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DunedinOctober 24

‘Disturbing’: Rise in Otago sextortion cases, with victims as young as 9-years-old

Children as young as 9-years-old were among 50 victims of sextortion across Otago last year, and are also amid a national rise in cases impacting one in five New Zealanders.

John Lewis, Jules Chin

NetballOctober 25

Silver Ferns sweep Australia to win Constellation Cup

The Constellation Cup is coming home.

Kayla Hodge

DunedinOctober 25

Two seriously injured in Waitaki Valley crash

Two people have been seriously injured in a crash that has blocked State Highway 83 north of Oamaru.

Tim Scott

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DunedinOctober 24

Dunedin man films woman as he tries to grab her chest

A Dunedin man filmed a woman as he tried to grab her chest, then shared the video to an online group chat.

Felicity Dear

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North OtagoOctober 24

Otago shearer sentenced to home detention for causing ‘unnecessary pain and distress’ to multiple lambs

DunedinOctober 24

Witnesses may be ‘deliberately being untruthful’ in Dunedin man’s death investigation — police

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DunedinOctober 23

Weather warnings upgraded for Otago as wet and windy conditions expected for Labour Day

NationalOctober 24

Explainer: How to enrol to vote and why today is your final chance

Dunedin

DunedinOctober 25

One flown from Dunedin beach with serious injuries

One person with serious injuries has been flown to hospital by helicopter after an incident at a Dunedin beach this afternoon.

Tim Scott, Ruby Shaw

DunedinOctober 25

‘Out of control’ Dunedin blaze threatened property: Fenz

Firefighters have contained a controlled burn in Dunedin that got “out of control” and posed a risk to nearby property.

Tim Scott

DunedinOctober 24

Woman treated for smoke inhalation after fire breaks out in Dunedin’s Princes St

A woman has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after suffering smoke inhalation at a fire in Dunedin's Princes St.

The StarOctober 24

Toy library searching for new home

The Caversham Toy Library is on the hunt for a new home.

Sam Henderson

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DunedinOctober 25

‘Out of control’ Dunedin blaze threatened property: Fenz

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DunedinOctober 25

Two seriously injured in Waitaki Valley crash

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BusinessOctober 25

Why you'll be paying more for flights this Christmas

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NationalOctober 25

Luxon warns not all gang photos are the same after photos with Black Power members surface

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NationalOctober 24

Explainer: How to enrol to vote and why today is your final chance

Otago

QueenstownOctober 24

High-flyer’s big milestones

Renowned for flying the rich and famous, popular Queenstown aviator Louisa 'Choppy' Patterson's just raised two major milestones.

Philip Chandler

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QueenstownOctober 24

Paving way for serviced apartments

Enjoying stunning, elevated views over Queenstown Bay, the resort's Deco backpackers complex and its long-established neighbouring Man St home are being demolished to make way for two serviced apartment buildings.

Philip Chandler

North OtagoOctober 24

How, where and why to vote in Waitaki

“Get in and get it done early” is the advice for voters in this year’s general election.

Nic Duff

North OtagoOctober 24

‘Decisions have consequences’ — three directors announced for shared water entity

Three directors have taken up roles with Southern Waters, a new entity which will manage $1.1bn of council assets and be responsible for a $750 million capital works programme within the next decade.

Charley-Kai John

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BusinessOctober 19

Lawyer cheated on eight weeks before wedding turns personal pain into new career path

Southland-born relationship property lawyer Holly Egerton never expected her own harrowing personal experiences would shape the kind of lawyer she would become.

Sally Rae

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DunedinOctober 20

Award-winning ex-University of Otago employee charged with 37 counts of fraud

Rob Kidd

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BusinessOctober 19

Southland agricultural business goes bust owing $10m after death of co-owner

Sally Rae

Canterbury

ChristchurchOctober 24

Southern Motorway on-ramp reopens after crash that left motorcyclist critically injured

The Halswell Junction on-ramp on Christchurch’s Southern Motorway has reopened following an earlier crash.

ChristchurchOctober 24

Pauline Parker, of infamous Christchurch ‘Heavenly Creatures’ case, dies aged 88

One of the killers behind one of New Zealand's most infamous murders has died in Scotland.

ChristchurchOctober 24

Building a more sustainable future from pieces of the past

Christchurch man Rob Neville has spent more than 25 years working on construction sites and has become all too familiar with the amount of material wasted by the industry.

Kees Chalmers

ChristchurchOctober 23

Students target Rubik’s Cube world record

A group of Canterbury University engineering students may have built one of the world’s fastest Rubik’s Cube-solving robots.

