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Fuel prices putting flight schools in tough position

Flight schools are operating ‘‘day-by-day’’ with an anxious eye on runaway fuel prices adding thousands to their operating costs.
Dog found a week after owner's 55m fall in West Coast bush

A dog has been found alive following an extraordinary helicopter search and rescue mission.
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Spoof poster wrONG move, mayor says

Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong appears to enjoy movie parody posters in which he features.
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Firefighters choose to ‘strike for good’

Months of strikes with no end in sight have led to Dunedin firefighters deciding to spend an hour serving the community in a different way.

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Cuts leave elderly to ‘struggle’

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Cuts leave elderly to ‘struggle’

A Dunedin 91-year-old is appalled home care visits have been cut due to rising fuel costs and says clients and workers have been left in the lurch.
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Blame put on care service

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Blame put on care service

An Invercargill woman left haunted after her mother’s body lay undiscovered for up to eight days blames a health contractor, which has admitted mistakes were made.
Albatross colony may be relocated after mineral find

Albatross colony may be relocated after mineral find

Dunedin's world-renowned albatross colony could be relocated after the discovery under Taiaroa Head of a mineral from which several rare earth elements are derived.

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Sepsis admissions up 78% in 20 years
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Fine weather tipped for Good Friday then ‘models start to diverge’
SFF back in black after $29.1m profit
ODT quiz: April 1

dunedin

Flicking through the plans for their new Italian-inspired restaurant in Stuart St are Alondo...

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Italian-style restaurant born of desire to do it from scratch

Buon appetito, Dunedin — a new 180-seat Italian-inspired restaurant is coming to a historic building in the centre of town.

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Reducing services floated, CEO says

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Reducing services floated, CEO says

The Dunedin City Council has flagged service cuts may be in the pipeline if fuel costs and supply concerns continue to rise.
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Creativity of pupils on display

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Creativity of pupils on display

What do a pineapple, a crocodile and Hannah Whittaker’s father have in common?
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Investigate sensitive spending: Vandervis

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Investigate sensitive spending: Vandervis

High variability in some kinds of Dunedin City Council expenditure suggests ‘‘a range of poor-value spending’’, a councillor says.

regions

James Hargest College students Will McCann, 15, Isaac Elder, 16, and Ben Hargest, 16, pictured...

Bunsen burner, sink, folder mischief not rocket science

The long-awaited Sir Peter Beck Science and Innovation Centre opened at James Hargest College yesterday.

Mammoth effort finds Molly

Mammoth effort finds Molly

A mammoth helicopter rescue operation to find a beloved border collie in remote back country near Hokitika had a heart-warming ending yesterday when the pooch was found alive and well.
Backcountry to be turned into historic reserve

Backcountry to be turned into historic reserve

Work has started on a management plan for the new culturally significant stewardship land area, Tarahanga e Toru Historic Reserve.
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Concern over staff contracts

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Concern over staff contracts

A workers’ union has become involved as a Gore rest-home prepares to change ownership.

National

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Former census boss hits out

Former government statistician Len Cook is hitting out at the proposed new census, saying the country is is in the midst of a ‘‘population storm’’ and reliable data is desperately needed.

Western Springs Bowl given green light in Auckland

Western Springs Bowl given green light in Auckland

Plans to build a Hollywood Bowl-inspired structure for live music events at Western Springs Stadium have been given the green light by Auckland Council.
Cabinet reshuffle expected this week

Cabinet reshuffle expected this week

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is expected to announce a Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday.
Puppy drowning video posted to social media

Puppy drowning video posted to social media

Two young men who allegedly filmed themselves drowning young puppies in the Whakatāne River posted the video to social media last night.

sport

Carl Hayman trains with the Highlanders in 2006. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Redefined the role of a tighthead prop

Carl Hayman was a unique man.

