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Alexandra undies flusher bungs up pipes: The hunt is on for a mystery undies flusher clogging Alexandra's wastewater system.
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Alexandra undies flusher bungs up pipes
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Ex-Highlander buys Waikouaiti hardware store: He's a rugby hard man turned hardware man. Former Highlander Josh Hohneck (38) and his partner Sam Dolan have ...
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Ex-Highlander buys Waikouaiti hardware store
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Central Otago bunny hunt called off for third straight year: Central Otago’s bunnies can breathe a sigh of relief as the Great Easter Bunny Hunt has been called ...
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Central Otago bunny hunt called off for third straight year
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Two dead, highway closed after crash north of Kaikoura: Two people are dead and two injured after a crash that has closed State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura ...
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Two dead, highway closed after crash north of Kaikoura
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Sir Russell Coutts slams dolphin policy after SailGP races canned: Sir Russell Coutts has slammed officials for their "extreme" dolphin policy ...
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Sir Russell Coutts slams dolphin policy after SailGP races canned
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Serious crash closes SH8 near Cromwell: A serious crash involving three vehicles has closed State Highway 8 between Cromwell and Clyde this morning ...
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Serious crash closes SH8 near Cromwell
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'Wonderful sight': Geomagnetic storm lights up skies: A major geomagnetic storm visible across much of New Zealand overnight was the best one in about ...
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'Wonderful sight': Geomagnetic storm lights up skies
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Plastic in paradise: Airborne microplastics in Southern Alps air: They’re tiny, toxic and now, scientists have discovered, drifting in New Zealand’s pristine ...
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Plastic in paradise: Airborne microplastics in Southern Alps air
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Easter weekend: What's open, and when you have to pay a surcharge: If you want to get some shopping done this long weekend, it might pay to plan ahead ...
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Easter weekend: What's open, and when you have to pay a surcharge
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Zingari make statement in opening round: Zingari-Richmond have sent a warning - they are here to play this year. The Colours slotted a late penalty to edge ...
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Zingari make statement in opening round
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Farm worker killed in Duntroon crash named: The man who died in a single-vehicle crash near Duntroon was a worker at a nearby dairy farm ...
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Farm worker killed in Duntroon crash named
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Robertson approaches Sam Whitelock about ABs comeback: One of the great sporting comebacks may be on the cards after All Blacks coach Scott Robertson made a play ...
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Robertson approaches Sam Whitelock about ABs comeback
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Person killed in SH8 crash, travel disrupted: The Central Otago community is mourning the death of a local person killed in a "catastrophic" crash ...
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Person killed in SH8 crash, travel disrupted
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90 years on, still going strong: He might be a nonagenarian but Angus Ferguson has shown he can still foot it with dog triallists decades younger. Mr Ferguson ...
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90 years on, still going strong
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School’s oldest alumnus visits for drop-off duty: At 102 years old, Dunedin woman Connie Nelson considers herself lucky to be able to drop off her ...
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School’s oldest alumnus visits for drop-off duty
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Cold snap with chance of snow forecast tomorrow: It might be time to get some firewood in — MetService is forecasting a cold snap which could bring snow to parts ...
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Cold snap with chance of snow forecast tomorrow
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Cold spell in South before sunny holiday weekend: A cold front is expected to bring snow to some areas in the South before the sun comes out in time to warm ...
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Cold spell in South before sunny holiday weekend
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Bridge collapse: 'No one thought this could happen': Former Oamaru Mail journalist Scott Preston, who lives near a US bridge that collapsed ...
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Bridge collapse: 'No one thought this could happen'
Quick Glance: Tragedy in Baltimore: Fatal Bridge Collapse and Intensive Investigations
  • A cargo ship that lost control and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore had previously undergone engine maintenance in the port, according to the US Coast Guard. Divers retrieved the bodies of two of the six workers who fell into the water, while the search for the others was deemed unsuccessful.

