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Health NZ to outsource thousands of cases

Health NZ to outsource thousands of cases

Health NZ plans to cut its elective surgery waitlist by outsourcing thousands of simple cases to private hospitals, while asking public hospital doctors to work longer hours on the more complex cases.

Eye surgeon granted parole after attempted murder

Eye surgeon granted parole after attempted murder

A Christchurch eye surgeon who attempted to murder his former business landlord has been granted parole and will be released from prison early next month.

'Objectionable material' allegedly found on cop's work computer

Jevon McSkimming resigned as deputy commissioner yesterday. Photo: RNZ

'Objectionable material' allegedly found on cop's work computer

Pornography allegedly found on the work computer of former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming is being investigated as objectionable material, RNZ understands.

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Enrolment zone proposed as school bursting at seams

Queen’s High School head girl Frankie McAuliffe, 17, stands in front of her peers and principal...

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Enrolment zone proposed as school bursting at seams

A South Dunedin school has turned itself around so drastically an enrolment zone is set to be introduced to limit its growth.

Sex tape accused: ‘I slept with the wrong person’

Sex tape accused: ‘I slept with the wrong person’

A government employee accused of making a secret sex tape told police the allegation was "bulls..." and had ruined his life.

‘Gutted’ over fire at restaurant

Brazen resturant owner Jacinda Reid, PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

‘Gutted’ over fire at restaurant

The owner of a Dunedin restaurant destroyed in a fire says she’s "absolutely gutted" and does not know what she will do next.

Person cut from car after crash injures three

A head-on crash in Blanket Bay Rd, between Dunedin and Port Chalmers, left three people in a...

Person cut from car after crash injures three

A person had to be cut from a wrecked car after a head-on crash in which three people were badly injured.

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‘Out of it’ 179kmh speedster GPS-tracked

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‘Out of it’ 179kmh speedster GPS-tracked

An "out of it" man who sped through the streets of Alexandra in a stolen vehicle and burnt out four cars was undone by a GPS tracker.

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A most revealing cooking show

University of Otago pathology and molecular medicine department head Associate Prof Diane...

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A most revealing cooking show

Were it not for the sight being so mentally scarring, Diane Kenwright’s cooking show might make a great new dieting regime.

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‘Adolescence’ teaches us about ‘the broader context we live in’

Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper in a scene from the Netflix series Adolescence. PHOTO: NETFLIX

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‘Adolescence’ teaches us about ‘the broader context we live in’

Hit Netflix show Adolescence should be the start of the conversation about society and social media, a University of Otago media specialist says.

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Fewer top staff sign of ‘disrespect’

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Fewer top staff sign of ‘disrespect’

The absence of senior staff from Dunedin’s long-term plan hearings showed a lack of respect for submitters and a "thumbing of the nose" towards elected members, a councillor says.

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Environment changes at heart of deaths, penguin trust says

Buster the yellow-eyed penguin surveys Little Papanui Beach Wildlife Reserve on Otago Peninsula....

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Environment changes at heart of deaths, penguin trust says

Unexplained mortalities where yellow-eyed penguins "seem to drop dead out of the blue" have been blamed on harmful environmental changes, prompting the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust to endorse a co-ordinated response.

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Protecting state house at cost of families: agency

Kāinga Ora has opposed listing Dunedin’s first tenanted state house, in Wilkinson St, on the...

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Protecting state house at cost of families: agency

Protecting Dunedin’s first tenanted state house could hamper Kāinga Ora’s ability to provide housing for those in need, the agency says.

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New signs called for to protect sea lions

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New signs called for to protect sea lions

A Dunedin woman is calling on the city council to install clearer and permanent speed restrictions near sea lion habitats.

Mulligan bringing show to city after cold call

Jesse Mulligan. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Mulligan bringing show to city after cold call

After failing to grab the spotlight, Dunedin’s isite will be centre stage when a national radio show comes to town.

Three seriously hurt in Blanket Bay crash

Fire fighters attend to patients from a car crash between a car and a ute towing a horse float on...

Three seriously hurt in Blanket Bay crash

Three patients have been transported to hospital in serious condition after a person was trapped in head-on crash in Dunedin this afternoon.

Dentist ignored woman 'thrashing about' in pain

Dentist ignored woman 'thrashing about' in pain

A woman in agony during the extraction of a wisdom tooth was ignored by the dentist as she “thrashed about” in pain.

Suspended top cop resigns

Suspended top cop resigns

Jevon McSkimming has been on leave for four months following his suspension in December, pending a criminal investigation.

'Bullsh***': Govt worker says sex tape was consensual

Warning: sexual content. A government employee accused of making a secret sex tape told police the allegation was "bullsh**" and had ruined his life.

Teen who died after Napier party named

Kaea Karauria died in Onekawa during what police are calling a "violent disorder". Photo: Supplied

Teen who died after Napier party named

The teenage boy who died after being stabbed at a Napier party at the weekend has been named as Kaea Karauria.

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