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    Emergency services at the South Dunedin crash this morning. Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Car hits traffic lights in South Dunedin

    Emergency services responded to a car crashing into a traffic light in South Dunedin this morning.

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    Student who scarred victim in bottle attack gets conviction overturned

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    Student who scarred victim in bottle attack gets conviction overturned

    An Otago student who bottled a man in a nightclub can now pursue a career as a chartered accountant after a successful appeal.

    IT expert says KFC app 'more secure' than Manage My Health

    Which has better data security - Manage My Health or the KFC app? Photo: RNZ

    IT expert says KFC app 'more secure' than Manage My Health

    Colonel Sanders has better web security than many digital health providers, an IT expert has claimed, saying the government is failing to enforce what minimum standards it has.

    Giant puffball in Port Chalmers

    Giant puffball in Port Chalmers

    Stan Spiers of Port Chalmers arrived home after a brief holiday away at Lake Ohau, to find a giant puffball on his property.

    Trump weighs military response to Iran protest crackdown

    Cars burn in a street during protests that began over the collapse of the currency's value, in...

    Trump weighs military response to Iran protest crackdown

    Tehran says it is keeping communications open with the US as President Donald Trump weighs responses to a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran, which pose one of the stiffest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

    Kmart should be held accountable for asbestos sand - shopper

    Some of the recalled sand products sold by Kmart. Photo: Supplied / MBIE

    Kmart should be held accountable for asbestos sand - shopper

    For Christchurch father of two Joe Baxter, there was no question he needed to act fast when alarms were raised over asbestos in children's play sand sold by Kmart.

    Students get taste of life at university

    Brian Wilson, 17, of Otahuhu College, gets into his biochemistry lesson at the Hands-On at Otago...

    Students get taste of life at university

    More than 400 secondary school students are dipping their toes into university life this week in Dunedin.

    Drape escape from Dunedin motel

    Drape escape from Dunedin motel

    A person eluded capture at a South Dunedin motel yesterday by using what appeared to be curtains tied together to jump out of a two-storey window.

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    Councillors to discuss plan to get rid of councils

    Hilary Calvert. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Councillors to discuss plan to get rid of councils

    A meeting tomorrow will discuss what Otago regional councillors think about the proposal to get rid of regional councils but the council chairwoman has questioned if mayors have any idea what they...

    Yachts battle for honours

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Yachts battle for honours

    Yachts compete in a Port Chalmers Yacht Club race on Otago Harbour on Saturday.

    Bug off!

     PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Bug off!

    Caked in wind-blown sand, a resting sea lion on Smaills Beach lifts its head, disturbing a cloud of flies which were gathered around the moisture from its eyes.

    Fear, uncertainty as family cut off in Iran

    Mourners react, carry coffins during a funeral procession for members of security forces and...

    Fear, uncertainty as family cut off in Iran

    As anti-government riots in Iran lead to hundreds of deaths, a Dunedin-based expat says he is struggling to hear from family and friends at home.

    Upgrades around Octagon to disrupt traffic for a month

    The Octagon. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

    Upgrades around Octagon to disrupt traffic for a month

    Aurora Energy is making electricity upgrades in the Octagon including working on underground infrastructure to improve network reliability.

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    Early interest as DCC by-election set

    Lync Aronson. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

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    Early interest as DCC by-election set

    Early contenders for Dunedin’s vacant council seat have emerged, but the position will not be filled until mid-May.

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    'Lots of reasons': Bus hub pub plans abandoned

    The building at 1 Great King St is still yet to be filled after an application for a new pub was...

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    'Lots of reasons': Bus hub pub plans abandoned

    Plans for a new student pub and club in a long-vacant building on the doorstep of Dunedin’s bus hub have been abandoned after a public backlash.

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    Accused massage therapist claims she was just doing her job

    Annie Varghese is on trial defending charges of indecent assault. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    Accused massage therapist claims she was just doing her job

    A Dunedin massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting two clients says she was just doing her job according to her limited training.

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    ‘Lifelong consequences’ from botched surgery

    Marvin Weyland with his daughter Mira, 3, who requires more surgery to fix her hip joints. PHOTO:...

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    Botched procedures leave 3-year-old needing urgent surgery

    A botched surgical procedure has worsened the condition of a 3-year-old Dunedin girl and left her needing urgent corrective hip surgery.

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    Lovely day for cricket

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    Lovely day for cricket

      (Clockwise from above) Atawhai Foley, 9, raises the bat with a group of young cricket fans; Gabriel, 2, waves his flag with Yoshi Geerlofs and Arlo, 8, with Simon Greenall watch the...

    Witnesses to Christmas Day shooting in Christchurch sought

    Photo: RNZ

    Witnesses to Christmas Day shooting in Christchurch sought

    Police are appealing to the public for information about an alleged shooting in Christchurch on Christmas Day.

    Ardern joins boycott of Australian arts festival

    Jacinda Ardern. Photo: RNZ

    Jacinda Ardern joins boycott of Australian arts festival

    A top Australian arts festival has seen the withdrawal of dozens of writers, in a backlash against its decision to bar an Australian Palestinian author after the Bondi Beach mass shooting.
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