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Only ‘a few spits’ forecast for city as rain front passes

A week of wild weather comes amid warnings that marine heatwave conditions currently enveloping...

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Only ‘a few spits’ forecast for city as rain front passes

While more heavy rain warnings are being scattered about Southland, Fiordland and South Otago over the next two days, most of it will miss Dunedin.

View Trump’s impact could last decades

View Trump’s impact could last decades

Donald Trump’s impact as American president could span decades, one expat has warned.

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Residents fume over unkept verges

West Harbour residents are battling through wild grass growing on council-owned verges and should...

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'We’re sick of it': Residents fume over unkept verges

Battling through waist-high green grass has become a defining feature of one Dunedin suburb since verge maintenance was all but abandoned four years ago, locals say.

Woman who approached children sought

Police reviewed more than 6000 records. Photo: RNZ

Woman who approached children sought

Police are on the hunt for a woman seen approaching children in Alexandra and Dunedin and asking them to accompany her.

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Socio-economic barriers remain to med school entry

The Otago Medical School in Dunedin. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Socio-economic barriers remain to med school entry

People from poorer backgrounds still face significant barriers to entering medical school at the University of Otago, a new study finds.

'Clowns': inside the tangled Dunedin hospital project

Hundreds of piles, on the old Cadbury factory site, await their fate while Dunedin people fume....

'Clowns': inside the tangled Dunedin hospital project

Incompetence, infighting and unnecessary delays. Mary Williams uncovers the inside story of how the mega-build of Dunedin's new hospital became a tangled mess.

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Deep-fake video of prof pushes potentially dangerous advice

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Deep-fake video of prof pushes potentially dangerous advice

An online video featuring one of the world’s most respected endocrinologists giving advice about treating type-2 diabetes has been revealed as a potentially dangerous scam.

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Dunedin game business goes global

Hobby Lords managing director Liam O’Neill says the company’s new store opening today in Setia...

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‘Tip of the iceberg’: Dunedin game business goes global

A Dunedin trading card and table-top game business has officially gone international in only its third expansion beyond the city.

Teacher sad to be leaving school after 36 years

Members of the Kōwhai class at Concord School (from left) Sierra Ford, 9, Beisha Heremaia, 7, Epa...

Teacher sad to be leaving school after 36 years

After 36 years teaching at Concord School, Jacqui Seque knows there will be a few tears on her final day.

Build moving full steam ahead

Build moving full steam ahead

Work continues on Maitland St to construct seven housing units after minor consent changes were approved by the Dunedin City Council last month.

Advice to give babies vitamin D after resurgence of rickets

University of Otago researcher and Dunedin Hospital paediatric endocrinologist Prof Ben Wheeler...

Advice to give babies vitamin D after resurgence of rickets

Otago researchers are urging parents of newborns to give their babies vitamin D supplements after a new survey found a resurgence in the number of rickets cases being notified in New Zealand.

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Donation to hospital, cenotaph

The Dunedin Savings Bank, in Dowling St, precursor to later institutions Otago Savings Bank,...

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Donation to hospital, cenotaph

Under the Finance Act, which was passed by Parliament this week, the trustees of the Dunedin Savings Bank are authorised to contribute out of the surplus profits of the bank a sum not exceeding ...

Entertainment figure denies sex charges, admits dealing drugs

Entertainment figure denies sex charges, admits dealing drugs

A prominent figure in the Dunedin entertainment scene, accused of paying a 15-year-old for sex, has admitted dealing methamphetamine.

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Sushi fans flock to opening of new store

Customers queue outside the new St Pierres store, at the corner of Andersons Bay and Bay View Rds...

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Sushi fans flock to opening of new store

About 200 sushi lovers lined the street in South Dunedin yesterday to welcome a national chain’s first store to the city.

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Man who sexually abused three underage girls released from jail

Regan Burrell has been paroled but will be banned from entering Dunedin until mid-2025.PHOTO: ROB...

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Man who sexually abused three underage girls released from jail

An Otago man who sexually abused three underage girls — one of whom he blackmailed — has been released from prison.

Southern leaders meet Reti, Simmonds about hospital plans

Jules Radich says the government may have to open its purse strings if it wants to deliver the new Dunedin hospital as promised.

Otago prof's likeness used in deep fake vid

Prof Sir Jim Mann. Photo: Sharron Bennett

'Highly distressing': Otago prof's likeness used in deep fake vid

The University of Otago says it is concerned about a deep fake video and false online story featuring one of its leading endocrinologists.

Proposed dog bylaw change opposed

Woodside Glen neighbour Ray Beardsmore says he is disappointed by the council’s proposal to allow...

Proposed dog bylaw change opposed

An Outram resident who was menaced by an off-leash dog says a proposed bylaw change is a step in the wrong direction.

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Otago fan wants to complete collection

Otago rugby great and former All Black Jeff Wilson (left) gives his signed Highlanders jersey to...

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Otago fan wants to complete collection

Dylan Booth will never forget his 5th birthday.

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Report on rates glitch requested

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Report on rates glitch requested

Otago Regional Council staff will report to councillors why nearly 15,000 people received incorrect rates demands this year and whether the chief executive’s handling of the matter was appropriate.

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