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Fulltime equivalent students are key: Potiki

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Fulltime equivalent students are key: Potiki

Otago Polytechnic will continue to cut costs as it is not viable to go alone at the moment, its executive director told a meeting in Cromwell this week.

South’s wants expressed

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says the new Health Minister has got the message about the South’s desire for a tertiary hospital as "piled and planned".

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Rates affordability high on councillors’ agendas

Beneficiary advocates and groups working with the country's poorest said it was disappointing...

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Rates affordability high on councillors’ agendas

Affordability of rates was one aspiration stressed by Dunedin councillors as they discussed draft budgets.

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Repeat outbreaks at plant likely: Fish & Game

The Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Repeat outbreaks at plant likely: Fish & Game

Wastewater treatment plants are hot spots for avian botulism and once an outbreak has taken place at a site, the disease will likely return, Fish & Game says.

'If I don’t cut them off this could cause an accident'

Glenross St resident Richard Stewart (and below) holds a branch of a tree hanging dangerously low...

'If I don’t cut them off this could cause an accident'

A Dunedin octogenarian was forced to take matters into his own hands when the city council did not prune branches "dangerously" hanging over his street.

Bollards to reduce store’s ram-raid risk

A total of 34 bollards are being installed outside the front of Woolworths Dunedin Central to...

Bollards to reduce store’s ram-raid risk

Fears of ram-raids and rising retail crime has spurred a Dunedin supermarket to take action by installing bollards.

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Boy rescued after swept down Taieri

Emergency services rescue a boy from the Taieri River at Outram Glen yesterday. PHOTO: HAYDEN MEIKLE

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Boy rescued after swept down Taieri

Not a bad story for school.

Touring memories

Touring memories

Retiring Dunedin Botanic Garden manager Alan Matchett made a final tour of the grounds with staff, sharing stories and knowledge he's accumulated in his more than 40 years’ working there.

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Simms pitches mayoralty bid

Rebecca Twemlow and Andrew Simms have started a "Future Dunedin" ticket to seek election to the...

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Simms pitches mayoralty bid

A prominent Dunedin businessman has hit the accelerator on his campaign to be the city’s next mayor.

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Trail of evidence from graffiti spree

Taranaki-based artist Milarky completed the deep-sea diver piece in 2021. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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Trail of evidence from graffiti spree

You may not know Shane Pekama Ngatai but he has increasingly been making a name for himself around Dunedin.

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New hockey turf will be among first in the world

Poligras contractors spread a thin layer of rubber underlay in preparation for an Olympic Games...

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New hockey turf will be among first in the world

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games had the world’s first and only carbon zero hockey turf . Now Dunedin is getting one just like it.

Ukrainian ambassador calls for more NZ aid

Ukrainian ambassador calls for more NZ aid

Ukraine is asking for more help in its fight against Russia, saying it is a global war with significance for New Zealand.

Clock presages exciting future

University of Otago anatomy researcher Associate Prof Tim Hore conducts DNA sampling for androgen...

Clock presages exciting future

Yes, it is a clock, but it will not tell you the time of day.

Call to report bad behaviour on buses

The incident happened at the bus hub in the central city, next to the police station. Photo: ODT...

Call to report bad behaviour on buses

The Otago Regional Council and Dunedin youth are calling on the public to report bad behaviour on or around Otago’s buses.

Expanded centre to help meet demand

Expanded centre to help meet demand

A newly expanded medical centre in North Dunedin will assist the growing demands of GPs, a clinician says.

Perfectly picturesque

Perfectly picturesque

Delphiniums in full bloom under a blue sky at the historic Dunedin Railway Station made for perfect postcard picture conditions yesterday.

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Train service on track to return

Richard Emerson is looking forward to trains returning to Middlemarch should a proposal be...

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Train service on track to return

Momentum appears to be building for bringing trains back to Middlemarch, but a sustainable model has yet to be thrashed out.

Outbreak thought contained after dead birds found away from site

Waterfowl at the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant yesterday. PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Outbreak thought contained after dead birds found away from site

Dead birds have been found up to 80m from a DCC-run site where avian botulism has been confirmed, but the council believes the disease is contained at the plant.

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