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    South Dunedin street attack caught on CCTV

    The incident happened in front of the South Dunedin Library. Photo: ODT Files

    South Dunedin street attack caught on CCTV

    A Dunedin pedestrian was forced to run for it when a woman he knew chased him down the street wielding a weapon.

    Cleaners 'face sack' days before new Christchurch stadium opens

    Cleaners 'face sack' days before new Christchurch stadium opens

    Cleaners are facing job losses after the organisation put forward a proposal that includes outsourcing its cleaning operation days before the opening of Christchurch's new stadium, a union says.

    Over half of families in material hardship won't get fuel support package

    Social Development Minister Louise Upston has announced that people coming on to Jobseeker...

    Over half of families in material hardship won't get fuel support package

    The Green Party is crying foul after the government admitted more than half of families in material hardship will not benefit from its fuel support package.

    Meta, Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial

    Parents and family members of victims were at the court in Los Angeles to hear the verdict. Photo...

    Meta, Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial

    A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people.

    Stadium scale-down aimed at securing more shows

    Forsyth Barr Stadium. File photo

    Stadium scale-down aimed at securing more shows

    A Capacity Reduction System planned for Forsyth Barr Stadium is aimed at helping Dunedin secure events it is currently missing out on.

    Teacher injured, student arrested after lockdown at Waikato school

    Tuakau College. Photo: Tuakau College

    Teacher injured, student arrested after lockdown at Waikato school

    A teacher has been injured and a student is in custody after an incident at a Waikato school.

    Man with knife arrested in garage of student flat

    The man was found in a garage in Queen St. Photo: Google Maps

    Man with knife arrested in garage of student flat

    A knife-carrying man allegedly tried to break into a north Dunedin flat in the middle of the night to wake up a woman he had briefly met.

    Southern driver racks up 117 speeding offences in rental car

    Photo: Getty Images

    Southern driver racks up 117 speeding offences in rental car

    A woman driving a rental car hit speeds of 170kmh while racking up 117 speeding offences all over Otago and Southland in a week.

    One critically hurt in kindergarten carpark fight

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    One critically hurt in kindergarten carpark fight

    A person was critically injured during an assault in a kindergarten carpark in Lincoln, near Christchurch, overnight.

    Wild weather on way for weekend

    MetService has issued a slew of severe weather advisories for the country. Image: MetService

    Wild weather on way for weekend

    Parts of coastal Otago, including Dunedin, are set to be hit by some wild weather leading into the weekend.

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    Ideas offered as council faced with stadium debt

    The Dunedin City Council has approved additional funding of $1.25m to Dunedin Stadium Property...

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    Ideas offered as council faced with stadium debt

    Funding of Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium was one of the big issues in the city council’s discussion of budgets on March 4 and 5.

    Some people may have to pay back fuel support

    Image: RNZ

    Some people may have to pay back fuel support

    There are concerns that offering fuel support via the Working for Families system may mean some people end up having to pay it back.

    Christchurch cancer drug campaigner dies aged 45

    Christchurch cancer drug campaigner dies aged 45

    A Christchurch mum who tirelessly advocated for lifesaving cancer drugs to be publicly funded has died aged 45.

    Same crash different day: Motorway backed up again

    Traffic backed up on the southern motorway. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Long tailbacks on Dunedin motorway second morning in row

    Traffic on the southern motorway is rolling again after being backed up for the second day in a row following a crash near Lookout Point.

    Far North cut off by flooding, more rain on way

    Far North cut off by flooding, more rain on way

    Kaitāia and the top of the Far North are now cut off from the rest of the country by flooding, and more rain is on the way.

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    Meet-up over 40 years in the making

    Pen pals for more than 40 years, Lynette Kennedy (left) and Lana Rodlie met face to face for the...

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    Meet-up over 40 years in the making

    Across Dunedin’s busy railway station foyer, Lynette Kennedy spotted her pen pal of more than 40 years.

    Ong: 'Why would I consider resigning?'

    Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong presents his defence in a code of conduct case, reading from...

    Ong: 'Why would I consider resigning?'

    Defying a call by his colleagues to consider quitting, beleaguered Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong says he is not going anywhere.

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    'Thoroughly intoxicated' drink-driver had sworn off alcohol

    Photo: ODT Files

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    'Thoroughly intoxicated' drink-driver had sworn off alcohol

    A Dunedin drink-driver who swore she would "never ever" touch alcohol again was spotted driving on the wrong side of High St while five times over the limit.

    Bullying linked to inmate's suicide mismanaged by corrections

    Photo: RNZ

    Bullying linked to inmate's suicide mismanaged by corrections

    A Dunedin-born man died by suicide after being bullied in jail — an issue which was mismanaged by Corrections — a coroner says.

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    Big softie bikers raise $2000-plus for SPCA

    Dunedin SPCA huntaway collie Tanggol with SPCA community support officer Eric Odell and Niflheim...

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    Big softie bikers raise $2000-plus for SPCA

    Some motorcycle clubs have historically had a bad rap for being uncaring and antisocial.
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