In clover: ‘in disbelief’ over 5-leaf find
In clover: ‘in disbelief’ over 5-leaf find
Getting down with the dogs proved lucky for one North Taieri woman when she spotted a five-leaf clover.
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Dunedin sex offender beat and bribed children
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Dunedin sex offender beat and bribed children
A Dunedin man who sexually offended against two children and coerced one to get naked and play football with him has been jailed for more than six years.
CPR not ‘right’ for everyone
CPR not ‘right’ for everyone
If you feel you need to perform CPR to save someone, think about whether it is "the right thing for the right person".
Unlocking inner potential
Unlocking inner potential
Students from numerous secondary schools in Dunedin gathered at Queen’s High School yesterday for a leadership and empowering seminar run by ChangeMakers.
Clash over what caused fatal bus hub fight
Clash over what caused fatal bus hub fight
There is no dispute over the identity of the now 14-year-old who dealt the fatal wound to Enere Taana-McLaren but the issue of self-defence looms large.
Museum commemorates The Chills founder
Museum commemorates The Chills founder
The staff at Tūhura Otago Museum hope a new exhibition dedicated to Martin Phillipps will "fill people with warmth".
Author to have lofty presence
Author to have lofty presence
Fans of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code will be excited to hear more than 30 copies of the book will be available to buy at the Regent Theatre Book sale.
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Healthy lunches ‘not just about the food’
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Healthy lunches ‘not just about the food’
While students at one Otago school were battling through days of pre-packaged mac ’n’ cheese, children at another were enjoying fresh meals made on-site.
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Mayor hopeful of rates rises under 10%
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Mayor hopeful of rates rises under 10%
Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich remains hopeful the city council can keep rates rises under 10%.
Auction organised to help get family home
Auction organised to help get family home
When Ronnie Proctor heard about a Dunedin family struggling to return to their red-stickered home, he reached for his hammer.
Schoolboy driver flees Dunedin police at speed
Schoolboy driver flees Dunedin police at speed
A teenage driver with an expired warrant and registration will now have to pay a bigger fine after he fled from Dunedin police.
Book to mark century of ‘Critic’
Book to mark century of ‘Critic’
A reporter for Otago University student magazine Critic Te Ārohi sneaked into a Beatles interview when the Fab Four played the Dunedin Town Hall in 1964.
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Green light for Dunedin cycleway tunnel
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Green light for Dunedin cycleway tunnel
An ambitious tunnel-connected cycleway project will have its first stage ready by October, the Otago Daily Times has learned.
'Incoherent' yelling woman startles students in their flat
'Incoherent' yelling woman startles students in their flat
A stranger who broke into a Dunedin flat began banging on doors and yelling another woman’s name in the middle of the night, police say.
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Midwifery student left ‘in limbo’ by changes
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Midwifery student left ‘in limbo’ by changes
Otago Polytechnic midwifery students say course changes could lump them with hundreds of hours of extra study and thousands of dollars in extra course fees.
Accused 'seemed to want to fight': witness
Accused 'seemed to want to fight': witness
A witness to the prelude to a fatal stabbing in Dunedin’s bus hub says the 14-year-old accused of murder appeared adamant he wanted to fight.
Fatal stabbing shown at bus hub trial
Fatal stabbing shown at bus hub trial
Confronting CCTV footage played to a jury shows the moment schoolboy Enere Taana-McLaren was fatally stabbed by a 13-year-old at the Dunedin bus hub.
Councils sign water MoU
Councils sign water MoU
Collaboration with Christchurch to share delivery of some water services is a step closer for the Dunedin City Council (DCC) after Dunedin’s councillors agreed the idea should be investigated.
Alarm raised as drycleaners steams up
Alarm raised as drycleaners steams up
A fire alarm was set off by steam at a Dunedin drycleaners this morning, prompting fire crews from Dunedin and St Kilda to respond.
Institutions weigh up displaying artworks
Institutions weigh up displaying artworks
Dunedin institutions are re-evaluating displaying artworks by sculptor John Middleditch following fresh allegations of sexual abuse.