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Protesters opposed to virus measures heading to capital

Protesters opposed to virus measures heading to capital

Participants in a "freedom convoy" make their way into Dunedin from Balclutha along State Highway 1 yesterday, while protesters show support as the convoy makes it way past the overbridge at...

Magic Kids Club subject of complaints

Magic Kids Club Jeremy Botting in 2014. Photo; ODT files

Magic Kids Club subject of complaints

A large Dunedin after-school care provider is being looked into by a government agency after complaints from parents.

Covid protest convoy passes through Dunedin

A ‘‘freedom convoy’’ following in the tracks of Canadian Covid-19 protesters are making their way up the South Island today.

Fascinating fasciation

Fascinating fasciation

Walking by Portobello’s newest curiosity, a mutated plant, is Marcela Nicholson and her dog, Skippy, yesterday.

South Island boys' school bans phones

South Island boys' school bans phones

Do you remember the days of the old school yard, when we used to scroll Twitter at lunchtime?

Quiet start to role for vice-chancellor

Ready to start his role as vice-chancellor at the University of Otago is Prof David Murdoch on...

Quiet start to role for vice-chancellor

After two days on the job, the new University of Otago vice-chancellor admits it is a strange time to be starting in the role.

Phosphorus find doused

Emergency services use a bucket lift to drench exposed phosphorus found in Rutherford St in...

Phosphorus find doused

A discovery of phosphorus at a Dunedin property led to emergency services drenching the material with a water cannon from a bucket lift.

Booster requests starting early

Photo: Supplied via Local Democracy Reporting

Booster requests starting early

Some Dunedin residents were a little too eager to get their Covid-19 booster shot yesterday after the Government announced the waiting period was being reduced.

Otago Boys’ bans phones

Do you remember the days of the old school yard, when we used to scroll Twitter at lunchtime?

Crews work to dilute phosphorus found at Caversham site

Fire crews at the scene in Thorn St. Photo: Craig Baxter

Crews work to dilute phosphorus found at Caversham site

Emergency services have found exposed phosphorus at a property in Dunedin.

Lunches won't be quite the same

After 24 years of feeding students in Dunedin, Jane Beecroft is retiring from the Otago...

Lunches won't be quite the same

Jane Beecroft has been providing cheap, healthy lunches to Dunedin students for 24 years.

Huge logs to have new life as furniture

REPORT: WYATT RYDER / PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Huge logs to have new life as furniture

A truck hauls large radiata pine logs into Dunedin for export on Friday.

Roaring start to Chinese Year of the Tiger

Celebrations for the Chinese new year have begun in Dunedin, with a dance in the Octagon yesterday.

A Red start to the school year

Back to school on the first day of class is Otago Boys’ High School year 13 pupil Luke Moffitt in...

A Red start to the school year

Between compulsory masks in class and assemblies over livestream, pupils across the South returned to a school system that looked a little different yesterday.

First day driver ends up through a fence

The first time driver of this car and her passenger had a lucky escape after driving through a...

First day driver ends up through a fence

A driver on the first day of having her licence crashing into a house and an overloaded vehicle driven by a drunk driver were among traffic issues Dunedin police dealt with at the weekend.

Dog taken from car, woman trespassed at supermarket

Dog taken from car, woman trespassed at supermarket

A dog taken from a vehicle and a trespassed woman who would not stay away led to police callouts to a Dunedin supermarket on Friday.

Covid restrictions: police deal with disorderly pair

Frustration over Covid-19 restrictions led to disorderly behaviour around Dunedin last week.

ORC helping get pupils to school

School pupils around Dunedin have been left without a way to get to school after the closure of a local bus company, but the ORC is extending its bus routes to help get children to class.

Sharing space order of the day

Sharing space order of the day

Two protests unexpectedly met in the Octagon, in Dunedin, at noon on Saturday.

Blaze in hills near Queenstown contained

Fire crews have contained a hard-to-reach blaze in hills near Queenstown.

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