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Conditions thwart fundraising swim across strait

David Hutchinson aboard his support vessel yesterday. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Conditions thwart fundraising swim across strait

David Hutchinson refused to treat himself with a beer after abandoning a nearly eight-hour effort to complete one of the world’s most difficult ultramarathon swims.

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Call for council to make Enterprise Dunedin decision

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Call for council to make Enterprise Dunedin decision

A Dunedin business leader says a decision on the future of the city’s economic development agency needs to be made with urgency.

Lotto 2555

Results from last night's Lotto draw.

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Chambers to answer Ong’s allegations

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Chambers to answer Ong’s allegations

A Dunedin city councillor accused of making "discriminatory remarks" could have his first chance to answer the complaint tomorrow.

DNA work reveals more lizard species

The Fiordland Sinbad skink population appears to have disappeared from areas where it once lived,...

DNA work reveals more lizard species

DNA analysis of native geckos and skinks by the University of Otago has led to previously recognised species being split into new species.

Storm impacts UK

A search and rescue team helps locals on a boat as floodwater runs through a street in Enniscorthy, Ireland yesterday after the River Slaney burst its banks during Storm Chandra.

Hundreds of homes lost as Aussie bushfires take toll

Six major fires continue to burn across the state of Victoria. Photo: CFA

Hundreds of homes lost as Aussie bushfires take toll

Hundreds of Australian families have lost their homes to bushfires across recent months, and authorities are warning the danger period still has months to run.

First landslide victim formally identified

Max Furse-Kee would have turned 16 today. Photo: Supplied

First Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified

One of the victims of the deadly Mount Maunganui landslide has been formally identified, on what would have been his 16th birthday.

October storm payout set to climb to $50m

A property badly damaged in last October's storm. Photo: RNZ

October storm payout set to climb to $50m: Insurer

The storm that lashed Canterbury, Otago and Southland in October has resulted in the second-most claims for an event in rural insurer FMG's 120-year history.

New Zealander loses leg after fighting in Ukraine

New Zealander Khol Gillies had to wait days to be evacuated from the battlefield in Ukraine....

New Zealander loses leg after fighting in Ukraine

A New Zealander who was severely injured while fighting in Ukraine said he sang the national anthem to keep himself going as he was rescued.

Scale of flood damage on east coast starting to sink in

Flood damage in Punaruku, Te Araroa on the East Coast. Photo: Supplied

Scale of flood damage on east coast starting to sink in

Local authorities say the adrenaline has worn off and in its place is the scale of the damage in flood-hit communities on the North Island's east coast.

Pressure grows to fix 111 emergency call system

Police lack an overall digital evidence handling system, and, so far, the funding to get one....

Pressure grows to fix 111 emergency call system

Scrutiny has again come on the 111 emergency call system, which still runs on an operating model set up in 1958.

Scores evacuated after fresh slip in Tauranga

A police cordon at the corner of Sandhurst St and Truman lane, Mangatawa. Photo: LAUREN CRIMP /...

Scores evacuated after fresh slip in Tauranga

Tauranga City Council has evacuated residents in an area of Pāpāmoa, where a slip poses a risk to life and property.

'Process' needed before acquitted Dunedin priest relicensed

'Process' needed before acquitted Dunedin priest relicensed

A priest and former lawyer accused of child-sex charges has cleared his name in court but the Anglican Church says he will not yet be relicensed.

Green MP Celia Wade-Brown leaving politics

Celia Wade-Brown is retiring from politics after a career in the Wellington region spanning...

Green MP Celia Wade-Brown leaving politics

One of the Wellington region’s longest-serving politicians and best-known environmentalists is leaving politics later this year.

Winter storm kills dozens; US still in grip of bitter cold

A man shovels snow near the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Photo: Reuters

Winter storm kills dozens; US still in grip of bitter cold

At least 38 people across 14 states have died from a powerful winter storm that left much of the central and eastern US gripped by snow and ice.

Judith Collins retiring as MP for law role

First elected in 2002, Judith Collins is one of the most experienced MPs in the government and is taking up the role of Law Commission president.

Mystery knockers vanish into Dunedin night

Mystery knockers vanish into Dunedin night

Reports of knocking and mystery figures disappearing into the night had Dunedin police chasing shadows last night.

How a Christchurch priest was revealed as sexually abusing boys

St Bede's College Fr Rowan Donoghue arrives at Christchurch District Court for an appearance...

How a Christchurch priest was revealed as sexually abusing boys

More than two decades after departing St Bede's College Fr Rowan Donoghue was unmasked as sexually abusing boys in his care.

Evidence contradicts US immigration officials' accounts

Top immigration officials in the US have repeatedly made statements after violent encounters involving federal agents - including two recent fatal shootings - later contradicted by evidence, Reuters reports.

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