Drove drunk with daughter in car: police
Drove drunk with daughter in car: police
A Dunedin woman nearly four times over the limit drove home from Christchurch before crashing close to home, police say.
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Harder line on fleeing drivers, days after fatal crash
Harder line on fleeing drivers, days after fatal crash
A new police policy to rein in "brazen" fleeing drivers has come into effect just days after a Dunedin man died in a crash in a car that had sped away from police.
Woman knocked out in central Dunedin brawl
Woman knocked out in central Dunedin brawl
Members of the public piled on a 20-year-old man after he threw a woman to the ground, knocking her unconscious in George St.
Woman caught nearly four times over limit after Chch trip
Woman caught nearly four times over limit after Chch trip
A Dunedin woman nearly four times over the limit drove home from Christchurch with her daughter before crashing close to their house, police say.
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Delay of expected income from Contact ‘bizarre’
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Delay of expected income from Contact ‘bizarre’
Ongoing negotiations with Contact Energy that have left a more than $200,000 gap in Otago Regional Council finances at present represent a "bizarre" and unacceptable situation, a councillor says.
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Culling of black-backed gulls may not be required: DCC
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Culling of black-backed gulls may not be required: DCC
Poisoning will likely not be required to halve the estimated 10,000 southern black-backed gulls that live in the Dunedin area, a draft management plan for the species says.
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Skink habitat allegedly ploughed
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Skink habitat allegedly ploughed
An East Otago farmer is under investigation after allegedly ploughing hundreds of hectares of tussock, likely habitat for endangered endemic lizards, without consent.
Councillors defend 18% rise in rates
Councillors defend 18% rise in rates
Otago regional councillors have approved an 18% rates rise, a third straight year of significant rates increases.
ORC to consider 32 Eco funding requests
ORC to consider 32 Eco funding requests
Otago regional councillors will consider giving more than $500,000 to 32 community-led Otago environmental projects today.
DCC seeks extension of landfill consent
DCC seeks extension of landfill consent
The Dunedin City Council has applied to extend the consents for its Green Island landfill for up to seven years.
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Female dolphin death ‘worst-case scenario’
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Female dolphin death ‘worst-case scenario’
The Hector’s dolphin caught in a commercial fishing net off Dunedin’s coast was an adult female and could represent 10% of the local female breeding population.
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Funding shortfall for environmental groups
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Funding shortfall for environmental groups
Environmental groups seeking funding for next year could be left short as Otago regional councillors appear unwilling to increase an 18% rates rise expected to be approved this week.
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Onslow scheme 'has substantial social benefits'
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Onslow scheme 'has substantial social benefits'
Compensation for the disruption caused by a pumped hydro scheme proposed for Lake Onslow could include a "substantial yearly income stream" for the Teviot Valley community.
Weekend of two halves
Weekend of two halves
The sun shone a day late in Dunedin as University of Otago graduands were doused on Saturday ahead of yesterday’s fresh but largely fine weather.
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Free bus fares for kids welcomed
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Free bus fares for kids welcomed
Free public transport for children is a win for the climate and household finances, but could also be a win for congested Dunedin streets around schools, a bus advocate says.
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Subsidy expansion ‘will ease the burden’
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Subsidy expansion ‘will ease the burden’
Expanding the 20-hour free subsidy for early childhood education to 2-year-olds will help struggling Dunedin families, an early childhood educator says.
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New wage rule complex: CEO
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New wage rule complex: CEO
Ending a minimum wage exemption for people with intellectual disabilities may not be as straightforward as the headlines suggest, it has been warned.
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Rates freeze sought for Taieri landowners
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Rates freeze sought for Taieri landowners
"Eye-watering" rates increases proposed for some Taieri landowners to help protect Mosgiel from flooding could be scrapped.
Company found guilty over 'knackered' wastewater plants
Company found guilty over 'knackered' wastewater plants
A large Christchurch City Council-owned contracting company has been found guilty over the appalling state of Clutha’s wastewater treatment plants.
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Bus recovery a ‘success’; missed trips decrease
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Bus recovery a ‘success’; missed trips decrease
Public transport budgets at the Otago Regional Council will likely finish in deficit this year, but the year is already being hailed as a success especially in Dunedin where patronage has climbed...