Council’s flood costs $7.8m just for transport
Council’s flood costs $7.8m just for transport
Council costs following the October floods have reached nearly $8million for transport alone.
Dunedin
Fake ID warning as O-Week approaches
Fake ID warning as O-Week approaches
If a $250 ticket and a call to mum and dad from the Dunedin police is a goal for your O-Week, definitely give a club bouncer a fake ID.
Act wanted clearer assurances on school
Act wanted clearer assurances on school
Act New Zealand voiced fears a business case for the University of Waikato’s proposed new medical school could become a "tick-box exercise", documents reveal.
Dunedin market aims to divert pre-loved clothes from landfill
Dunedin market aims to divert pre-loved clothes from landfill
A new weekly Dunedin fashion market promises to help keep clothing out of the landfill.
Capsule blast from the past
Capsule blast from the past
When a Dunedin man helped bury a time capsule at his school nearly 30 years ago, he never thought his daughters would be helping to uncover it.
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Frazer Barton hit with another complaint
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Frazer Barton hit with another complaint
The Law Society says it has full confidence in Dunedin lawyer Frazer Barton.
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Newly-weds take stroll down memory lane
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Newly-weds take stroll down memory lane
A newly-wed couple marched down the aisle to the very spot they met — in front of the biscuit shelves the pair once stacked at a Dunedin supermarket.
No conviction for covert filming
No conviction for covert filming
A Swiss chef who set up a GoPro to covertly record two women has avoided a black mark on his criminal record.
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Unexpected find likely new sea squirt species
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Unexpected find likely new sea squirt species
Any time a scientist drops a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) into the sea to see what lies beneath, they generally have a good idea of what they are likely to find.
Work continuing on new hospital building
Work continuing on new hospital building
Work is continuing on the concrete structure in front of the new Dunedin hospital’s inpatient building.
With the programme
With the programme
Founding Dunedin Fringe Festival member Antony Deaker shows off the festival’s printed programme, which was launched last night.
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‘Hangxiety’ risk topic of study
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‘Hangxiety’ risk topic of study
"Hangxiety" — it is the anxious or worried feeling people get the day after a night out drinking.
Outfits hot off the press
Outfits hot off the press
Kaikorai Valley College students and staff turned old Otago Daily Times newspapers into dresses for their annual house day yesterday.
Children at risk, resident says
Children at risk, resident says
A Dunedin pensioner says she has spent decades fighting councils over a bus stop which crosses her driveway and puts children at risk.
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Results of rat investigation still not released a year later
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Results of rat investigation still not released a year later
A full year after government officials said they would investigate how a South Dunedin supermarket came to be infested with rats, no answers have been provided to date.
Antique plant models inspire fellows
Antique plant models inspire fellows
Anticipation has been growing like weeds among art enthusiasts in the buildup to an exhibition by the University of Otago’s 2024 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship winners.
Booze suspected in Peninsula truck crash
Booze suspected in Peninsula truck crash
Police suspect the driver of a large truck which rolled and blocked Otago Peninsula's key road was under the influence of alcohol.
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George St enforcement improves parking, DCC says
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George St enforcement improves parking, DCC says
Parking behaviour in George St, Dunedin, seems to have improved since a contractor was brought in to provide enforcement outside of business hours, the city council says.
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Keeping their eyes peeled for Keith
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Keeping their eyes peeled for Keith
Lately, some George Street Normal School pupils have started guarding their lunch boxes with a tight grip, following rumours there is a kiwifruit thief wandering about.
Spill closes road
Spill closes road
A diesel spill at the intersection of Townleys and Kaikorai Valley Rds closed the road for some time yesterday.