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Buzz from brewing, not drinking, mates say

BS Brewing Co directors Steve Pulford (left) and Brent Taylor pour a glass of beer at their...

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Buzz from brewing, not drinking, mates say

After brewing beer out of each other’s garages for more than five years, a "couple of good old Dunedin workers" are taking their business to the city’s stadium.

Midwifery functions to be moved

Midwifery functions to be moved

More midwifery functions will be moved out of Dunedin Hospital and into the community in a bid to free up room, the Otago Daily Times has been told.

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Building coming down at last

Demolition has begun of a 19th century building in Rattray St. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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Building coming down at last

Demolition of a 19th century Dunedin commercial building has begun, more than a decade after the current owners took the keys.

Māori Maps offers digital gateway to Aotearoa

Ōtākou marae on Otago Peninsula. PHOTO: ODT FILE

Māori Maps offers digital gateway to Aotearoa

It's a comprehensive interactive digital map, aimed at helping Māori people abroad reconnect with their ancestral homes.

$3m funding boosts children’s study

University of Otago psychology researcher Professor Elaine Reese reads some children’s books...

$3m funding boosts children’s study

An interdisciplinary longitudinal study testing to see if children’s self-regulation and academic skills can be fostered using the Kia Tīmata Pai (Best Start) programme, will be able to continue...

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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 ...