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DunedinOctober 4

‘Spicy rumours’ and shifting alliances: Inside the Otago mayors’ group chat

We gained access to Otago mayors' emails, texts and group chats as they feverishly worked on merger plans.

Ruby Shaw

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DunedinOctober 4

Ong could face another trespass notice

A Dunedin resident says she has lodged a trespass notice against parliamentary candidate Benedict Ong after an election hoarding was put up outside her home without her permission.

Grant Miller

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DunedinOctober 4

‘It’s life or death’: Southern bowel cancer patients at the bottom of urgent colonoscopy wait times

The revelation the South has the longest wait times for urgent colonoscopies shows patients are in a "life or death" situation where cancer could be caught too late, an advocate says.

Matthew Littlewood

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WānakaOctober 4

Former Wānaka Subway operator runs out of dough owing $1.5 million

A company that operated a Wānaka Subway franchise has gone bust owing more than $1.5 million in tax debt.

Tim Scott

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DunedinOctober 4

‘Your voice matters’: young voters sign up at gig

John Lewis

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DunedinOctober 4

‘As financially naive as it is insulting to Dunedin’: Simms rebuffs suggestion rhetoric undermined collaboration

Ruby Shaw

ChristchurchOctober 4

National promises to fund $800m motorway extension but motorists could still face tolls

RNZ

ODT QuizOctober 4

ODT quiz: October 5

Dunedin

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DunedinOctober 4

Images: It’s only rock and enrolment, but they liked it.

Politics and music worked together on Saturday

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DunedinOctober 4

From crate to church pews: retired greyhound Tara enjoys a blessed new life

Since retiring from the racetrack, Tara the greyhound is doing all the normal activities house pets do — such as going to church.

Laine Priestley

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DunedinOctober 4

Two hours of sleep and 131 haircuts: Dunedin hairdressers cut non-stop for vital cause

While most of Dunedin slept, the scissors kept on snipping and snipping at Zen Hair salon.

Laine Priestley

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DunedinOctober 4

Gardeners warned to be wary of Legionnaires’ disease

As spring temperatures start to climb again and gardeners return to the maintenance of their “works of art”, Health New Zealand is urging Kiwis to be wary of Legionnaires’ disease.

John Lewis

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NationalOctober 4

Serious crash closes SH6 in Marlborough

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ChristchurchOctober 4

National promises to fund $800m motorway extension but motorists could still face tolls

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NationalOctober 4

Which party could leave homeowners better off?

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LeagueOctober 4

Roosters sneak past Knights in NRL Grand Final

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MotorsportOctober 4

Verstappen wins, Lawson rises to seventh in chaotic Bahrain Grand Prix

Otago

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QueenstownOctober 4

Technology helps drive stellar season at Coronet

Despite a fickle start to this winter, Coronet Peak ski area manager Nigel Kerr has hailed this season as the second-best in recent history.

Tracey Roxburgh

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Central OtagoOctober 4

‘This is what it’s all about’: 65th Merino Shears Championship comes to Alexandra

Some of New Zealand’s finest shearer and wool-handlers descended on Alexandra this weekend.

Carys Trotter

North OtagoOctober 4

Getting the hoggets in Waitaki Valley style

Motorists had to negotiate thousands of sheep from Otematata Station as they were moved along State Highway 93 from below the Aviemore Dam to Otematata Station on Sunday morning.

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QueenstownOctober 4

Chain of factors behind Bowen St deluge

A torrent of floodwater that swept down lower Bowen St and inundated several Gorge Rd businesses was caused by a chain of factors, Queenstown’s council says.

Guy Williams

Editor's Picks

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DunedinSeptember 28

Dunedin lawyer’s courthouse theft leaves career in tatters

A Dunedin lawyer who stole from a colleague while inside the courthouse can finally be named after a near-four-year legal battle

Rob Kidd

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DunedinSeptember 30

Dunedin killer driver released from prison more than two years early

Rob Kidd

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SouthlandSeptember 29

Gore farmer left cows in ‘most appalling conditions’

Felicity Dear

Canterbury

SelwynOctober 4

Businesses call for customers to come back after roadworks

Lincoln businesses are encouraging people to return to the town centre now it is clear of roadworks.

Daniel Alvey

South CanterburyOctober 4

Guide ‘scared s...less' while filming Tenzing on Aoraki Mt Cook

Flying in from Nepal's sweltering 40C heat to Aoraki Mt Cook's bone-chilling -23C, the cast of 'Tenzing', which included Tom Hiddleston as Sir Edmund Hillary, had a gruelling mid-winter shoot.

