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Seymour's Treaty bill 'inviting civil war' - Jenny Shipley

David Seymour and Jenny Shipley. Photos: RNZ

Seymour's Treaty bill 'inviting civil war' - Jenny Shipley

A former National prime minister has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principle of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law.

Speaker wants ethics report into Trump pick Gaetz secret

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, has been embroiled in...

Speaker wants ethics report into Trump pick Gaetz secret

Mike Johnson says a congressional ethics panel should not release a report examining allegations of sexual misconduct against Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's choice for US attorney general.

Editorial excellence recognised

Otago Daily Times sub-editor Tony Love after his Valpy Trophy win. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

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

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ōtepoti pupil Aniwa York, 9, greets former principal Tiahuia Kawe-Small...

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Kura’s 30th anniversary a ‘huge’ feat

Thirty years in, Otago’s only full immersion Māori kura is flourishing.

Charges laid over assault

A Dunedin man has appeared in court after allegedly leaving another person seriously injured in North Dunedin yesterday.

Govt quiet on option of selling hospital building

Piles driven on the site of the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building. The hospital's new...

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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Dunedin missed out on Metallica due to lack of cash, DCC told

Dunedin was unable to attract heavyweights like Metallica without an improved fund, organisers...

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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.

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

WellSouth chief executive Andrew Swanson-Dobbs is worried about a potential mass exodus of GPs in...

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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.

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Podcast to help students navigate life away from home

Otago Polytechnic health promotion navigator Stacey Harris records her latest Otago Polycast for...

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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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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.

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Lego contest finalist ‘just happy to be here’

Kathy Richards with her entry, a scene from a working sheep farm, for the Tūhura Otago Museum...

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Lego contest finalist ‘just happy to be here’

Kathy Richards still vividly remembers her first Lego set.

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Claims of ‘secret’ payments rubbished

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Claims of ‘secret’ payments rubbished

Payments of more than $5m 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 anti-Māori sentiments".

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Doubling of project costs not a budget blowout, council says

The Dunedin City Council has been asked to reconsider Smooth Hill, south of Dunedin Airport, as...

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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.

Weather warning confusion concerning: forecaster

Weather warning confusion concerning: forecaster

Confusion over weather warnings and the risk someone could die as a result when severe weather hits was laid out candidly in MetService’s written submission for Project Hau Nuku.

Historic hall set for vital repairs

Scaffolders erect scaffolding around the University of Otago’s Marama Hall, in preparation for...

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.

MetService sought new agency, documents show

MetService wanted itself and competitor Niwa Weather shut down in favour of a new Crown weather forecasting agency because of the state of the sector, just-released documents show.

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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

A Dunedin man on bail allegedly drink-driving sped past police doing more than double the speed limit on Thursday.

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