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NationalOctober 25

Luxon warns not all gang photos are the same after photos with Black Power members surface

National leader Christopher Luxon says a photo of him with gang members is different to those posted by opposition parties.

NationalOctober 24

National sets out 100 day plan if re-elected

The National Party has released its 100 day plan, setting out the first actions it would take if re-elected.

NationalOctober 24

Luxon, Mitchell defend Potaka after photo with gang members emerges

Christopher Luxon says it would be "disingenuous" to say a photo circulating online of National MP Tama Potaka posing with gang members is the same as images of Labour, Green and Te Pāti Māori MPs.

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OpinionOctober 23

The fine line between robust and wrongful debate

There has been a lot of discussion here in the South in recent weeks about who should, and should not, be entitled to attend political meetings.

Mike Houlahan

Southland

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SouthlandOctober 23

Gore council choses silence on West Bank petition

An organiser of a petition asking Gore District Council to boycott businesses contributing to illegal settlements in Palestine’s West Bank said she was shocked the council chose not to receive the petition, instead letting a vote on the issue lapse.

Gerrit Doppenberg

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SouthlandOctober 23

Southland tulip field to open for one day only

Laine Priestley

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SouthlandOctober 23

‘It does take a toll’: Creditors of failed Southland firm owing $10m have little hope of seeing money

Steve Hepburn

National

NationalOctober 24

Tenant given just six hours to move out after delay in MSD rent payment

A tenant was given six hours to leave his accommodation after a Ministry of Social Development administrative issue meant he couldn't pay rent.

NationalOctober 23

‘We require full disinfection’: Tenant unlawfully evicted after sex work complaint

When a property management company received a complaint that a rental was being used to provide sex services, it gave the tenant seven days to move out.

NationalOctober 23

Fire and Emergency New Zealand chief executive Kerry Gregory resigns

The chief executive of Fire and Emergency New Zealand has resigned.

NationalOctober 23

‘All you needed to do was call 111’: Girl died of illness as mum and aunt argued over who would help her

For three days, two sisters argued over who should take a seriously ill girl to hospital as she suffered headaches and vomiting.

Sport

CricketOctober 24

India prevail in tight contest to go 2-0 in T20 series

A superb spell of bowling from Mitchell Santner gave New Zealand hope before India fought back to win with just a ball to spare.

RugbyOctober 24

All Blacks Frizell, Lomax and Taukei'aho ruled out of UK tour with injuries

The All Blacks have ruled three experienced forwards out of contention for next month's tests in the United Kingdom because of injuries.

SportOctober 24

Dunedin-born coach Arch Jelley, who guided John Walker to mile record, dies aged 104

Legendary running coach Arch Jelley, who guided John Walker to Olympic gold in Canada, has died at the age of 104.

SportOctober 23

'I thought I wasn't going to make it' - chance find leads to lifesaving surgery for Sonny Bill Williams

Sonny Bill Williams has revealed he has had open-heart surgery, in a major health scare for the 41-year-old retired New Zealand league and rugby international.

Lifestyle

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The MixOctober 23

Three planets before breakfast

Since moving to Middlemarch, I have become a bit of a morning person, a fact that will perplex anyone who has ever worked with me.

Skywatch, by Ian Griffin

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DrivesouthOctober 23

Forgotten champion eyes fifth title

Ask anyone with an everyday knowledge of current motor sport to name New Zealand’s most successful international racing drivers of the past five years, and the list will be fairly predictable.

David Thomson

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The MixOctober 23

Loneliness influencers’ solitude is going viral

Isolation is decried as the scourge of this extremely online age. But in truth, the textures of our aloneness are infinite, Eva Wiseman writes.

The MixOctober 23

Book review: Tales from the life of an airline pilot

With swags of well-remembered conversations and loads of technical details, Another Day Like Yesterday provides an insider’s take on the sometimes glamorous but often frustrating life of an airline pilot.

Jim Sullivan

Business

BusinessOctober 25

Why you'll be paying more for flights this Christmas

Anyone planning to travel this summer can expect to have to pay more for airfares.

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Rural Life OtherOctober 23

Irrigation brings a future to North Otago after years of dust and drought

"If you’ve got water, you’ve got options.” Reliable water from the Waitaki River, via the North Otago Irrigation Company scheme, has transformed Matt and Julie Ross’s Duntroon dairy farm.

Sally Rae

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Rural Life OtherOctober 23

‘Incredible journey’ over past two decades for irrigation company

'An incredible journey', is how Aqus chief executive Andrew Rodwell describes the evolution of the North Otago Irrigation Company scheme.

