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'Get out': Deadly LA fires spread to Hollywood Hills

Fire engulfs a structure while the Palisades blaze burns during a windstorm on the west side of...

'Get out': Deadly LA fires spread to Hollywood Hills

Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles have spread to the Hollywood Hills, as five other fires killed at least five people and destroyed hundreds of homes.

New stockpile of bird flu vaccine for poultry

The outbreak, which began in poultry in early 2022, has killed more than 130 million commercial,...

New stockpile of bird flu vaccine for poultry

The US will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry matching the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild birds, in a sign of the widespread and devastating nature of a persistent outbreak.

Hopes with treatment overseas

Emma Scott takes a moment with her dog Gus as she prepares to head overseas for stem cell...

Hopes with treatment overseas

A young Dunedin woman whose life has been turned upside down by a chronic disease is counting on cutting-edge treatment in Mexico to get her future back on track.

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‘At peace’: woman pens own death notice

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‘At peace’: woman pens own death notice

If you have any questions for Bianca "Bee" Chittock, she says it is too late.

Treasured rings back with fire victim

Dunedin resident Gary West was reunited with rings given to him by his late wife when they were...

Treasured rings back with fire victim

When Dunedin man Gary West’s home was destroyed in a fire, he feared he had lost everything connecting him to his late wife.

Lotto 2445

Results from last night's Lotto draw.

Calls for use of webcams ‘impractical’

Calls for mandatory web-cameras in shearing sheds have been labelled as an overreach by farming lobby groups.

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Outdoor bowling surface to be built beside stadium

A bowls outdoor artificial playing surface is to be built next to the Dunedin Lawn Bowls Stadium....

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Outdoor bowling surface to be built beside stadium

A new lawn bowls outdoor playing surface could be in use in Dunedin from next spring, complementing an indoor stadium for the sport beside it.

Reward worth the effort

Reward worth the effort

A black-backed gull attempts to open a snail shell.

Over 900 executed: UN

The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, the UN human rights office said yesterday.

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‘Matter of when, not if’ H5N1 bird flu arrives

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‘Matter of when, not if’ H5N1 bird flu arrives

Following the death of an American from H5N1 bird flu recently, a Dunedin evolutionary virologist believes it is "a matter of when, not if" the virus arrives in New Zealand.

Mountainbikers buzzing as series looms

Jerome Pickford, 17, of Dunedin, has some fun while doing the final jump at the bottom of Signal...

Mountainbikers buzzing as series looms

Floating gracefully through the air at high speed, twisting and turning like in aerial ballet, you could just about set the moves of high-performing mountainbikers to music.

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Man stomped partner, attacked her mother

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Man stomped partner, attacked her mother

A Dunedin man who attacked his partner and her mother then trashed their home has no explanation for his actions.

Groping waitress ‘a blip’ in behaviour

A drunk man who groped and taunted a waitress at an Alexandra establishment says it was "a blip".

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Police car joy-rider finishes full sentence

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Police car joy-rider finishes full sentence

A Central Otago man who aimed a firearm at police and took a patrol car on a 270km spin chose to serve his entire jail term because it was "in the public interest".