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Stabbing inspires Pasifika initiative

Pacific Trust Otago chief executive officer Fa'animo Elisara-Too (front row, second from right)...

Stabbing inspires Pasifika initiative

Instead of "just sitting on the fence" following a teen stabbed at Dunedin's bus hub, Pacific Trust Otago plans a ground-breaking three-year initiative aimed at stopping anything like it happening again.

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Funding target reached for new clubhouse

Warrington Surf Life Saving Club captain Mark Hastie with the club’s volunteers outside their...

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Funding target reached for new clubhouse

A dream of building a new clubhouse is now a reality for the Warrington Surf Life Saving Club after finally reaching its $1.5m fundraising milestone.

NZ autism prevalence research gets grant

Dunedin School of Medicine women’s and children’s health senior research fellow Dr Nick Bowden....

NZ autism prevalence research gets grant

International estimates suggest that one in 36 children are autistic.

Mixed emotions over ceasefire

Mixed emotions over ceasefire

Palestinians in Dunedin are celebrating and grieving together as a ceasefire promises a halt to the war in Gaza.

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Reason for reducing hospital beds disputed

The Dunedin Public Hospital is the middle of a major maintenance programme, but millions are...

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Reason for reducing hospital beds disputed

Dunedin Hospital has been forced to shut down beds due to a lack of nursing staff, but Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora says the move is not connected with a "recruitment freeze".

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South Dunedin carparking changes fail to please

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South Dunedin carparking changes fail to please

Staff at businesses on a busy South Dunedin street say the removal of all-day parking spots has forced them to battle it out for free spots in the surrounding area while new 60-minute parks sit empty.

Police criticised over missing ute search

This Ford Courier ute was taken from Calton Hill late last month. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Police criticised over missing ute search

A Dunedin woman is frustrated by the police’s inability to find her stolen vehicle, despite sightings across Otago.

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Banning set nets 'key to saving hoiho'

Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust general manager Anna Campbell says this year’s hoiho breeding season...

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Banning set nets key to saving hoiho: experts

Fewer than 100 yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho) chicks are expected to fledge from the mainland this year - and conservationists warn within a few years the population could be too small to reproduce.

Cyclist and driver in 'road rage' incident

Cyclist and driver in 'road rage' incident

A ‘‘road rage’’ incident between a cyclist and a motorist sparked a police callout to central Dunedin yesterday.

NCEA result anxiety over for thousands

Student Lisa Lokman is pleased with her NCEA results yesterday. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

NCEA result anxiety over for thousands

The wait is over for tens of thousands of secondary school students, after the results for NCEA went online yesterday.

Silence observed for slain officer

Silence observed for slain officer

Staff at the Dunedin Central Police Station remember and honour Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming, who was killed in Nelson early on New Year’s Day.

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TikTok ban would be ‘Cold War hysteria’

TikTok has come under increasing fire over fears that user data could end up in the hands of the...

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TikTok ban would be ‘Cold War hysteria’

An attempt to ban TikTok in the United States is a sign the world may be in the grips of a resurgence of "insane Cold War hysteria", a University of Otago communications lecturer says.

Couple collect bras for women in Vanuatu

Semi-retired Mosgiel midwife Maureen Donnelly holds some of the bras she has collected for women...

Couple collect bras for women in Vanuatu

Collecting bras is a great way to do a little social good on holiday, a Mosgiel couple have found.

American poet hoping to expand creative horizons in university students’ writing

American poet hoping to expand creative horizons in university students’ writing

An award-winning American poet is hoping to inspire University of Otago students to push boundaries in their creative writing.

Rescue chopper theft-accused handcuffed in court

A Dunedin man accused of stealing life-saving drugs from a rescue helicopter has appeared in court, handcuffed, after an alleged spree of crimes.

Fringe Festival’s 25th celebration

"Ōtepoti Dunedin really punches above its weight when it comes to creativity and community...

Fringe Festival’s 25th celebration

A musical inside a parked van and the recreation of a lost Dunedin landmark are just some of the events headed the city’s way for this year’s Fringe Festival.

Event to get blast from the past with vintage display

Neville Auton, of the Dunedin South Rotary club, a co-organiser of the Star Insure Southern...

Event to get blast from the past with vintage display

A vintage motorcycle will take to the stage close to 100 years after it first wowed crowds in Dunedin.

Changes made after suicide

Changes made after suicide

A doctor who murdered a Dunedin teenager took his own life in prison just over an hour after discovering his appeal had failed. Corrections weren't told of the appeal outcome.

Major grant boost for Batten disease research

Major grant boost for Batten disease research

Research into a fatal genetic childhood brain disease is progressing in leaps and bounds in Dunedin, particularly after receiving a major grant in the latest Neurological Foundation funding round.

Village of two halves

Westwood, south of Waldronville, is a village of two parts.

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