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Kaikorai Valley College 2024 Senior Prizegiving

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Kaikorai Valley College 2024 Senior Prizegiving

Students were recognised for their achievements in the Kaikorai Valley College 2024 senior prizegivingYear 11 Awards: Lucas Bain, diligence in English, mathematics, physical education,...

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Decision to lease floor of library ‘a betrayal’

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Decision to lease floor of library ‘a betrayal’

A Dunedin city councillor has slammed colleagues who supported a 6-4 vote to commercially lease the top floor of the South Dunedin Library and Community Complex as ‘‘short-sighted’’.

Two Otago Lotto players win second division

Two Otago Lotto players win second division

Sixteen Lotto players, including two from Otago, won $13,860 each in Wednesday night's draw.

Merry mice may make mischief

Mice master . . . Dunedin artist and registered nurse Frank Gordon hopes his Christmas diorama of...

Merry mice may make mischief

A Dunedin nurse says he is waiting for a call from Wētā Workshop after creating a ‘‘wee bit of magic’’ at Wakari Hospital.

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Murderer granted parole — again

Karl Rouvi, pictured here in 2009, has served nearly 15 years behind bars for murdering his...

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Murderer granted parole — again

A Dunedin man who stabbed his partner to death has been released from prison — but the reasons will remain under wraps.

Cuts to library, community hub space 'a betrayal'

Kirsten Gibson of the South Dunedin Community Network is angry at the decision to cut space for...

Cuts to library, community hub space 'a betrayal'

South Dunedin community leaders say they feel betrayed that the size of the long-promised $22 million South Dunedin library and community hub space is being slashed by about half.

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‘Things we love and cherish ... at risk’

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‘Things we love and cherish ... at risk’

Museums, libraries, pools and playgrounds are among spending priorities at risk if the government’s back-to-basics direction for councils takes hold, a Dunedin city councillor says.

St John stalwarts calling time

Leaving the Order of St John after over 100 years combined are district operations manager for...

St John stalwarts calling time

Pauline Buchanan and Pat Bain were both encouraged to join the Order of St John as children by their mothers in 1968.

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Competition brings festive feel to city

Christmas decorations line shop-fronts in George St, including at St Vincent de Paul. PHOTOS:...

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Competition brings festive feel to city

Snowmen, nutcrackers and even the Grinch adorned shopfront windows in George St as businesses vied to be the best decorated.

Shield gets growl of approval

Green Island Rugby Football Club players of Abbotsford School put their claws up as Ollie Moore,...

Shield gets growl of approval

Real grizzly bears might have been frightened by all the growling at Abbotsford School yesterday when members of the Green Island Rugby Football Club dropped in for a visit.

Crash blocked part of road

Crash blocked part of road

A Dunedin road was partly blocked after a two-vehicle crash yesterday.

'Horrifying' ram-raid at central city mall

Store owners and staff react after a ram raid on the Golden Centre in George st overnight. Photo:...

Youths still at large after Dunedin ram-raids

Youths who allegedly ram-raided a Dunedin store and shopping centre early today remain at large, police say.

Porch pirate nabbed again after rash of thefts

Porch pirate nabbed again after rash of thefts

An alleged Mosgiel porch pirate will have her second day in court this month after a raft of bank card and mail thefts.

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Mayors challenge claim not sticking to basics

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

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Mayors challenge claim not sticking to basics

Being told to get back to basics and keep rates rises in check would be easier to swallow if central government did not add to the financial challenge, mayors in the South say.

Church to close during upgrade

Dunedin tourist hot spot First Church will be closed to the public for four months early next...

Church to close during upgrade

Dunedin's landmark First Church Of Otago will close for four months in the new year as significant renovations get under way.

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Sentence extended following assault

Swade Davis is now serving a cumulative jail term of seven years and one month. PHOTO: ROB KIDD

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Sentence extended following assault

A man who punched a Dunedin police officer in court, breaking his cheekbone, has had two years added to his prison term.

Protesters’ arrests act of ‘martyrdom’: spokesman

Protesters took to the streets of Dunedin yesterday to remind the city about the threat of...

Protesters’ arrests act of ‘martyrdom’: spokesman

The arrest of six coal protesters who shut down the Dunedin Railway Station was an act of "selfless martyrdom", a spokesman for the group says.

Girl, 14, arrested after crash

Girl, 14, arrested after crash

A teenage girl crashed a stolen car with a blown tyre after leading police on a high-speed chase through South Dunedin yesterday morning, police say.

Singing to shoppers

Singing to shoppers

Members of the Knox Church Children's Choir entertain shoppers in George St yesterday with a selection of Christmas carols.

Wood you look at that

Otago Woodturners Guild club president Ray Palmer, of Dunedin, holds a platter bowl he made from chestnut.

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