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Donor has longtime bond with NZ Blood Service
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Donor has longtime bond with NZ Blood Service
His name is Bond — David Bond — and to most people, he looks just like an ordinary man enjoying his retirement.
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Futuristic Saudi city beckons teacher
Futuristic Saudi city beckons Dunedin teacher
Imagine a futuristic city, shiny and clean with beautiful green parks, electric self-driving vehicles and robots with artificial intelligence to do our bidding.
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Development given go-ahead on second application
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Development given go-ahead on second application
If at first you don’t succeed, try again.
Warm week ahead for coastal South
Warm week ahead for coastal South
Heating bills across coastal Otago and Southland will get some relief as forecast temperatures climb to "warmer-than-usual" levels for much of this working week.
Eminent physicist to deliver public lecture
Eminent physicist to deliver public lecture
A theoretical physicist who leaped into the world spotlight for research that could make frogs levitate in thin air is to visit the University of Otago.
Sir Sam’s Funko Pop fundraiser
Sir Sam’s Funko Pop fundraiser
Finding a dinosaur bone in your back yard is rare. But finding Sir Sam Neill selling his collection of autographed Jurassic Park Funko Pops might be even rarer.
Incontinence lasts longer than thought
Incontinence lasts longer than thought
Incontinence after childbirth is common, but new international research has discovered it affects more women for much longer than initially thought.
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Mini Olympians chase gold, celebrate culture
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Mini Olympians chase gold, celebrate culture
Horses, shot puts and javelins — in the hands of toddling athletes, what could possibly go wrong?
Care urged on water after deaths
Care urged on water after deaths
Technically, winter 2024 is still three weeks off finishing, but it is proving to be one of the worst in recent years for recreational boaties on the water.
Studious goal set for top-ranked athlete
Studious goal set for top-ranked athlete
Levi Stout may be the No1-ranked disc golfer in New Zealand, but he is refusing to put all his discs in one basket.
Relocating uses space to ‘full potential’, saves at least $27m
Relocating uses space to ‘full potential’, saves at least $27m
About 280 University of Otago operations group staff scattered about the campus are being centralised into a single space at the Plaza Building next to Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Car ends up 'wrapped around pole'
Car ends up 'wrapped around pole' after overtaking manoeuvre
A driver overtook another vehicle at 80kmh in central Dunedin before his car spun out and wrapped itself around a power pole yesterday, police say.
80kmh overtake ends with car 'wrapped around pole'
80kmh overtake ends with car 'wrapped around pole'
A driver overtook another vehicle at 80kmh in central Dunedin before his car spun out and wrapped itself around a power pole yesterday, police say.
Robertson to MC Phillipps’ funeral service
Robertson to MC Martin Phillipps’ funeral service
University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson is to be the MC at Dunedin singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps’ funeral on Friday.
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Dunedin records its fourth-warmest July
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Dunedin records its fourth-warmest July
It may be difficult to believe, but Dunedin has just recorded its fourth-warmest July in nearly 80 years.
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Time to get reel: film-makers set to meet top producer
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Time to get reel: film-makers set to meet top producer
Raised in a Northern California commune without television or electricity, it is ironic that Emmy Award-winning producer Jon Kroll has become such a big name in television.
Antarctic heat sends ‘icy air masses’ north
Antarctic heat sends ‘icy air masses’ north
A rare and sudden stratospheric warming of the polar air above Antarctica is allowing icy air masses near the South Pole to escape into the southern hemisphere’s mid-latitudes, and some of it may...
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City’s brew now made in North
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City’s brew now made in North
One of the pleasures of the South is now being brewed in the North Island, it has been revealed.
50-year yoga teacher ‘just getting started’
50-year yoga teacher ‘just getting started’
Some days his yoga looks like Cirque du Soleil — other days, it makes him look like a discarded rubber band.
Polar blast from Antarctica may be heading our way
Polar blast from Antarctica may be heading our way
A rare, sudden stratospheric warming of the polar air above Antarctica is allowing icy air masses near the south pole to escape into the southern hemisphere’s mid-latitudes, and it may be heading our way.