  • Investigators commenced gathering evidence from the cargo ship involved in striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The victims were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, with authorities suspecting that the other vehicles with victims were trapped.
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Planners cool on inland port: Building an inland port near Mosgiel would clog up already busy roads with more trucks, a Dunedin City Council planner says ...
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Planners cool on inland port
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Veteran cafe owner will miss ‘banter’: A prostate cancer scare caused Steve Wilson to rethink his future in hospitality. After 35 years of owning Dunedin cafes ...
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Veteran cafe owner will miss ‘banter’
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Highlanders centre suspended for three weeks: Highlanders centre Tanielu Tele’a has been suspended for three weeks following his red card in the game against ...
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Highlanders centre suspended for three weeks
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Staying active to lessen pain on the journey to recovery: After a near-tragic farm accident in his early 20s, East Otago farmer and engineer Matt Hutchinson is ...
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Staying active to lessen pain on the journey to recovery
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Otago 2nd highest for injuries from alcohol: ACC: Dunedin’s drinking culture and perception as a "desirable" youth drinking destination is believed to ...
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Otago 2nd highest for injuries from alcohol: ACC
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Easter weather: Chilly Good Friday forecast as southerly winds sweep New Zealand: The cold snap has brought the first snow of the year to Otago's Cardrona ski ...
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Easter weather: Chilly Good Friday forecast as southerly winds sweep New ...
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Govt to crack down on unruly social housing tenants: The housing and finance ministers have sent a letter demanding Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities take a ...
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Govt to crack down on unruly social housing tenants
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Rock Tenors:   A different ‘Pink’ set to rock Dunedin P!NK, who performed at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium earlier this month, may have millions of fans...
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Rock Tenors
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Surfer statue future in doubt: A prominent statue that has graced the entrance of a Southland town for 25 years could be riding its final wave ...
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Surfer statue future in doubt
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South Canterbury's 'Spud King' Allan Pye dies: Self-made multimillionaire farmer Allan Pye, known as the "Spud King", has passed away ...
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South Canterbury's 'Spud King' Allan Pye dies
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Mr Monopoly's head recovered: Senior Constable Paul Alden helps Mr Monopoly out after he briefly lost his head in Lawrence yesterday. Mr Monopoly ...
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Mr Monopoly's head recovered
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Ditching NCEA level 1 pays off for St Hilda’s pupils: Scrapping NCEA level 1 has proven a success for a Dunedin secondary school, whose pupils achieved a 100% ...
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Ditching NCEA level 1 pays off for St Hilda’s pupils
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Govt announces ban on disposable vapes: The coalition government will ban single-use vapes as part of a crackdown on youth vaping, aiming to have all the changes ...
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Govt announces ban on disposable vapes
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Pipers ready for Lookout Point hymns on Good Friday: An anonymous donation, a mother’s favourite hymn and bagpipes at sunset. Since 2021 ...
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Pipers ready for Lookout Point hymns on Good Friday
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Canterbury 83-year-old battles Ngāi Tahu over possible eviction: Don Brown has a centuries-old connection to Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere, which started well before ...
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Canterbury 83-year-old battles Ngāi Tahu over possible eviction
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City council decides days are numbered for single-use cups: A Dunedin city councillor has been successful in his bid to make council-owned venues free of ...
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City council decides days are numbered for single-use cups
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Invercargill judge remembered as a humble powerhouse: Invercargill judge Bernadette Farnan, honoured recently for her "remarkable judicial career ...
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Invercargill judge remembered as a humble powerhouse
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Foul-mouthed non-students dominate Paddy's Day arrests: Out-of-towners and ‘‘non-students’’ ran afoul of Dunedin police yesterday when the city’s student ...
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Foul-mouthed non-students dominate Paddy's Day arrests
Quick Glance: Richard Corrigan: St. Patrick's - A Day of Celebration
  • Emphasize the importance of staying curious and continually learning.

