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Panel to help revive city’s live music scene

Panel to help revive city’s live music scene

Hopes are high Dunedin’s live music scene can be revived with the appointment of a blended band of experienced, young, passionate and knowledgeable people for the DCC's Ōtepoti music advisory panel.

Apartments evacuated after gas main ruptured

Fire crews at the scene this morning. PHOTO: OLI BLACKBOURN

Apartments evacuated after gas main ruptured

About 40 residents of an apartment complex in Dunedin had to be evacuated after a vehicle crashed into the building, rupturing a gas line.

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Shocked after knife brandished at girl

Pak'n Save in South Dunedin. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Shocked after knife brandished at girl

A Dunedin mother is shocked by the response from police after a man brandished a knife at her 11-year-old daughter.

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Investigation into DCC

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Investigation into DCC

An investigation is being undertaken into the Dunedin City Council’s financial reporting, the Otago Daily Times understands.

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Nightclub worker indecently assaulted underage patron

Yuki Nishikawa will be deported to Japan once he has completed his sentence. PHOTO: ROB KIDD

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Nightclub worker indecently assaulted underage patron

A Dunedin nightclub worker who plied a schoolgirl with drinks and sexually abused her was arrested at the airport as he awaited a flight home to Japan, a court has heard.

Summer games held across city

Athletes from Otago and Eastern Southland are applauded at the opening of the Regional Summer...

Summer games held across city

A hint of sporting fever has hit Dunedin with the Regional Summer Games being held over the weekend.

Parade celebrates traffic safety

School pupils cheer as their names are called out at the Orange Day parade. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Parade celebrates traffic safety

Dunedin's first Orange Day Parade since 2020 attracted hundreds of pupils from 20 schools.

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Claims young divers intimidating aqua joggers

Aqua jogging belts on a stand beside the Moana Pool dive/lap pool where there is friction between...

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Claims young divers intimidating aqua joggers

Divers as young as 10 are being accused of using "intimidation tactics" against aqua joggers, as tensions rise over the allocation of pool space.

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Amended dog bylaw approved

Dunedin lawyer Sally Peart with her chihuahua Pedro on the edge of the Octagon. PHOTO: GERARD O...

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Amended dog bylaw approved

Who let the dogs out in central Dunedin? The Dunedin City Council, that’s who.

New hospital on Santa’s list

Santa, also known as Mike Waddell, says all he wants for Christmas is the new Dunedin hospital to be built to its specifications as promised.

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Dunedin chorus among best in world

At the 2024 Sweet Adelines International Chorus Competition, in Kansas City, are Dunedin members...

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Dunedin chorus among best in world

They may have just been named one of the top Sweet Adelines choruses in the world, but Dunedin singer Robyn Abernethy is pretty sure that won’t qualify them to make superstar dressing room demands.

Hundreds meet for Taurite Tū games

Susan Raihana, of Temuka, tests her aim during the Taurite Tū games at the Unipol gymnasium in...

Hundreds meet for Taurite Tū games

An Ōtākou strength and exercise programme with a uniquely Māori kaupapa has flourished into a national movement.

Highlanders get in the Christmas spirit

Otago Highlanders James Arscott (left) and Josh Whaanga tell Santa about how good they have been this year, during his visit to Meridian Mall in...

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‘Ripple effects’ from cutting English courses

An area in Te Pukenga's Dunedin campus. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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‘Ripple effects’ from cutting English courses

The refugee community is reeling from the confirmation Otago Polytechnic has cut English language learning courses.

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Supermarket slated over broken glass remarks

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Supermarket slated over broken glass remarks

Dunedin city councillors have criticised a supermarket giant for displaying a lack of awareness about broken glass in north Dunedin.

‘Sounds of Taieri 2024’ features students’ songs

Taieri College music department head Brad Martin holds the cover of The Sounds of Taieri 2024 in...

‘Sounds of Taieri 2024’ features students’ songs

You've heard of the Dunedin Sound. Now get ready for the Taieri Sound.

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Woman to serve whole prison sentence

Cyenna Grace-Ngaro used cannabis before causing a serious crash outside Dunedin’s railway station...

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Woman to serve whole prison sentence

A woman who caused severe injury to a moped rider by driving the wrong way down Dunedin’s one-way system will serve her entire prison sentence.

Dunedin busy preparing to celebrate St Andrew’s Day

Iain Seather will again deliver the Address to the Haggis during the annual St Andrew’s Day...

Dunedin busy preparing to celebrate St Andrew’s Day

Surprisingly, organisers of this year’s St Andrew’s Day celebrations are disappointed the forecast is for warm and sunny weather.

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Lack of jobs frustrating, nurse says

Nurses Organisation chief executive Paul Goulter in Christchurch at a nationwide strike over its...

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Lack of jobs frustrating, nurse says

After juggling motherhood and an intense schedule, a Dunedin nursing graduate says the lack of employment opportunities has been "frustrating".

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War injuries, ingenuity lead to intraocular invention

Dunedin Hospital eye surgeon Dr Francesc March holds one of the first intraocular lenses designed...

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War injuries, ingenuity lead to intraocular invention

Sadly, if it were not for World War 2 pilots getting shards of shattered plastic from aeroplane windscreens in their eyes, the world’s most successful and innovative cataract treatment may never...

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