PM brushes off hospital concerns
PM brushes off hospital concerns
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday defended progress on the new Dunedin hospital project, despite rising clinician concern about possible cuts to planned beds in the facility.
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‘Keep your promise’: children to council
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‘Keep your promise’: children to council
Dunedin school children are dipping a toe in the turbulent waters of local government, asking the city council to "keep your promise" on Otago Peninsula's shared pathway.
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Benefits and opportunities of cycle trails highlighted
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Benefits and opportunities of cycle trails highlighted
Dunedin risks missing out on a significant tourism boost if it does not connect to Otago’s sprawling cycle trail network.
'Deeply personal' event to honour stepmother
'Deeply personal' event to honour stepmother
When Kate Vaha'akolo lost her stepmother to breast cancer earlier this year, it left her searching — searching for a way to deal with the grief, and bring awareness of breast cancer to other women.
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Club seeks help for new lights
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Club seeks help for new lights
One of Dunedin’s biggest rugby clubs is asking the council to help keep the lights on at one of the city’s busiest training fields.
Aim to create drugs to combat antibiotic resistance in animals
Aim to create drugs to combat antibiotic resistance in animals
Chemically modified antibiotics which only activate in the presence of infection may be the answer to the world’s growing antibiotic resistance problem.
Henry and chums ready to delight
Henry and chums ready to delight
Dunedin Model Train Show organiser Trevor Buchanan places Henry on a Thomas the Tank Engine track yesterday at the Taieri Bowling Club.
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Stream of toxicity
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Stream of toxicity
A Dunedin river sits at death’s door, hidden from sight and needing rescue for more than a century.
Stolen vehicle found being stripped in South D garage
Stolen vehicle found being stripped in South D garage
A man spotted speeding at over 100kmh on George St had a stolen vehicle being stripped for parts in his garage, police say.
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Reprieve for man who tried to throw ex-partner off balcony
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Reprieve for man who tried to throw ex-partner off balcony
A Dunedin man with a "horrible" history of violence has been sentenced to home detention after trying to throw his ex-partner off a balcony.
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Rugby offers leadership experience
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Rugby offers leadership experience
A Dunedin school’s new principal is planning on bringing some of the lessons he has learnt on the rugby field into the classroom.
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Discarded bottles, wobbly patron put liquor licence at risk
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Discarded bottles, wobbly patron put liquor licence at risk
Reports of discarded bottles, a wobbly patron and "fresh vomit" have called the sale of alcohol at Outram’s rugby club into question.
Boy charged over car thefts 'went to see some mates'
Boy charged over car thefts 'went to see some mates'
A 15-year-old boy has been charged following a spate of car thefts across the South Island.
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‘Pros and cons’ to time-limiting St Clair all-day parks
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‘Pros and cons’ to time-limiting St Clair all-day parks
Proposed parking changes at St Clair Beach present "pros and cons" for surfers, but nearby businesses could benefit from an end to people taking up a parking spot all day.
Union movement ‘under attack’, meeting told
Union movement ‘under attack’, meeting told
Dunedin workers who turned out in force yesterday to demand better rights were told the union movement is under attack.
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Smooth Hill ‘foolhardy’ use of $92m
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Smooth Hill ‘foolhardy’ use of $92m
Dunedin's proposed Smooth Hill tip has been rubbished as a "foolhardy" waste of $92.4 million by a Southland landfill operator.
Scott Technology set to reopen after worker's death
Scott Technology set to reopen after worker's death
Scott Technology is due to return to normal operations on Monday after the death of an employee in a workplace accident.
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DCC fireworks revival 'may have been fine' says man who lost eye
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DCC fireworks revival 'may have been fine' says man who lost eye
A man who was blinded in one eye by a firework at a council-run event in Dunedin says a new location that was pitched might have been a good solution.
Bus driver ‘a fighter’ who gave his all for his family
Bus driver ‘a fighter’ who gave his all for his family
A Dunedin bus driver who was given a second lease on life has been remembered as "a fighter" who used his final moments to give back to his family.
Height associated with cancer risk
Height associated with cancer risk
The tall and short of it is, new research shows the many different types of genetic factors that can influence height in people can also affect their health.