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    A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command...

    Strikes hit IS operatives

    At least five Islamic State operatives were killed in overnight airstrikes launched in a major operation by the United States-led coalition against the terrorist organisation in Syria

    Seven wild elephants killed by train

    Bodies of elephants lie in between railway tracks after they were hit by a train in India's Hojai...

    Seven wild elephants killed by train

    At least seven wild elephants were killed when hey were hit by an express train in eastern India.

    Six enjoy Blue Origin suborbital joyride

    European Space Agency engineer Michaela Benthaus is carried from the capsule door of a Blue...

    Six enjoy Blue Origin suborbital joyride

    Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride on Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers.

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    Call to govt to firm up pathology solution

    Terry Taylor. Photo: Gregor Richardson

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    Call to govt to firm up pathology solution

    A Dunedin clinician is calling on the government to firm up a solution for pathology for the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building

    Singing to the gallery

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Singing to the gallery

    Getting into the Christmas spirit on Saturday afternoon are members of the Dunedin Rock Choir.

    Lotto 2544

    Lotto 2544

    Results from Saturday night's Lotto draw

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    Planning starts for upgrade of‘ beloved’ dinosaur park

    Enjoying Marlow Park are (from left) Savarna Duffy, 9, Mckenzie Fenn, 6, Jackson Duffy, 9, and...

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    Planning starts for upgrade of‘ beloved’ dinosaur park

    Multimillion-dollar upgrades to Dunedin’s "beloved" dinosaur park have swung into action.

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    Andy Bay street hit by sewage overflows

    Mal Parker on patrol to clear mud tank grills, as he has done for over 50 years to reduce the...

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    Andy Bay street hit by sewage overflows

    An Andersons Bay resident who has notched up more than 50 years fighting for flooding solutions says Dunedin’s wastewater woes are in no way limited to Surrey St.

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    ‘Pretty humbling’ to be in cancer research top 100

    "There’s some amazing people and to be muttered in the same list — surreal is the only word I can...

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    ‘Pretty humbling’ to be in cancer research top 100

    A Dunedin academic has joined the ranks of Bill Gates, the Princess of Wales and even "McDreamy" to be recognised among the most influential people in cancer research.

    Vigil for Bondi Beach victims

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Vigil for Bondi Beach victims

    Edward Genet speaks to a small crowd at Queens Gardens in Dunedin yesterday at a vigil for the victims of the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14

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    Burglary spree punctuated by graffiti on sign, tagging

    Christopher Wise’s strained financial means meant he was not ordered to pay reparation to his...

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    Burglary spree punctuated by graffiti on sign, tagging

    A recidivist burglar came south for a fresh start but ended up committing four more break-ins and leaving a $20,000 trail of destruction, a court has heard.

    A slice of Dunedin garden life

    Otago Woodturners’ Guild vice-president Jonathan Leichter displays a piece from the guild’s...

    A slice of Dunedin garden life

    Those in search of a last-minute Christmas present may be interested in gifting a wee piece of woodturned Dunedin.

    Singer keeps audience entranced

    Nadia Reid and her band play at the Regent Theatre on Friday night. Photo: Craig Baxter

    Singer keeps audience entranced

    The stalls were filled with Nadia Reid’s loyal locals for her last show of her sell-out tour, "Enter Brightness Now".

    440 cans and one restored carriage join collection

    Olivia, 8 (left), and Hannah, 9, Bottomley take a ride in an Ocean Beach Railway carriage. Photo:...

    440 cans and one restored carriage join collection

    Dozens of families got to experience old-style rail travel while supporting local food banks at St Kilda yesterday.

    Family Christmas Festival now a ‘feature’ of season

    Ezra Thompson, 11, makes bubbles during the festival. Photos: Peter McIntosh

    Family Christmas Festival now a ‘feature’ of season

    Families braved the torrential rain to attend the Oval’s Christmas celebrations in decent numbers on Saturday.

    Sound could help protect our native birds from cats

    Feral cat caught in a live trap in Fiordland National Park. Photo: RNZ/Cole Eastham-Farrelly

    Sound could help protect our native birds from cats

    A research project has discovered a way to use sound as a harmless deterrent to keep cats away from nesting native birds.

    Obituary: Latta talked to us about ourselves

    Nigel Latta at his writing desk in Consultancy House in Dunedin in 2008. Photo: Linda Robertson

    Obituary: Latta talked to us about ourselves

    Nigel Latta did more than anyone to popularise psychology in New Zealand.

    'It's my favourite thing to do': Young pianist charms shoppers

    Isaac Horwood, 10, of Dunedin, plays the keyboard for shoppers at the Otago Farmers Market on...

    'It's my favourite thing to do': Young pianist charms shoppers

    A Dunedin 10-year-old wowed listeners at the Otago Farmers Market yesterday, even drawing a tear or two from some weary Christmas shoppers. 

    US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela coast

    A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the...

    US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela coast

    The US has intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, a move that comes just days after US President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

    Epstein files full of famous names, but not Trump's

    Jeffrey Epstein and Richard Branson are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice...

    Epstein files full of famous names, but not Trump's

    The thousands of documents released by the US Justice Department related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were filled with the names of some of the world's most famous people, with one notable exception: President Donald Trump.
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