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Nurse’s theft from patients ‘deceit of the highest level’

Finn Davidson can now be named after an application to suppress his identity was declined. Photo:...

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Nurse’s theft from patients ‘deceit of the highest level’

A nurse's theft of more than $20,000 from vulnerable patients at Dunedin Hospital was "deceit of the highest level", a judge says.

Reti claims no knowledge of building sale

A parade of Santas visited Parliament yesterday asking for the new Dunedin hospital to be built...

Reti claims no knowledge of building sale

Health Minister Shane Reti has batted away suggestions the new Dunedin hospital’s outpatients building could be sold.

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Sex offender to remain behind bars

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Sex offender to remain behind bars

A high-risk sex offender who used a hollowed-out bible to stash child-abuse material will be in prison for at least another 16 months.

Hospital at crisis point: striking nurses

Dunedin nurses demonstrate at the Otago Museum Reserve yesterday. Photo: Peter McIntosh

Hospital at crisis point: striking nurses

Striking nurses say staffing and resourcing issues at Dunedin Hospital have reached a crisis point.

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HRT substitute embraced

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HRT substitute embraced

A global shortage of hormone replacement therapy patches has some clinicians embracing game-changing substitutes.

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Flood repair works could cost ORC up to $2.54m

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Flood repair works could cost ORC up to $2.54m

October flood repairs, including urgent work on infrastructure at the mouth of the Clutha River, could cost the Otago Regional Council up to $2.54 million, a new report says.

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Aim to relate ‘real story of Christmas’

Pukehiki Church trustee Pat Robertson has written another one of her popular Christmas plays,...

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Aim to relate ‘real story of Christmas’

Pat Robertson's Pukehiki carol productions are a unique, joyous and fun celebration of the Christmas story that members of the community look forward to each year.

Poultry farm staff going through ‘tough time’

Gas bottles arrive at the Hillgrove Egg farm yesterday, where avian flu has been detected. Photo:...

Poultry farm staff going through ‘tough time’

Staff at a poultry farm in East Otago are going through a "really tough time" as at least half the birds on site - 80,000 - are due to be culled amid an outbreak of avian flu.

Updated surgical skills training suite a boon

Working on a cadaver are (from left) Felix Humphries, Seamus Leahy, Hector Law, Lucy Bellerby and...

Updated surgical skills training suite a boon

Junior doctors from around the country are flooding back to Dunedin for surgical skills training, following a $1.8 million rebuild of the University of Otago’s surgical skills teaching facility.

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Social housing dream turns sour for tenants

Simon, who feels he has been driven out of the revamped Loan and Mercantile building, moves his...

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Social housing dream turns sour for tenants

A govt-funded charity project offering homeless people a five-star forever home in a converted warehouse was nothing more than a "fairy tale", according to a former tenant who says he left in fear.

Spruce-up in progress

Spruce-up in progress

Painting of Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium roof has started and is expected to be completed before Christmas.

Variety programme by male choir, guests well received

Dunedin Royal Male ChoirSt Paul’s CathedralMonday, December 2 The Royal Dunedin Male Choir, conducted by John Buchanan, and invited guests entertained a good-sized audience in St Paul’s...

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Truck driver slams critics after rail hit

A pedestrian handrail in Pine Hill Rd was accidentally hit when an oversized truck and trailer...

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Truck driver slams critics after rail hit

People who can barely "drive their little town cars" should look in the mirror before criticising the driver who hit a Pine Hill handrail while driving a 20m-long truck, a truck driver says.

'All we want for Christmas is the hospital'

Labour MP for Dunedin Rachel Brooking met the Santas outside Parliament and said the hospital was...

'All we want for Christmas is the hospital'

Christmas has arrived early at Parliament, with a posse of 20 Santas bringing their own southern wish list to the capital.

Car and truck collide near Blackhead Quarry

Emergency services at the scene this afternoon. Photo: Gregor Richardson

Car and truck collide near Blackhead Quarry

A person escaped with minor injuries after a collision between a truck and car near a Dunedin quarry this afternoon.

All Black avoids conviction for wilful damage

All Black avoids conviction for wilful damage

The All Blacks and Crusaders player who admitted a charge of wilful damage following an incident at a Christchurch party can now be named.

Case against murder-accused a 'slam dunk'

Tingjun Cao earlier in the trial. Photo: Pool

Case against Yanfei Bao murder-accused a 'slam dunk': Crown

The case against the man accused of murdering Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao is an absolute slam dunk, the Crown has told the jury.

Pilot whales refloated after stranding at Farewell Spit

Rescuers, Doc rangers and the local community have been working to refloat the whales since being...

Pilot whales refloated after stranding at Farewell Spit

Pilot whales that stranded at Farewell Spit at the top of the South Island have been refloated on the high tide.

'Excessive': Officer grabbed child by throat

'Excessive': Officer grabbed child by throat

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found the use of an officers force on a child in Napier last year was unjustified.

Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes as ceasefire violations mount

Members of Imam al-Mahdi scouts clean rubble and debris from damaged buildings in Beirut's...

Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes as ceasefire violations mount

At least nine people have killed from Israeli strikes on two southern Lebanese towns, as the Israeli military said it struck dozens of Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon.

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