  • Corrigan highlights the value of hard work and personal dedication.

  • Bentley's in London stands out for their dedication to quality and care in handling oysters.

  • Corrigan celebrates St. Patrick's Day as a day of togetherness and emphasizes the Irish spirit of celebration.
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Possum’s havoc cost $50k: A possum caused more than $50,000 worth of damage to lights in a small South Otago town, after an incident involving a power pole went ...
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Possum’s havoc cost $50k
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Fast-track Approvals Bill worries Greens: Concerns government ministers are handing themselves "superpowers" have been raised after Resources Minister ...
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Fast-track Approvals Bill worries Greens
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Timaru clocks 27C, warm air to continue in Canterbury: Metservice has described the unusually hot air as "a Föhn wind", or hairdryer in German.
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Timaru clocks 27C, warm air to continue in Canterbury
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Fatal crash spurs roading upgrades: Twenty-one of Dunedin’s rural intersections were upgraded in the wake of a double-fatal crash in Outram, it has been revealed ...
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Fatal crash spurs roading upgrades
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Trade Aid to close physical stores nationwide: A mainstay of sustainable and ethical trade in New Zealand is closing its doors because of rising costs ...
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Trade Aid to close physical stores nationwide
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'Absolute shortage' of rental housing: The rental market in Southland has too many renters chasing too few houses, resulting in an increase in rents ...
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'Absolute shortage' of rental housing
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Dealer caught with drugs in undies has appeal rejected: A Dunedin drug dealer caught with more than $25,000 of drugs in his underwear was sentenced fairly ...
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Dealer caught with drugs in undies has appeal rejected
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ODT quiz: March 27: Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Wednesday, March 27.
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ODT quiz: March 27
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Explosives detonated on riverbank at Clyde: A small Central Otago town was shaken by a blast yesterday afternoon, when the bomb squad detonated two explosives ...
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Explosives detonated on riverbank at Clyde
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Dealer smeared dog faeces on victim’s face: A Roxburgh dealer convicted of 20 drug charges says he was in the throes of addiction when he smeared dog faeces on a ...
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Dealer smeared dog faeces on victim’s face
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Council retains free fares for children: Children aged under 13 will not be charged for bus trips in Dunedin and Queenstown, but the brakes have been applied to ...
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Council retains free fares for children
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Councillors weigh in on mayor's 'train wreck' interview: Invercargill councillors have not held back in their assessment of Mayor Nobby Clark’s ...
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Councillors weigh in on mayor's 'train wreck' interview
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Alleged offender caught on CCTV after tagging rampage: Residents of a Dunedin street banded together to clean up their cars after a man spray-painted 13 vehicles ...
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Alleged offender caught on CCTV after tagging rampage
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'Not fit for purpose': Interislander passenger wins compensation: An Interislander passenger has won compensation over a ferry breakdown last year ...
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'Not fit for purpose': Interislander passenger wins compensation
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Record number of sea lion pups: Department of Conservation staff ran out of microchips as sea lion pup numbers exceeded all expectations in New Zealand's ...
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Record number of sea lion pups
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Cafe to be sold after 15 years: After 15 years at the helm, the owners of one of Alexandra most well-known cafes are stepping back and putting the business up ...
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Cafe to be sold after 15 years
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Hedge dispute spurs call for new rules: A Dunedin man fears there is no end in sight for a six-year battle with his neighbour over an overgrown hedge ...
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Hedge dispute spurs call for new rules
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Simulator gives almost real deal for trainee pilots: A state-of-the-art flight simulator has landed in Otago, giving local helicopter pilots the opportunity to ...
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Simulator gives almost real deal for trainee pilots
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Momona stabber Brodie Champion to be released from prison: A man responsible for a fatal stabbing in Momona will be released from prison this week after just ...
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Momona stabber Brodie Champion to be released from prison
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Coroner dismisses parents' suspicion daughter was pushed from car: A Coroner has ruled the death of a Christchurch woman who “exited” a moving vehicle was ...