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Rising star of the women’s game re-signs

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Rising star of the women’s game re-signs

Rising star Braxton Sorensen-McGee has recommitted to New Zealand Rugby and the Black Ferns Sevens through to the end of 2027.
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Landers mid-term report: Must do better

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Landers mid-term report: Must do better

Seven games down, the Easter bye, seven games to go. The Highlanders have had their moments, but will need to be better in the second half of their season. Hayden Meikle offers this mid-term report.
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Young guns’ Plunket Shield heroics save Otago Volts’ season

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Young guns’ Plunket Shield heroics save Otago Volts’ season

Otago Volts coach Josh Tasman-Jones believes he has a ‘‘beautiful foundation’’ on which to build. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi reckons that sounds about right.

Food & Wine

Business

SFF back in black after $29.1m profit

Silver Fern Farms Ltd is back in the black, having posted a $29.1million net profit after tax for the year ended December 31 on revenue of just over $3m.

Balanced performance wins

Balanced performance wins

Tapanui dairy farmers Luke and Nicole Kane were last night named the Otago regional supreme winners in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Silver Fern Farms halts Middle East exports; returns to profit

Silver Fern Farms halts Middle East exports; returns to profit

Silver Ferns Farms is back in the black after a few years of financial losses but it is also counting the costs of halting exports into its key Persian Gulf markets.
Hundreds of jobs on line if Kaitāia timber mills close

Hundreds of jobs on line if Kaitāia timber mills close

One of Kaitāia's biggest employers could be shut down with the loss of hundreds of jobs if a buyer can't be found by the mills' Japanese owners.

Rural Life

Silver Fern Farms halts Middle East exports; returns to profit

Silver Ferns Farms is back in the black after a few years of financial losses but it is also counting the costs of halting exports into its key Persian Gulf markets.

Investment continues on Taieri farm

Investment continues on Taieri farm

Changes are afoot at Riverlea dairy farm on the Taieri.
Online auction worth a go despite slim demand

Online auction worth a go despite slim demand

A Western Southland dairy farmer took a punt on auctioning his empty cows for the first time.‘‘My gamble didn’t pay off,’’ Beach Valley Dairies owner Jason Bennett said. Mr Bennett, of Tuatapere,...
Move made for change in careers

Move made for change in careers

Life is busy for James Burrows.

Life & style

The authors of Madeleines Hyoju Park and Rong Yao Soh. PHOTO: MICHAEL GARDENIA

A bite-sized hit

A madeleine is a small French pastry, instantly recognisable by its delicate shell shape, its golden edges and soft buttery inside.

Harnessing the feel-good factor

Harnessing the feel-good factor

On the eve of Easter, award-winning bon bon maker Nel Vincencio returned to Dunedin to show how he makes his diary-free chocolates. Rebecca Fox talked to him about his love-hate relationship with...
Home-made tomato passata (oven bottled)

Home-made tomato passata (oven bottled)

There’s something deeply satisfying about lining up jars of your own passata, simple, honest and ready to carry you through the cooler months. This is a no-fuss method using the oven...
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Savouring in preparation for grape-picking season

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Savouring in preparation for grape-picking season

I hope to get in a couple of tastings of Central Pinot Noir in the next few weeks as a sort of precursor to heading up to Bannockburn for harvest myself for a few days.

LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

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Gallery keeps home fires burning
Celine Dion announces comeback

World

Parents 'took sword off son' a day after boys slain in Melbourne

The parents of an accused murderer confiscated a sword off the teen a day after two young boys were stabbed to death, a court has been told.

Answers sought after fugitive shot dead

Community searches for answers after fugitive shot dead by police

Unanswered questions are reverberating through an Australian border community after alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman was found on an isolated bush block.
Loaded oil tanker hit in Dubai port

Loaded oil tanker hit in Dubai port

Iran has attacked a fully-loaded crude oil tanker at Dubai Port's anchorage, setting it ablaze and damaging its hull, Kuwait's state news agency says.
US threat to 'obliterate' Iran energy sites

US threat to 'obliterate' Iran energy sites

President Donald Trump warns the US will obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US peace proposals as "unrealistic" and attacked Israel.