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Piece of Otago mining history found in Australia

A historic, beautifully engraved crocodile skin and silver hip flask, belonging to Dunedin...

Piece of Otago mining history found in Australia

A piece of Otago’s gold mining history has just been uncovered in Australia, and now its new owner is looking for information about the man it belonged to.

Study revises likelihood of earthquakes

Lead author and University of Otago geology researcher Dr Jack Williams

Study revises likelihood of earthquakes

New constraints for estimating earthquake hazards around the rapidly developing Queenstown-Wānaka region have been provided, after new research has revealed the likelihood of a future earthquake...

Blown-out tyre may have sparked blaze

A fire which burned through about 30ha in Canterbury is linked to a tyre blowing out on a vehicle, an initial investigation suggests.

Wheelchair-bound woman dies in house fire

Wheelchair-bound woman dies in Christchurch house fire

Neighbours are in shock after attempts to save a "wheelchair-bound" woman from a Christchurch house fire on Wednesday afternoon were unsuccessful.

Hundreds more jobs set to go at Health NZ

Health New Zealand chief executive Margie Apa. Photo: RNZ

Hundreds more jobs set to go at Health NZ

Hundreds more jobs are poised to go at Health New Zealand under proposals to be laid out to staff on Friday.

Heat, heavy rain on way for weekend

Parts of the country are "staring down the barrel" of 30-degree temperatures this weekend, while others face the prospect of "extreme weather", surface flooding and slips.

Driver 'did everything wrong' before flipping car: police

The driver was more than four times the legal limit, police say. Photo: ODT files

Driver 'did everything wrong' before flipping car: police

A Dunedin man who flipped his vehicle in Mornington last night did everything wrong, police say.

Seymour 'wrong' on cost of ferry project: Peters

Act leader David Seymour (L) and NZ First leader Winston Peters are at odds over the government's...

Seymour 'wrong' on cost of ferry project: Peters

Winston Peters has poured scorn on David Seymour's hopes of privatising the Cook Strait ferry service, saying Seymour is "wrong" about the cost of the new project.

Girl survives three days at sea after ship sinks

An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone has been rescued after three days at sea as the sole survivor of a ship sinking off Italy's Lampedusa island, a rescue charity says.

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram hit by outage

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram hit by outage

Meta's Facebook and Instagram were down for thousands of users around a number of countries, including in New Zealand, this morning.

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'It's horrible': Elderly woman lay injured for days

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'It's horrible': Elderly woman lay injured for days

Maori Hill residents have been left horrified after hearing an elderly neighbour fell in her garden and lay injured for several days before being discovered.

'Massive scale' crayfish crime ring busted

Fisheries officers watch as a policeman empties a rubbish bin during a search at a King Cobras...

'Massive scale' crayfish crime ring busted

A months-long operation that police say uncovered a "massive scale" crayfish crime ring ended yesterday in the dramatic raid of the King Cobras’ Dunedin gang pad.

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Dismay over shelving of Israel boycott debate

University of Otago staff (from left) Dr David Jenkins, Dr Olivier Jutel, Dr Abbi Virens,...

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Dismay over shelving of Israel boycott debate

A group of University of Otago academics say they were left feeling humiliated when the university council shelved debate on whether to financially boycott the state of Israel.

Court to hear public protection order application again

Court to hear public protection order application again

For nearly eight years, an ultra-high-risk Dunedin sex offender has lived in a facility, penned by 4m-high electric fences, watched 24 hours a day.

The game goes on

The game goes on

Golfers play on at the St Clair Golf Club yesterday despite a blazing lawn mower.

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Former serviceman’s offence ‘nasty’

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Former serviceman’s offence ‘nasty’

A decorated and disgraced former serviceman who was kicked out of the army has now been convicted of "nasty, putrid offending".

Hillside future 'vague’ after announcement

Rail and Maritime Transport Union general secretary Todd Valster. Photo: supplied

Hillside future 'vague’ after announcement

The future of South Dunedin’s Hillside workshops is "vague" after the government’s announcement on procurement of two Interislander ferries, a union leader says.