39 h. ago Firefighters union continues strike action into holiday season

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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4 d. ago 300 hours of work gone: Vandals destroy town's craft Christmas tree

The handmade sustainable Christmas tree in central Featherston after it was destroyed. Photo: Supplied Vandals have destroyed a prominent Christmas tree in a Wairarapa town, casting a cloud over what should have been a time of celebration.

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5 d. ago Sailing to Antarctica ‘exciting, terrifying — but in the best way’

Royal Albatross Centre guide and educator Libby Manning is about to take a month off work on the wind-swept cliffs of Otago Peninsula to sail a 1911 tall ship, Barque Europa, across the Drake Passage to the wind-swept cliffs of the Antarctic Peninsula. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Going to Antarctica in the comfort of a modern-day vessel is one thing, but to do it on a historic, 1911, three-masted sailing ship, in some of the coldest and roughest seas on the planet, is quite another.

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8 d. ago A natural decision to follow fashion runway back to the Teviot

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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9 d. ago Petition calls for more shade after kids burnt on playground equipment

A young child's hand after being burnt on metal playground equipment. Photo: Supplied Young children getting burnt by playground equipment has sparked a petition calling for every new or upgraded playground to have mandatory shade from the sun.

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1 week ago Christchurch child sex offender jailed for more than five years

A convicted Christchurch sex offender has been jailed for distributing and possessing images depicting the sexual exploitation and abuse of babies and children.

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1 week ago Mongrel Mob associate sentenced in Christchurch after gang kidnapping

Rameka Joseph Rangi-Te Rito was among Southland Mongrel Mob members who kidnapped and assaulted one of their own at the Mataura clubhouse. Photo: NZME A patched gang member suffered a collapsed lung, fractured eye socket and fractured ribs after a beating that lasted several hours and involved various weapons, including a hammer and a child’s bike.

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1 week ago Chch man dumps insurance after 'ridiculous' sea surge assessment

Tower Insurance says the high sea surge risk rating reflected the likelihood of flooding through nearby water systems. File photo A Christchurch man has ditched his home insurance after his premiums went up by more than 30 percent a year - or by $1000 - based on new risk pricing.

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1 week ago Southland Mongrel Mob associate sentenced for 'nasty' kidnapping

Rameka Joseph Rangi-Te Rito was among Southland Mongrel Mob members who kidnapped and assaulted one of their own at the Mataura clubhouse. Photo: NZME A patched gang member suffered a collapsed lung, fractured eye socket and fractured ribs after a beating that lasted several hours and involved various weapons, including a hammer and a child’s bike.

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1 week ago Christchurch childcare centre reopens after kids suffered chemical burns

Emergency services were called to Kindercare in Woolston on Friday afternoon. Photo: RNZ Five children taken to hospital after suffering chemical burns at a Christchurch childcare centre last week have returned to the kindergarten today.

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2 w. ago Childcare centre waterslide burns victims discharged from hospital

Emergency services were called to Kindercare in Woolston on Friday afternoon. Photo: RNZ Seven people including five children injured at a Christchurch kindergarten have been discharged from hospital.

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2 w. ago 'Million dollars of damage': Trucks torched in suspicious Invercargill fire

Trucks belonging to Christchurch company Treetech were damaged by fire at Invercargill's Queens Park early this morning. Photo: Matthew Rosenberg Police are investigating a suspicious fire which damaged four vehicles at Invercargill’s Queens Park in the early hours of this morning.

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2 w. ago Christchurch terrorist likely to give evidence at appeal hearing

Photo: RNZ The white supremacist terrorist who murdered 51 people in the Christchurch terror attack is expected to give evidence in an attempt to overturn his conviction and life sentence.

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2 w. ago Mosque terrorist likely to give evidence at Court of Appeal hearing

Photo: RNZ The white supremacist terrorist who murdered 51 people in the Christchurch terror attack is expected to give evidence in an attempt to overturn his conviction and life sentence.

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2 w. ago Thousands to replace vandalised door at Salvation Army store

Photo: Geoff Sloan A large front glass door at the Salvation Army's Addington family store in Christchurch was smashed early on Wednesday morning.

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2 w. ago Deputy PM accuses Chch principal of being media 'frequent flyer'

Some of the rancid lunches had already been eaten by students. Photo: Supplied By Jessica Hopkins of RNZ Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has labelled the principal of the Christchurch school where children ate mouldy school lunches a "frequent flyer in the media".

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2 w. ago 'Terrible tragedy': Emotional guilty plea after causing fatal crash

Patrick Keusch appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday. Photo: POOL via RNZ / Iain McGregor / The Press By Adam Burns of RNZ A Swiss national wiped away tears as he pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge following a fatal crash in Canterbury.

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2 w. ago Swiss national makes emotional guilty plea after fatal Canterbury crash

Patrick Keusch appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday. Photo: POOL via RNZ / Iain McGregor / The Press By Adam Burns of RNZ A Swiss national wiped away tears as he pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge following a fatal crash in Canterbury.

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3 w. ago Mainlander train’s return for holidays ‘absolutely wonderful’

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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3 w. ago 'Huge win': Passenger train to link Dunedin and Christchurch

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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