ferry in Bangladesh, officials said today.

    AI scribe concerns highlighted after 'jailbreak' exercise

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    AI scribe concerns highlighted after 'jailbreak' exercise

    There have been some concerns about the responses from the AI scribe rolled out in EDs around the country during testing.

    Former Dunedin Anglican dean sexually violated teen

    Jonathan Kirkpatrick

    Former Dunedin Anglican dean sexually violated teen

    A former dean of Dunedin's St Paul's Cathedral can now be revealed as the man who sexually violated a teenager at his Canterbury bach over 30 years ago.

    Mayor dismisses reports of low fuel as Twizel hosts Maadi Cup

    Twizel from the air, with Lake Ruataniwha in the middle distance.

    Mayor dismisses reports of low fuel as Twizel hosts Maadi Cup

    Mackenzie mayor Scott Aronsen has dismissed reports Twizel is running low on fuel as the town hosts the pinnacle of the secondary school rowing calendar.

    No fuel alert level change tomorrow: Willis

    Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Photo: RNZ

    No fuel alert level change tomorrow: Willis

    The country will not be moving up an alert level when ministers announce more details of the national fuel plan at Parliament on Friday.

    South Dunedin street attack caught on CCTV

    The incident happened in front of the South Dunedin Library. Photo: ODT Files

    South Dunedin street attack caught on CCTV

    A Dunedin pedestrian was forced to run for it when a woman he knew chased him down the street wielding a weapon.
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