Isra'a Emhail of RNZ

SelwynOctober 4

Bike jumps a dirty solution to park vandalism problem

Vandalism in parks has been turned into an opportunity for young people in Rolleston to get creative over the school holidays.

CanterburyOctober 4

Historic country estate returns to private life

A historic Canterbury estate will be returned to use as a private home after being sold.

Daniel Alvey

National

NationalOctober 4

Which party could leave homeowners better off?

Political parties have revealed policies that are likely to affect household budgets, should they take effect. We've compared a few scenarios to show how they might look for different sections of society.

NationalOctober 4

Labour promises pay rise for care and social workers in fiscal plan

Labour has released its long-awaited fiscal plan, saying every promise it has made is "fully costed and paid for", despite not providing a cost for fully re-implementing the pay-equity legislation.

Lillian Hanly of RNZ

NationalOctober 4

Greens pledge fast, free and affordable public transport

The party has also promised to bring back the Southerner train service between Dunedin and Christchurch.

NationalOctober 4

Te Pāti Māori announces 'one-person' party list

Te Pāti Māori says it’s putting its "money where its mouth is" by announcing a "one-person" party list.

Southland

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SouthlandOctober 3

Southern waiting lists grow while theatres sit idle

Southland Hospital lost the equivalent of 156 days of operating theatre time in the past year while patients continued to face lengthy waits for surgery.

Toni McDonald

SouthlandOctober 2

Police dog sniffs out Southland drug stashes

Raids on Southland properties using a drug dog netted Class A drugs and landed four people in court.

Sport

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RugbyOctober 4

North Otago lock in home Meads Cup semifinal

North Otago have given themselves every opportunity to lift the Meads Cup after locking in a home semifinal.

Kayla Hodge

LeagueOctober 4

Roosters sneak past Knights in NRL Grand Final

The Sydney Roosters have fulfilled the club's mantra of playing for premierships, claiming their first in seven years with a 19-18 grand-final defeat of Newcastle.

MotorsportOctober 4

Verstappen wins, Lawson rises to seventh in chaotic Bahrain Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won a chaotic rain-hit Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia for his first victory of the season after the race start was delayed by more than 90 minutes due to treacherous conditions at the Sepang International Circuit.

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FootballOctober 4

Another brave Otago University effort ends in defeat

Otago University are learning a lot about themselves in their inaugural foray into the top level of New Zealand football.

Hayden Meikle

Lifestyle

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The MixOctober 2

Show employs humour to explore Māori identity

Īhaka Martyn is returning to where it all began with his show exploring the nature of identity, he tells Tom McKinlay.

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The MixOctober 2

Reb Fountain is singing songs for now

Reb Fountain is back with a new album, and touring with a five-piece band.

The MixOctober 2

Communities are putting up green shoots

Communities standing up for nature are benefiting from the seeds they have sown, writes Scott Willis.

The MixOctober 2

Battlefield archaeology a growing sub-discipline

Pheasant Wood is a quiet and remote spot near Fromelles, a small village in French Flanders. But on July 19 1916, it was a scene of utter hell.

The World Before Us, by Charles Higham

Business

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BusinessOctober 4

Christchurch builders have months of work on new houses and alterations

Christchurch builders are pushing start dates back as they line up more new home and alteration work in spite of rising living costs.

Tim Cronshaw

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BusinessOctober 2

Dunedin joins exclusive Michelin club as boutique hotel makes the grade

Dunedin has officially made its Michelin Guide debut with a boutique hotel marking the city’s first and only inclusion.

Tim Scott

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DunedinOctober 2

‘We have nowhere else to go’: Taxman blamed as small Otago town loses only pub

A small Otago town has lost its only pub and its owner is blaming Inland Revenue.

Tim Scott

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BusinessOctober 2

Driving business forward with motorsport star Hayden Paddon

Rally star Hayden Paddon has a new tool in his toolbox to make his business, rather than his car, go faster.

Sally Rae

Rural Life

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Red MeatSeptember 30

Six-figure sire hits Southland after North Otago stop to collect genetics

An $100,000 black bull is now in his new home in Southland after a stop in Otago to harvest semen to sell to underbidders.

Shawn McAvinue

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Red MeatSeptember 30

A hope of higher prices for yearling bulls to continue at southern sales

The outlook is positive as the spring bull sale season nears in Southland and Otago, an agent and vendors say.

Shawn McAvinue

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Rural EventsSeptember 30

Commemorating 65 years of fine wool harvesting in Central Otago

Get set to celebrate a New Zealand Merino Shears milestone for two days in Alexandra from Friday.

Shawn McAvinue

DairySeptember 30

Southland dairy farmer seeks position on Fonterra board of directors

Southland dairy farm owner Peter Moynihan is a candidate vying for two farmer-elected positions on Fonterra’s board of directors.

