Logan Park High School Senior Prizegiving 2024
Students were reccognised for their achievements in the Logan Park High School 2024 senior prizegiving Special Awards School Duxes – Charles Ross and Hope Huang Head...
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John McGlashan College 2024 Senior Prizegiving
John McGlashan College 2024 Senior Prizegiving
Students were recognised for their achievements in the John McGlashan College 2024 senior prizegiving. Premier AwardsPremier award for literature, Hugo Poland. Premier award for school music,...
King’s High School Senior Prizegiving 2024
King’s High School Senior Prizegiving 2024
Students were recognised for their achievements in the King’s High School 2024 senior prizegiving. Prestige AwardsRocky Allan: contribution to the spirit of the school cup; Aidan Blakie: top...
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Doubling of project costs not a budget blowout, council says
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Doubling of project costs not a budget blowout, council says
Costs for four planned facilities at Green Island have more than doubled to $42m since an estimate four years ago, but the DCC says there is no budget blowout of its resource recovery project.
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Benefits of social media ban doubted
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Benefits of social media ban doubted
An authority on adolescent development believes banning social media for under-16s will not necessarily lead to better mental health for young people.
Charges laid over assault
Charges laid over assault
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A Dunedin man will appear in court after allegedly leaving another person seriously injured in North Dunedin yesterday.
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Claims of ‘secret’ payments denied
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Claims of ‘secret’ payments denied
Payments of more than $5million to iwi partners were made in ‘‘secret’’, an Otago regional councillor says, while another says it is just a case of an ‘‘attention-seeker stirring the pot with his...
Historic hall set for vital repairs
Historic hall set for vital repairs
Instead of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, the sounds emanating from the University of Otago’s historic Marama Hall will be replaced with less cultured buzzing, banging — and possibly bellowing.
Editorial excellence recognised
Editorial excellence recognised
Otago Daily Times sub-editor Tony Love has been named Allied Press’s 2024 Valpy Rosebowl Trophy winner.
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Kura’s 30th anniversary a ‘huge’ feat
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Kura’s 30th anniversary a ‘huge’ feat
Thirty years in, Otago’s only full immersion Māori kura is flourishing.
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Podcast to help students navigate life away from home
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Podcast to help students navigate life away from home
One of the biggest sources of stress for many tertiary students is being dropped into a totally foreign environment and left to fend for themselves with little support.
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Dunedin missed out on Metallica due to lack of cash, DCC told
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Dunedin missed out on Metallica due to lack of cash, DCC told
Dunedin's stadium needs more cash to successfully bid for big acts like Metallica, councillors have been told.
Govt quiet on option of selling hospital building
Govt quiet on option of selling hospital building
The government will not say whether selling the outpatients building is still an option to help fund the new Dunedin hospital project.
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Lego contest finalist ‘just happy to be here’
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Lego contest finalist ‘just happy to be here’
Kathy Richards still vividly remembers her first Lego set.
Hospital build: $50m-plus consultancy spend ‘madness’
Hospital build: $50m-plus consultancy spend ‘madness’
Southland District Mayor Rob Scott has labelled the $50million-plus consultancy spend on the new Dunedin hospital as ‘‘madness’’, saying the figures just do not add up.
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Turning 103 but ‘don’t feel a day over 90’
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Turning 103 but ‘don’t feel a day over 90’
Anyone who knows Connie Nelson says she is the picture postcard for a healthy elderly ‘‘gal’’ — a remarkably sprightly and sharp-witted woman for her age.
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Survey shines light on potential GP exodus in South
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Survey shines light on potential GP exodus in South
Nearly one-third of GPs in the South are considering leaving their practices in the next three to five years as burnout and age take their toll, a survey has shown.
Checking in
Checking in
Members of the police commercial vehicle safety unit were conducting spot checks on buses used for ferrying cruise ship passengers between Port Chalmers and Dunedin. Senior Sergeant Hugh Tait said...
Police say speedster was on bail
Police say speedster was on bail
A Dunedin man on bail allegedly drink-driving sped past police doing more than double the speed limit on Thursday.
Charges laid after crash
Charges laid after crash
A Dunedin man has been charged after allegedly driving at speed and crossing the centre line before a crash which blocked a major road.