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[title] => Obituary: Bouquet residence, the lady of the house is no longer in
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[description] => Patricia Routledge in a scene from the BBC series Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV. Photos: Getty Images PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE Actress Patricia Routledge could turn her hand to any form of acting — which was a blessing and a curse.
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[description] => Isaac Horwood, 10, of Dunedin, plays the keyboard for shoppers at the Otago Farmers Market on Saturday. Photos: Peter McIntosh A Dunedin 10-year-old wowed listeners at the Otago Farmers Market yesterday, even drawing a tear or two from some weary Christmas shoppers.
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[description] => Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and a woman are seen in this image from the estate of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by the Department of Justice. Photo: U.S. Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS The US Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that made scant reference to President Donald Trump but extensively featured Democratic former President Bill Clinton.
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[description] => Quade Strange. Photo: Supplied WARNING: This article discusses child sexual abuse and may be upsetting to some readers.
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[description] => REPORT: LAINE PRIESTLEY / PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Career firefighters from all over Dunedin stopped work from noon until 1pm yesterday and took to the street to strike outside the Dunedin Central Fire Station.
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[description] => People gather at Bondi Beach as surfers take part in a paddle out to honour the victims and those affected by the terror attack on Sunday. Photo: Getty Images Thousands of surfers and beachgoers have returned to Bondi's waters to pay tribute to those killed in a horrifying mass shooting.
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[description] => Nataly Vitreras spent a week in Dunedin Hospital. Photo: supplied By Melanie Earley and Rayssa Almeida of RNZ A woman who developed a rare blood clot in her brain more than four months ago says she's stuck in limbo and unable to work while ACC investigates her case.
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[description] => Jamie Sean Smith admitted attempting to enter a commercial sexual arrangement with a teenage girl. Photo: Gregor Richardson A Mosgiel restaurateur who offered a 17-year-old girl $700 for sex can now be named.
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[description] => Jock Davies died after being shot while hunting on Stewart Island. Photo: Supplied A man has pleaded guilty to causing the hunting death of an Otago man Jock Davies in Stewart Island and can now be named.
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[description] => Director Rob Reiner and his son Nick Reiner, who has been arrested on homicide charges. Photo: Getty Images The son of filmmaker Rob Reiner was arrested on homicide charges after the director of beloved movies like "When Harry Met Sally ..." and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home, a police official said on Monday.
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[description] => Ajaz Patel. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Veteran spinner Ajaz Patel has been called into the Black Caps squad for the third and final test against the West Indies starting in Mt Maunganui on Thursday.
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[description] => Mark Blundell, Donna Corbel, Tahlia Blundell and Jake Blundell, pictured during an earlier trip to Melbourne, were in a restaurant 40m away from where the shooting occurred. Photo: Supplied A Queenstown woman caught up in the mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach says her family are still very much on edge the day after the tragedy.
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[description] => Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held his post-Cabinet press conference this afternoon, as Australia reels from the terrorist attack on Sydney.
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[description] => A police car outside a Wellington synagogue on Monday, following the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia. Photo: RNZ Security measures have been increased for the Jewish community across New Zealand after the Bondi Beach terror attack in Sydney, Australia.
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[description] => Roxburgh fashion designer and tailor Elaine Booth prepares her shop The Fashion Booth for its opening day. PHOTO: JULIE ASHER Coats, throws, pillows and cushions are all on offer in one of Roxburgh’s newest businesses.
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[description] => Former Gloriavle overseeing shepherd Howard Temple in the Greymouth District Court during his sentencing. Photo: Tim Brown / RNZ The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale stole the innocence and childhood of the girls and young women he abused, a court has heard.
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[description] => PHOTO: NICK BROOK The Clutha Leader Silver Fern Farms Local Legend lamb leg is luckily always large.
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[description] => Security cameras alerted the homeowner that two teens were at his property. Photo: Getty Images Two teenagers were urged to return to the scene of a $2000 rampage after their photos were posted to social media, police say.
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[description] => Passenger rail advocate Jarrod Hodson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A Dunedin passenger rail advocate is elated a service linking the city with Christchurch and Invercargill is back after decades of waiting.
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[description] => A 16-year-old boy has life-threatening injuries and another man has also been stabbed during a brawl involving four people at a suburban Adelaide shopping mall.
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[description] => Simon Dallow during his final newsreading shift at TVNZ. Photo: Screenshot TVNZ’s Simon Dallow has signed off from the 6pm news for the final time.
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[description] => Photo: Supplied Dunedin's decades-long wait for passenger rail to return is almost over with a new service set to link with city with Christchurch and Invercargill.
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[description] => New mask restrictions and expanded weapon search powers will be put to the test as police prepare for possible clashes between anti-immigration demonstrators and counter-protesters.
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[description] => The Aotearoa is not armed with heavy weapons, but is equipped to carry a helicopter. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The New Zealand Navy's largest ship, the oiler HMNZS Aotearoa, made a rare transit through the sensitive Taiwan Strait earlier this month, Defence Minister Judith Collins has confirmed.
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[description] => Photo: File image By Monique Steele of RNZ Canterbury grows most of NZ's wheat, barley and oat crops. But persistently low wheat prices, coupled with a high milk payout, are believed to be driving farmers out of the industry in search of dairy dollars.
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[description] => Photo: Supplied Due to an urgent Transpower issue at the Waipara substation, MainPower customers in the Hurunui and Kaikoura districts are being asked to reduce power usage by at least 30% on Friday.
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[description] => Social media is driving distress. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Why are we so anxious, Stu Crossan writes.
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[description] => Chris Bishop. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the biggest threat to our environment, inappropriate behaviour from a minister, and the PM's shoogly fluffers.
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[description] => Trees falling on lines caused more than 85% of the power outages from last month’s wind event in the South and the lines industry — which spends $67 million a year annually on the issue — says it is time for a change.
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[description] => South Invercargill’s Christmas Party is back.
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[title] => Pressing engagement? Sea lion makes stop at Dunedin dry cleaners
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[description] => Fishy smells and stains on your fur coat are annoying.
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[title] => 'Early Xmas present': Dunedin gets another direct flight to Australia
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[description] => From March next year, Monday flights will be added to Jetstar’s existing schedule along its Dunedin—Gold Coast route. Photo: ODT Files Christmas has come early for Dunedin Airport with Jetstar increasing to four the number of weekly flights direct to the Gold Coast.
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