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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

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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

DunedinOctober 2

‘I was minutes away from not making it’: Dunedin meningitis survivor recounts ordeal

A matter of minutes — that was all Claudia Christie had left before meningococcal meningitis and sepsis would have killed her.

John Lewis

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North OtagoOctober 2

Husband of demoted deputy principal takes aim at troubled Otago school

Concerned school volunteer Patrick Nelson has organised a public meeting to discuss alleged “major concerns” regarding Waitaki Girls’ High School which has been under statutory intervention since September last year.

Jules Chin

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DunedinOctober 2

‘The arsonist’s girlfriend had run off with an electrician’: Laughs, loss as brigade marks 150 years

Laine Priestley

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DunedinOctober 2

‘Heroic’ prison officer foils hospitalised prisoner’s desperate escape bid

Rob Kidd

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BusinessOctober 2

Dunedin joins exclusive Michelin club as boutique hotel makes the grade

Tim Scott

ODT QuizOctober 2

ODT quiz: October 3

Dunedin

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DunedinOctober 2

Otago Polytechnic looks to China for expansion

Otago Polytechnic is celebrating the official launch of a new joint campus — in the Chinese province of Hunan.

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DunedinOctober 2

‘Hell no, mate’: Weatherall steps down but community work far from over

While he may be capping off decades of service in Dunedin local government, Colin Weatherall says his work in the community is far from over.

Tim Scott

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DunedinOctober 2

New take-home HIV test vending machine installed at Dunedin Bar

HIV may not be the prolific killer that it once was — and its spread is declining in New Zealand — but a Dunedin bar owner is not taking any chances.

John Lewis

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DunedinOctober 2

Dunedin’s CBD upgrade up for a major award

The George St retail quarter and the Dunedin Waste Futures project have been recognised by New Zealand’s landscape architecture community.

Matthew Littlewood

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WorldOctober 2

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

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BusinessOctober 2

Dunedin joins exclusive Michelin club as boutique hotel makes the grade

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ChristchurchOctober 2

Steve Hansen sells his Wānaka home for $7.3m

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DunedinOctober 2

‘Heroic’ prison officer foils hospitalised prisoner’s desperate escape bid

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DunedinOctober 2

Otago Polytechnic looks to China for expansion

Otago

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QueenstownOctober 2

PM’s Queenstown housing claim ‘wholly wrong’: mayor

Queenstown Lakes Mayor John Glover says he “wholeheartedly” disagrees with an allegation Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made in Queenstown on Thursday morning, that his council has been “way too slow” opening up new land for housing.

Tracey Roxburgh

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Central OtagoOctober 2

Santana faces another pause as tight deadline set by panel

The prospect of a pause of the entire application is looming for Santana Minerals as questions are raised over an agreement over covenants which are not yet set in stone.

Steve Hepburn

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WānakaOctober 2

Arrest made over graffiti on school children’s mural

An arrest has been made in relation to graffiti painted over a mural created by school children in Wānaka.

Evie Sinclair

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Central OtagoOctober 2

More solar farming, battery storage proposed for Maniototo

A proposed solar farm, which would include battery storage, near Poolburn will be discussed at a public meeting on Tuesday.

Julie Asher

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

ChristchurchOctober 2

Steve Hansen sells his Wānaka home for $7.3m

Former All Blacks and Crusaders coach Sir Steve Hansen and wife Natasha have sold their luxury lifestyle block in Wānaka to an offshore buyer for $7.3 million.

ChristchurchOctober 2

Hyrox event coming to Hagley Park

It may have been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, but a Hyrox event in Christchurch later this month has already attracted hundreds of entries.

ChristchurchOctober 2

Family ran for freedom then found a new home in a place they had never heard of

George Atlandishliev was 10 when he fled Bulgaria’s communist regime for NZ. The Christchurch 86-year-old is now joining a reunion of families descended from the hundreds of other Eastern European refugees who arrived 75 years ago.

Raphael Franks

ChristchurchOctober 1

Police cordon off Christchurch property as they search for missing man

Police have descended on a Christchurch property as they search for a missing 21-year-old man.

