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Film icon. Community cycle forum intended to give voice to everyone

May 23, 2013 - 6:38pm
Watch this video! A week that began with passionate debate on cycle safety is drawing to a close with a thorough look at the city from the vantage point of a bicycle seat. A community cycle forum to give voice to everyone from the DCC to cycle groups is just beginning as this bulletin goes to air. ›see story

Film icon. Princes St on cusp of return to former glory

May 23, 2013 - 7:00pm
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The Exchange end of Princes Street is on the cusp of a return to former glory as street art and renovations to buildings progress. ›see story

Film icon. Players feel like underdogs

May 23, 2013 - 6:59pm
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The Nuggets may have started their season with seven consecutive wins, but the players say they still feel like underdogs in the competition. Yesterday, however, they got a chance to take their mind off the pressure they're under, when a couple of them met a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. ›see story

Film icon. Dance assessment held in Museum

May 23, 2013 - 6:55pm
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A performance at the museum by St. Hilda's pupils combined work with pleasure, as they completed a dance assessment for NCEA credit. The pupils performed five different dances in five different places to demonstrate dancing throughout the ages of history. ›see story

Film icon. Guitarist Inge Andrew performs folk music in the Library

May 23, 2013 - 6:51pm
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As part of Music Month, singer and guitarist Inge Andrew performed folk music in the library today. And she writes songs from the heart about love, loss, spoilt rich men - and the occasional cowboy. ›see story

Page icon Police looking for green Subaru

May 23, 2013 - 6:47pm
Police are looking for a green Subaru with a scoop in the bonnet after a number plate theft and petrol drive-off. The registration plate was stolen from Old Brighton Road. Early last week the Subaru with the stolen plates drove away from a Mosgiel petrol station with $110 dollars of petrol. ›read more

Page icon Fisher and Paykel Healthcare reports record net profit

May 23, 2013 - 6:43pm
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare has reported a record net profit after tax of $77 million. The company this morning announced its results for the year to the end of March. Those showed net profit increased 20% on the year before. Operating revenue was also a record $556 million, 8% up on last year. The sharemarket responded with a more than 5% increase to $3.19. ›read more

Film icon. Harlem Globetrotters to play in Dunedin

May 22, 2013 - 7:04pm
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Athleticism, theatre and comedy aren't words you would normally associate with basketball, but that's exactly what was on show today. The Harlem Globetrotters travel the world playing basketball like you've never seen it played before, and next week they'll be in Dunedin. ›see story

Film icon. New Zealand's largest trade union marks a significant milestone

May 22, 2013 - 7:04pm
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New Zealand's largest trade union marks a significant milestone in Dunedin today. The Public Service Association is unveiling a nationwide touring exhibition, which will feature a prominent guest speaker as well as an unusual, historic video. ›see story

Film icon. Your word on student bus fare discounts

May 22, 2013 - 6:59pm
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One submission to the Otago Regional Council's Draft Annual Plan requested a student discount on bus fares. The Otago Polytechnic Student's Association maintain Dunedin's bus fares are too expensive for residents on lower and fixed incomes. However the ORC says current bus fares are already discounted 50%, thanks to ratepayers. ›see story

Page icon Company expected to buy Carisbrook still undergoing sales process

May 22, 2013 - 6:54pm
The company expected to buy Carisbrook is still going through the sale process. The Dunedin City Council says despite that process being under way since early this year, Calder Stewart is still going through due diligence on the sale. It was confirmed in Febraury Calder Stewart had offered to buy the stadium for more than $3 million dollars. The DCC had no time line for the sale today. ›read more

Page icon Otago Boys High School makes it to the final round of the Treasury's Schools Challenge

May 22, 2013 - 6:50pm
Otago Boys High School is one of ten New Zealand secondary schools to make it to the final round of the Treasury's Schools Challenge. The Schools Challenge requires teams of pupils to put themselves in the shoes of a Treasury analyst, and grapple with their daily issues. The finalists are competing for more than $25,000 in prizes, and the champion's title. ›read more

Page icon Otago one of four regions to post net gain of international migrants

May 22, 2013 - 6:46pm
Otago was one of four regions in New Zealand that posted a net gain of international migrants in April. Those figures come as the number of Kiwis heading to Australia reached its lowest level since 2010. Otago, Auckland, Canterbury and Nelson experienced the gains, with permanent resident arrivals rising 4%, compared with April last year. ›read more

Film icon. Proposals requested from artists for Botanic Gardens sculpture

May 21, 2013 - 6:52pm
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Dunedin artists will be asked to develop proposals for a sculpture in the Botanic Garden. ›see story

Film icon. Natural burials group keen to get people involved in consultation

May 21, 2013 - 6:50pm
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A Dunedin group promoting natural burials is keen to get people involved in a DCC consultation on the issue. Natural burials are an option that provide an eco-friendly approach to combining bush and land regeneration. And with Dunedin's twenty cemeteries nearly all full, the group wants to grow awareness about how to sustainably dispose of our bodies. ›see story