Brushing up on basketball skills
Brushing up on basketball skills
Crossover Basketball hosted its Low Hoop Summer Basketball camp in Dunedin, Mosgiel and Oamaru this past week.
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Show day beckons
Show day beckons
Bella Robson, of Timaru, warms up her horse, Digby, at the Taieri A&P Showgrounds in Mosgiel yesterday for a big day today at the annual Taieri A&P Show.
Nitrous oxide use focus of study
Nitrous oxide use focus of study
People know less about recreational nitrous oxide use than they think they do, after a new study found just 28.1% knew about its ability to inactivate the B12 vitamin.
Research challenges govt stance on smoking
Research challenges govt stance on smoking
New research by the University of Otago calls into question the government’s decision to abandon game-changing measures to mandate very-low-nicotine cigarettes.
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Eco-focused producers: a struggle to grow
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Eco-focused producers: a struggle to grow
Produce from local, ecologically-focused farms straight into shoppers’ baskets supports biodiversity, our climate and community resilience, but the groundswell of small vegetable farmers...
Harbour sparkles for rowers
Harbour sparkles for rowers
Rowers train on Otago Harbour on a bright summer evening earlier this week.
Warrant leads to trove of stolen goods
Warrant leads to trove of stolen goods
Police investigating the burglary of an air ambulance helicopter in Mosgiel have located a trove of stolen items from several other suspected burglaries.
Cadbury site may be back on cards
Cadbury site may be back on cards
Contractors working on the new Dunedin hospital have been given an indication that the Cadbury site will be built on.
Stadium boss challenges collaboration plans
Stadium boss challenges collaboration plans
The boss of Christchurch's new stadium says big acts will only play in one South Island city and Dunedin will inevitably lose out.
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Staff tickled pink with new grow lights
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Staff tickled pink with new grow lights
Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin has had a pink hue before.
City centre celebrates sea lion lineage
City centre celebrates sea lion lineage
Sea lions have turned up in some odd places in Dunedin recently, but up until yesterday they had not made it to the CBD.
Ministry orders hearing device’s return after ‘miscommunication’
Ministry orders hearing device’s return after ‘miscommunication’
A Dunedin mother is frustrated her daughter has to return a $4000 hearing device given to her by the Ministry of Education she was initially told she could keep when she moves overseas.
Rates rise reduced in DCC draft plan
Rates rise reduced in DCC draft plan
Rates rises will fall to 6% over the course of a draft nine-year plan set out by the Dunedin City Council.
Despite cut, hall plan provides ‘certainty’
Despite cut, hall plan provides ‘certainty’
A Dunedin school is pleased to finally have certainty after plans for a new hall and classrooms were put in limbo by the Ministry of Education at the 11th hour.
Tapping into local style for world stage
Tapping into local style for world stage
A tap trio is taking Dunedin's unique technique to the world stage.
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HNZ silent on impact of norovirus
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HNZ silent on impact of norovirus
A norovirus outbreak at a Dunedin aged-care facility appears to have been contained.
Kāinga Ora to sell off Aaron Lodge
'No longer financially viable': Kāinga Ora to sell off Aaron Lodge
The semi-abandoned Aaron Lodge, once proposed as a solution for Dunedin’s homeless situation, will go out to the market next week.
Cafe reopening in the pipeline
Cafe reopening in the pipeline
The Swan Cafe and Bar in Bath St, Dunedin, is expected to reopen next week after being closed because of pipes being upgraded in the area.
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Same name suppression in drug dealer case
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Same name suppression in drug dealer case
It is a tale of two Dunedin men with nothing in common and everything in common.
Woman allegedly attacked flatmate with golf club
Woman allegedly attacked flatmate with golf club
A woman was arrested outside her South Dunedin flat yesterday after allegedly attacking her flatmate with a golf club, police say.