Food & Wine

Food & WineSeptember 29

Simple, nourishing and stress-free meals for families

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Food & WineSeptember 29

New technology allows zero alcohol beers to be poured from a beer tap

Beer — Ric Oram

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Food & WineSeptember 29

Hawke’s Bay New Zealand’s second largest wine region

Wine Times: Mark Henderson

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Food & WineSeptember 29

Crunchy raw kohlarbi salad

In Season: Alison Lambert

World

WorldOctober 4

Cornell president vows 'serious look' at student groups after rape claims

Cornell University will examine the role of fraternities and sororities on campus following an outcry over the school's handling of a student's rape allegations, the Ivy League school's president says.

Reuters

WorldOctober 3

Axe used on NZ-trained pilot in attempted 'terrorist attack', says UAE

The co-pilot of a plane bound for Israel attempted to carry out a "terrorist attack" with an axe during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general says.

Reuters

WorldOctober 2

‘Plane was going down’: Stabbed pilot says he knew he had to open cockpit door

Wounded pilot Smit Machchhar, who trained in Dunedin early in his career, has recounted the mid-flight attack to Indian PM Narendra Modi.

Reuters

WorldOctober 2

Hard-left party blamed for violent school protests in France

France's intelligence agencies briefed a government crisis meeting that a wave of student protests, sometimes violent, that has swept across the country was initiated by hard-left politicians.

West Coast

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West CoastOctober 2

Drug dealer deemed ‘low risk’, allowed to return to property

Convicted drug dealer Mike Milne has been allowed to return to his secluded Cowboy Paradise property where he grew more than $2million worth of cannabis in an underground bunker due to being deemed at ‘‘low risk’’ of re-offending by the New Zealand Parole Board.

Janna Sherman

West CoastOctober 1

Stricken hunter rescued in 15 minutes thanks to locator beacon

A solo hunter who ‘‘took a tumble’’ 10 metres down a slope in the Fox Glacier area was rescued within 15 minutes because he was carrying a personal locator beacon, police say.

Brendon McMahon

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Class ActSeptember 21

Class Act 2026: All the recipients

Class Act celebrates the excellence of young people in our province and now, more than ever, we will be looking to them for leadership.

Paul McIntyre

Video

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DunedinOctober 4

‘Your voice matters’: young voters sign up at gig

Within moments of signing his name on the voting enrolment form, Charlie Ferguson reckoned he felt “different” — more mature.

John Lewis

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DunedinOctober 4

Images: It’s only rock and enrolment, but they liked it.

Politics and music worked together on Saturday

DunedinOctober 1

Dunedin flight school owner ‘blown away’ by former student’s actions during mid-flight stabbing

A Dunedin flight school owner was “blown away” to hear his talented former student was stabbed by his co-pilot while flying a passenger plane bound for Israel.

Laine Priestley

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DunedinOctober 1

Leckhampton Court cause of death remains unexplained following post-mortem — police

Police investigating a death in Dunedin’s Leckhampton Court have completed a post-mortem examination into the deceased.

Felicity Dear and John Lewis

Opinion

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OpinionOctober 4

You know you can't bomb your ghost nukes bro

“Devastating Iran’s nuclear facilities was . . . very hard to do,” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly last month.

Gwynne Dyer

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OpinionOctober 4

Melancholic in a different way

For the last month there has been a foreboding presence in Leith; a dark angel, some 27 feet tall, created almost entirely out of knives. At Newkirkgate shopping centre, at the foot of Leith Walk, surrounded by the ordinary churn of buses, shoppers and traffic, this towering figure has stood for 27 days, reminding passersby of those who have been lost to knife violence.

Jean Balchin

OpinionOctober 4

The challenge ahead for Andy Burnham if he wants a codified UK constitution

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s call for a codified UK constitution has revived debate about how the UK is governed.

Sharon McAvoy

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EditorialOctober 4

Health harm details lacking

On the face of it, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s first national report on serious harm events in our public hospitals may have looked like a triumph for transparency.

Editorial

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OpinionOctober 2

Mixing genders and mashing up English

Although attitudes continually shift, trends sometimes reverse.

Civis

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EditorialOctober 2

Climate chickens home to roost

Editorial

100 Years Ago

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NewsOctober 4

Church of Christ opens

100 years ago

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NewsOctober 2

Kaitangata wins cup

100 years ago

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NewsOctober 1

Mole inspection

The visit by members of the Otago Harbour Board to the Heads, to inspect the works which have been recently started there was carried out yesterday.

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NewsSeptember 30

The capricious trout

100 years ago