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    Hey, you behind the shed

    Two weka, thought to be a male and female, spotted wandering, and trying to mate, outside Logan...

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    Hey, you behind the shed

    A pair of birds getting frisky on school grounds is a promising sight, an ornithologist says.

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    Call to revive housing project

    Duncan Eddy says long-standing state houses were demolished and families moved out of the...

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    Call to revive housing project

    A community representative has urged the council to push for government recommitment to an axed Port Chalmers social housing project.

    Ice-cream treat at Easter market

    Ice-cream treat at Easter market

    Dana Noye (left) and Amelia Dalman, both of Dunedin, sample mildly alcoholic ice-cream by Blue Cockatoo at the Easter artisan market at No8 Distillery in Bond St, Dunedin, last night. 

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    Jail term extended after attack

    A man convicted of manslaughter for a fatal prison assault has had more time added to his sentence after instigating another attack behind bars.

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    Students televising sports week

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    Students televising sports week

    And now we are cutting to breaking sports news — about a dozen University of Otago students have set up a production room to televise the New Zealand Secondary Schools Summer Tournament Week.

    Graft from cadaver caused rare condition

    A magnetic resonance image (MRI) shows the brain of a Dunedin Hospital patient who was recently...

    Graft from cadaver caused rare condition

    A patient given a dural graft from a cadaver at Dunedin Hospital as a child in the 1980s has recently been diagnosed as having iatrogenic cerebral amyloid angiopathy (iCAA).

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    Nursing friends back together

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    Nursing friends back together

    Sixty-six years after they first met in Dunedin, four retired nurses finally had the opportunity to hang out together one more time.

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    Arsonist sought jail as motive for fires

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    Arsonist sought jail as motive for fires

    A serial firebug who set fire to Dunedin’s biggest police station said he did it to get back to jail.

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    Chris Hipkins has denied misleading Kiwis after revelations he had been aware of the potential risks to teenagers of a second Covid-19 vaccine dose in 2022 despite recently claiming otherwise.

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    Gregg's coffee factory in Dunedin to close

    Dozens of workers will lose their jobs with the closure of Dunedin's Gregg's coffee factory announced this afternoon.

    Woolworths fined over South Dunedin rat infestation

    The South Dunedin supermarket was closed for 18 days in February last year following numerous...

    Woolworths fined over South Dunedin rat infestation

    Supermarket giant Woolworths has been fined $33,000 after admitting it failed to control a rat infestation at one of its Dunedin branches.

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    Dan Carter kicks new Christchurch stadium into life

    Crusaders legend Dan Carter, Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger and PM Christopher Luxon were among the crowd that gathered to open the city's new stadium on Friday morning.

    Govt reveals details of fuel-rationing plan

    Govt reveals details of fuel-rationing plan

    The government has fleshed out its National Fuel Plan, outlining rationing measures that would be taken if supplies start running dry.

    McSkimming yet to repay taxpayer-funded hotel stays

    Former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. Photo: RNZ

    McSkimming yet to repay taxpayer-funded hotel stays

    Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has not replied to a request to pay back up to 10 taxpayer-funded stays at hotels during his affair, three weeks on.

    Stolen identities used to raid benefit payments

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    'Horrible people': Stolen identities used to raid benefit payments

    A scam has been uncovered in Christchurch in which fraudsters allegedly steal beneficiaries’ identities to swindle payments from the Ministry of Social Development.

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    Trump pauses attacks on Iran's energy plants, says talks 'going well'

    US President Donald Trump says he will pause attacks on Iran's energy plants for 10 days at Tehran's request.

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    Abdul Ahmadi operated stolen-car "chop shops" in Wellington and Christchurch until police caught...

    Christchurch 'chop-shop' kingpin fails in bid to cut jail term

    A jailed Christchurch "chop-shop" owner who received $800,000 in stolen cars has failed to get his sentence reduced, just months after losing millions in property to the Crown.

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    A young mum facing life-threatening delays for cancer treatment may be forced to raise more than $1 million for a stem cell transplant overseas.
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