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Sth Dunedin carparking changes fail to please

Staff who work at businesses on a busy South Dunedin street say the removal of all-day parking spots has forced them to battle it out for free spots in the surrounding area while new 60-minute...

NCEA result anxiety over for thousands

Student Lisa Lokman is pleased with her NCEA results yesterday. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

NCEA result anxiety over for thousands

The wait is over for tens of thousands of secondary school students, after the results for NCEA went online yesterday.

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TikTok ban would be ‘Cold War hysteria’

TikTok has come under increasing fire over fears that user data could end up in the hands of the...

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TikTok ban would be ‘Cold War hysteria’

An attempt to ban TikTok in the United States is a sign the world may be in the grips of a resurgence of "insane Cold War hysteria", a University of Otago communications lecturer says.

Police criticised over missing ute search

This Ford Courier ute was taken from Calton Hill late last month. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Police criticised over missing ute search

A Dunedin woman is frustrated by the police’s inability to find her stolen vehicle, despite sightings across Otago.

Couple collect bras for women in Vanuatu

Semi-retired Mosgiel midwife Maureen Donnelly holds some of the bras she has collected for women...

Couple collect bras for women in Vanuatu

Collecting bras is a great way to do a little social good on holiday, a Mosgiel couple have found.

American poet hoping to expand creative horizons in university students’ writing

American poet hoping to expand creative horizons in university students’ writing

An award-winning American poet is hoping to inspire University of Otago students to push boundaries in their creative writing.

Man arrested over theft from rescue chopper

A man has been arrested and charged after life-saving medical equipment was taken from an air ambulance helicopter in Mosgiel.

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Banning set nets 'key to saving hoiho'

Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust general manager Anna Campbell says this year’s hoiho breeding season...

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Banning set nets key to saving hoiho: experts

Fewer than 100 yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho) chicks are expected to fledge from the mainland this year — and conservationists are warning that within a few years the population could be too small for...

Fringe Festival’s 25th celebration

"Ōtepoti Dunedin really punches above its weight when it comes to creativity and community...

Fringe Festival’s 25th celebration

A musical inside a parked van and the recreation of a lost Dunedin landmark are just some of the events headed the city’s way for this year’s Fringe Festival.

Event to get blast from the past with vintage display

Neville Auton, of the Dunedin South Rotary club, a co-organiser of the Star Insure Southern...

Event to get blast from the past with vintage display

A vintage motorcycle will take to the stage close to 100 years after it first wowed crowds in Dunedin.

Changes made after suicide

Changes made after suicide

A doctor who murdered a Dunedin teenager took his own life in prison just over an hour after discovering his appeal had failed. Corrections weren't told of appeal outcome.

Silence observed for slain officer

Silence observed for slain officer

Staff at the Dunedin Central Police Station remember and honour Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming, who was killed in Nelson early on New Year’s Day.

Major grant boost for Batten disease research

Major grant boost for Batten disease research

Research into a fatal genetic childhood brain disease is progressing in leaps and bounds in Dunedin, particularly after receiving a major grant in the latest Neurological Foundation funding round.

Village of two halves

Westwood, south of Waldronville, is a village of two parts.

Supermarket chicken theft

A Dunedin woman with a hankering for pilfered poultry had her day in court after returning to the store she allegedly stole a chicken and pie from last week.

Love for ‘Dr Who’ inspires Dalek

Macandrew Bay sci-fi enthusiast Jason Connolly standing behind his home-made Dalek. PHOTO: GERARD...

Love for ‘Dr Who’ inspires Dalek build

A quiet house in suburban Dunedin is now home to a violent exterminator set on destroying any "impure" forms of life.

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Coldest start to year in decades

St Clair Surf Life Saving Club head guard Phoebe Aburn is still on duty at St Clair Beach,...

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Coldest start to year in decades

Many have noticed, but now it is official — Dunedin has had its coldest start to the year in 25 years.

Charges after woman returns to supermarket

A Dunedin woman with a hankering for poultry is in court after returning to the supermarket she allegedly stole a chicken and pie from last week.

Intro to teacher training never tasted so sweet

Isobel Roshe, 16, of Whitianga, and Grace Milliken, 17, of Gore, attempt to create a truly unique...

Intro to teacher training never tasted so sweet

Add a little sugar to a young mind, and an ordinary kitchen can quickly escalate into a mad scientist’s experimental laboratory.

Happy ending for ma and pa duck

The sordid affair between a goose and a paradise shelduck in Broad Bay has come to an end. PHOTO:...

Happy ending for ma and pa duck

A Broad Bay couple are sorting out their differences and patching up their relationship after a sordid love affair separated them late last year.

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