Financial support for struggling railway not covered in council budget
The Dunedin City Council draft 10-year plan does not include backing for the company.
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Kiwi Paralympic star considered quitting after Games postponement
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Court martial: Senior soldier denies groping allegations
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Moo Chews NZ said it has suspended further manufacturing with the company.
Ploughman sets his grandsons on the straight and narrow
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Methamphetamine, cash found in sleeping man's car
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Bye bye Billy: Holiday bus nicked
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House fire in Christchurch being treated as suspicious
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Revealed: The plot to hijack Prince Philip during visit to New Zealand
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Fledgling cannabis company has wings clipped by NZX
Medical cannabis company with a chequered past "not suitable" for stock exchange listing.
Dunedin man shoots neighbour's windows while firing gun at bottles
The 34-year-old man was charged with discharging a firearm near a dwelling.
Cricket: Canterbury schoolgirls' first XI wins up there with the best
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Bring on the party: Return of Queenstown's Winter Festival
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Horror jet boat crash: Pair end up in court
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'It's going to be a full house': Sell-out expected for Selwyn Sounds
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Invercargill Mayor claims he was denied IT help by his own council
Council staff reject the claims the Mayor was denied one-on-one training.
Vaccine rollout in Otago called 'a shambles'
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Opinion: Accusation of mental health censorship a shocking one
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'Uphill battle': Parts of NZ dangerously dry with no immediate end in sight
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Eating disorders: 'Endless' and 'horrendous' costs for parents who cannot get sick teens into public health system
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Prehistoric discovery: Piece of 30 million-year-old turtle found in NZ church rock
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Prison guard dies during fitness test
The physical readiness assessment has been temporarily suspended after the death.
Slashed tyres and swastikas: Spate of vandalism in Canterbury
A number of vehicles appear to have been targeted.
Fight between Dunedin flatmates, one taken to hospital
A police spokesman said the incident happened at a North Rd flat.
NZ's longest-serving prisoner dies
He spent more than 50 years in prison before being released earlier this year.
PM's Dunedin visit thwarted by fog
The fog has affected several flights in and out of the airport this morning.
Meeting hears concerns over nitrate levels in Canterbury water
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Person seriously injured in motorcycle crash in Christchurch
Police were alerted to the crash just after 5.45am.
40 years on, book about notorious kidnapping stirs up fresh controversy
Book about impacts of teen girl's gunpoint abduction in 1983 stirs concern 38 years on.
Gang enforcer will do his time for bashing prospect
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