Patrol vessel Otago back in service next year
The Navy will return to service the Otago, one of two offshore patrol vessels idle since 2021, at a cost of "tens of millions of dollars" next year.
Ex-DHB employee jailed for stealing Covid funding
Ex-DHB employee jailed for stealing Covid funding
Alister Thorby spent fraudulently obtained DHB funds on buying a house, vehicles and overseas travel.
Leary defends I am Hope criticism: 'Read the letter'
Leary defends I am Hope criticism: 'Read the letter'
Taieri MP Ingrid Leary says Mike King has "cherry-picked" elements of a letter about government funding of his charity after accusing her of being "obsessed" with making cuts to it.
Storm death toll nears 800 as scale of disaster revealed
Storm death toll nears 800 as scale of disaster revealed
As rescuers battled to clear roads, improved weather conditions revealed the scale of a disaster that has killed nearly 800 people in Southeast Asia.
Senior cops to have internet use audited after McSkimming scandal
Senior cops to have internet use audited after McSkimming scandal
Police will be auditing internet usage of the most senior police officers in the country over the last 12 months, starting with the Police Commissioner.
Stabbing accusation 'doesn't pass truth test': defence
Stabbing accusation 'doesn't pass truth test': defence
The concept a Dunedin man would stab his former employee to death “doesn’t pass the truth test”, his lawyer says.
Man charged with swallowing Fabergé locket
Man charged with swallowing $33k Fabergé locket
A man has been charged for allegedly swallowing a Fabergé locket worth more than $33,500 during a theft at a store in Auckland.
NZ-born truck driver jailed over serious injury school bus crash
NZ-born truck driver jailed over serious injury school bus crash
Students in Victoria who were seriously injured when a truck crashed into the back of their school bus can finally move on now the driver has been jailed, a principal says.
Yacht club's warning: 'We will not tolerate gossip or malicious rumours'
Yacht club's warning: 'We will not tolerate gossip or malicious rumours'
Squabbling at a Lyttelton yacht club has forced it to send a warning to members about the ongoing poor behaviour.
WHO backs Ozempic-type drugs for treating obesity
WHO backs Ozempic-type drugs for treating obesity
The World Health Organization has released its first guidelines on the Ozempic-type drugs, conditionally recommending their use for long-term treatment of obesity.
Netanyahu asks for pardon in long-running corruption trial
Netanyahu asks for pardon in long-running corruption trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appeared in court for the first time since asking the country's president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, a request backed by US President Donald Trump.
Dairy worker injured in Christchurch robbery
Dairy worker injured in Christchurch robbery
Police are searching for several people after a Christchurch dairy was held up and a worker allegedly stabbed on Tuesday morning.
Seymour hits out at principal over mouldy lunches
Seymour hits out at principal over mouldy lunches
Deputy Prime Minster David Seymour has labelled the principal of the school where children ate mouldy school lunches a "frequent flyer in the media".
Sorting it out
Sorting it out
Purakaunui School pupil Millie Nicol (left) and her peer, Trinity Catholic College pupil Emilia Asoba, sort through recycled bicycles during an Enviroschools Hui in Jubilee Park.
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‘Extremely strong’ links to accused
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‘Extremely strong’ links to accused
Forensic testing at a Dunedin murder scene provided "extremely strong" links to the alleged killer, a court has heard.
Flags raised against ‘illegally occupied’ West Papua
Flags raised against ‘illegally occupied’ West Papua
Raising the Morning Star flag, of the proposed Republic of West Papua, in the Octagon yesterday are (from left) Dunedin city councillor Marie Laufiso, Dr Kerri Cleaver and Barbara Frame.
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‘Appropriate’ water left out of rates cap
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‘Appropriate’ water left out of rates cap
Large increases in water charges are still on the cards after the government excluded Three Waters from a proposed 4% rates cap.
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Former teacher drugged, assaulted boy, court told
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Former teacher drugged, assaulted boy, court told
A former Dunedin school teacher allegedly made a group of boys bathe together and indecently assaulted and drugged one, a court has heard.
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Call for ‘major assets’ to be returned
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Call for ‘major assets’ to be returned
Dunedin should make a case to get its port and harbourside land back from the Otago Regional Council, at least one city councillor believes.
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News of hoiho death marks start to set net hearing
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News of hoiho death marks start to set net hearing
A High court fight to save the few remaining hoiho / yellow-eyed penguins on mainland New Zealand opened yesterday with news that yet another had died in a set net.