Sally Rae

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Rural PeopleOctober 23

Reliable water draws young people to North Otago

Young farm manager Sam O’Neill knows the value of irrigation in North Otago.

Sally Rae

Rural Life

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Red MeatOctober 21

A $46,000 sale of ‘one-of-a-kind’ yearling Angus bull sets stud record in northern Southland

A syndicate’s $46,000 bid on a standout yearling Angus bull set a new stud record in northern Southland.

Shawn McAvinue

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Rural EventsOctober 21

Committee seeks public feedback in face of rodeo code changes

A “fight” is on to keep rodeo part of rural communities, a cowboy says.

Shawn McAvinue

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HorticultureOctober 21

Recent heat helping, but damage from wet start to spring remains, southern growers say

A spell of sunshine has southern growers smiling, but the scars of waterlogged crops remain.

Shawn McAvinue

Rural EventsOctober 21

Call for more Otago farmers and growers to enter Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Southland farmers have put their hands up in strong numbers for the next Ballance Farm Environment Awards season, proving that even an atrocious spring cannot dampen their enthusiasm.

Alice Scott

Food & Wine

Food & WineOctober 20

Fond memories inspire chook book featuring NZ’s favourite protein

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Food & WineOctober 20

Picnic Salad

In Season — Alison Lambert

Food & WineOctober 20

Leek and ricotta tart with asparagus

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Food & WineOctober 20

New Zealand Chardonnays fit for seat at the table

Mark Henderson

World

WorldOctober 24

Israel forces 1200 Palestinians from their homes as ‘collective punishment’ for soldiers’ deaths

The Israeli military forced around 1,200 Palestinians to leave their homes in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said on Saturday, a day after a Palestinian attack killed two Israeli soldiers.

WorldOctober 23

Israel threatens major West Bank attacks after two soldiers killed days before Israeli election

Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday before being shot dead by troops in the West Bank, officials said, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to threaten a major offensive in the occupied territory just days before an Israeli election.

WorldOctober 23

‘Terrorist and racist’ machine gun rampage leaves one dead, five injured in Paris

A gunman killed one person and wounded five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in a shooting in a Paris suburb that French President Emmanuel Macron described as a "terrorist and racist" attack.

WorldOctober 22

Taiwan cancels hundreds of flights as typhoon bears down

Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain.

West Coast

West CoastOctober 20

Teen has nightmares after three injured in 12m fall from Ferris wheel

A teenager has had nightmares since watching her friend fall 12m from a Ferris wheel at a West Coast agricultural show after a seat broke.

West CoastOctober 18

Backroads to the Beehive: Coal, politics and division on West Coast

The West Coast's wild ancient forests and vast mineral wealth gave rise to the country's labour movement.

Tim Brown and Nathan McKinnon of RNZ

Video

DunedinOctober 24

Woman treated for smoke inhalation after fire breaks out in Dunedin’s Princes St

A woman has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after suffering smoke inhalation at a fire in Dunedin's Princes St.

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DunedinOctober 23

Mum back at the beach after ‘a good makeover’

Dunedin artist Bryn Jones gives “Mum” the sea lion statue a final spit and polish, to complete its renovation.

John Lewis

NationalOctober 22

Labour candidate resigns over gang campaigning incident

Labour's candidate for Tāmaki Makaurau, Kerrin Leoni, has resigned after a video emerged showing her campaigning with gang members.

DunedinOctober 22

School’s first shave for a cure to honour mum’s memory

Malia Moetaua will soon have lived without her mother longer than she knew her.

Laine Priestley

Opinion

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OpinionOctober 23

Cartoonist’s view: October 24

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

YeoCartoonist

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OpinionOctober 23

When polar opposites agree on something

We live in an ever more partisan and polarised world.

Civis

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OpinionOctober 23

The secret diary of the third leaders debate

Steve BrauniasColumnist

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EditorialOctober 23

Recovery is the sting in the tail

With storm clouds gathering again for parts of the far South later in the long weekend, it is timely to remember what happened a year ago yesterday.

Editorial

OpinionOctober 22

AI and music: threats and possibilities

The Music Department at Otago University celebrated 100 years of existence recently, launching a book edited by Ian Chapman called Ka Muri, Ka Mua, referring to the famous Māori whakatauki which translates as “I walk backwards into my future”.

OpinionOctober 22

Heavier than low birth weight: a story from Indonesia

When babies are born in Indonesia, they are immediately put on scales.

100 Years Ago

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NewsOctober 23

School scholars celebrate

100 years ago

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NewsOctober 22

Blooming marvellous

100 years ago

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NewsOctober 21

Ironing out the competition

100 years ago

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NewsOctober 20

Steamin’ and shovelin’

100 years ago