Raphael Franks

National

NationalOctober 2

Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens

Christopher Luxon has walked back claims made by one of his ministers about the Greens, before then suggesting - wrongly - that they originated from the media.

NationalOctober 2

New weather radar to cover South Island black spot

A site has been chosen for a new radar for the top of the South Island, to address a black spot in the country's weather forecasting coverage.

NationalOctober 1

Chronic shortage of urologists an issue beyond just Southland

A shortage of urologists is an issue beyond just Southland, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons says.

NationalOctober 1

Disgruntlement, Opportunity and first-termitis make this election different

Polls leading into the campaign proper, which kicked off this week with Parliament rising and the two major parties holding their campaign launches, have been filled with headlines about "kingmakers".

Southland

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.

SouthlandOctober 1

'Two sides to Tim': Book explores Shadbolt's final years

The final years of enigmatic mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt’s life have been captured in a new book written by a long-time friend.

Matthew Rosenberg

Sport

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RugbyOctober 2

In-form Spirit in with chance of home final

You could blame the short preseason. Maybe it was nerves. Or some inexperience, perhaps. The draw did not help.

Adrian Seconi

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RugbyOctober 2

North Otago in good position heading into final Heartland round

If you are a North Otago fan, chances are you head into the final round of the Heartland Championship rather chipper.

Kayla Hodge

CricketOctober 2

Otago duo among players returning to plug gaps

A couple of Otago players will help plug up the gaps in the White Ferns line-up.

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SportOctober 2

Otago swimmers wrap up NZ champs in style

Alfie Weatherston Harvey produced something truly special.

Kayla Hodge

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 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

BusinessOctober 1

Graduate applies for more than 600 jobs in ‘very tough’ market

A recent Wellington graduate says she has undertaken more than 600 job applications and 53 interviews in a year amid a tough job market.

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BusinessOctober 1

Partial sell-down of $30m in Bluff port shares still gives Environment Southland controlling interest

Southland’s regional council has reduced its ownership in the Bluff port after selling a large stake for $30 million.

Tim Cronshaw

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BusinessOctober 1

‘Heartbreaking decision’: Overseas competition forces Dunedin retailer to close after 40 years

Competition from imports and big box retailers has forced a Dunedin family to make the “heartbreaking decision” to shut down their retail operation after 40 years.

Tim Scott

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 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.

WorldOctober 1

Co-pilot who stabbed captain underwent radical Islamist indoctrination: Netanyahu

The co-pilot of a passenger jet who stabbed the captain in an apparent attempt to crash the plane as it flew to Israel had undergone radical Islamist indoctrination and was clearly suicidal, Israel's prime minister says.

WorldOctober 1

UK-Iranian dual national arrested over Fairford air base incident

British police investigating a suspected plot involving an air base used by the US to target Iran say they have arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

WorldOctober 1

US death row inmate survives lethal injection

A woman convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago has survived a US state’s effort to execute her.

Reuters

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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

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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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UPDATED

DunedinOctober 1

Leckhampton Court cause of death remains unexplained following port-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

North OtagoOctober 1

Pasifika values to be reflected in new health clinic

The new South Seas Healthcare Ōamaru clinic on Ribble St was officially opened on Saturday.

Jules Chin

North OtagoSeptember 30

All aboard! First public bus from Oamaru to Dunedin departs

The first Oamaru to Dunedin bus service hit the highway this morning.

Nic Duff

Opinion

OpinionOctober 2

A feminist icon who fought for equality to the end

Known almost as much for her trademark mid-parted hair and large aviator sunglasses as for her acute intelligence, courage and wit, feminist icon Gloria Steinem will long be known for setting feminist torches alight globally over her six-decade career as a journalist and activist.

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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

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OpinionOctober 2

The secret diary of . . . the campaign: Week 1

Steve Braunais

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OpinionOctober 2

Cartoonist’s view: October 3

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

YeoCartoonist

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OpinionOctober 2

In the immortal words of Mrs Merton, let’s have a heated debate

Way back in 1983, during a 5th form Classical Studies at Tawa College, my teacher Jan Gould was explaining some of the gruesome ways in which the Romans killed Christian martyrs.

Mike Houlahan

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

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NewsSeptember 29

Board mulls shift to Ranfurly

100 years ago