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Coroner dismisses parents' suspicion daughter was pushed from car
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'What's going on here?': Parking sign sparks confusion among Sydney drivers : A parking sign in Sydney's south-west has baffled drivers who claim the ...
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'What's going on here?': Parking sign sparks confusion among Sydney ...
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ODT quiz: March 24: Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Sunday, March 24.
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ODT quiz: March 24
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Mayor denies 'gagging order' claims: Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich has been accused of issuing a "gagging order" to city councillors ahead of a ...
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Mayor denies 'gagging order' claims
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ODT quiz: March 22: Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Friday, March 22.
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ODT quiz: March 22
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Jones visits site of planned Central Otago gold mine: Resources Minister Shane Jones has visited the site of a planned Central Otago gold mine amid speculation ...
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Jones visits site of planned Central Otago gold mine
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Bike trail access backers not giving up despite refusal: An attempt to secure access to public bike trails on Matangi Station has failed but its backers are not ...
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Bike trail access backers not giving up despite refusal
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Crews bring Waitaki District fires under control: Otago crews have contained two vegetation fires in the Waitaki District, but continue to work to extinguish ...
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Crews bring Waitaki District fires under control
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A model search with a difference: Decades after his death, intrigue continues to surround Eden Hore, the high-country farmer with a collection of haute couture ...
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A model search with a difference
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ODT quiz: March 18: Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Monday, March 18.
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ODT quiz: March 18
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Driving ban, fine for board member: A Strath-Taieri Community Board member who drank a "couple of gins" after his grocery shopping has been convicted ...
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Driving ban, fine for board member
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403,000 people's info taken in MediaWorks hack: More than 400,000 people have had their information taken in a cyber attack on MediaWorks ...
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403,000 people's info taken in MediaWorks hack
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Carey drives Aussies to test series victory: Australia chased down their 279-run victory target to beat NZ by three wickets in the second test to take the series ...
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Carey drives Aussies to test series victory
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Future stars get chance to test skills: The next future White Fern, Black Fern, Football Fern or Black Sticks player might have been showing off their skills at ...
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Future stars get chance to test skills
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‘Heartbroken’ to hear of death: Cardrona Alpine Resort staff are "heartbroken" after learning their colleague Isabella Bolton was killed in an ...
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‘Heartbroken’ to hear of death
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Glider pilot known for ‘unsafe flying’: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) report on a fatal glider crash near Omarama in which Robert John Martin died backs up ...
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Glider pilot known for ‘unsafe flying’
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Guyton remembered as ‘a top man’: North Otago’s rugby community fondly remembers Billy Guyton, the first New Zealand rugby player to have evidence of a brain ...
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Guyton remembered as ‘a top man’
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South’s lack of passenger rail bias: academic: Rail enthusiast and Otago business academic Dr Duncan Connors is tired of worn excuses for why so little of New ...
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South’s lack of passenger rail bias: academic
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New safety manager keen for a challenge: When Wayne Shaw started as a laboratory supervisor at the then PPCS Finegand plant in 1991, his goal was clear — "I ...
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New safety manager keen for a challenge
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100-day milestone/millstone in past: There has been an incredible amount of politics to digest in the past three weeks: quite apart from it being a lengthy ...
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100-day milestone/millstone in past
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Govt extends drought relief to Otago, Canterbury farmers: The government has extended drought support in the South Island as a Waitaki Valley farmer says the ...
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Govt extends drought relief to Otago, Canterbury farmers
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Man accused of murdering Gurjit Singh named: The man accused of murdering Gurjit Singh in his Dunedin home can now be named. Suppression for the 33-year-old ...
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Man accused of murdering Gurjit Singh named
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Brand new sports bar and restaurant announces opening date: Customers can expect "live sports, flavoured wings and cold beer"
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Brand new sports bar and restaurant announces opening date