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Yet the 13% is an improvement on last year, when a startling 16.5% of shops were empty.
The incumbent and her rival debated the region's water woes and rates rises.
It says the current system is at the end of its life.
Documents reveal critical flaws in proposed safety reforms, with officials warning the changes could create legal loopholes and risk another tragedy.
Cruise ship visits to Aotearoa are down, and industry insiders worry that the economic fallout for the tourism industry will be severe
The top 24 secondary school choirs from across New Zealand have descended on Dunedin for the Big Sing Finale — running from today until Saturday at the Town Hall.
Amber Joy Poulton (right) as Loretta Lynn and Lizzie Moore as Patsy Cline in the musical Coal Miner’s Daughter, coming to Dunedin’s Regent Theatre on October 18. Photo: supplied The extraordinary life and music of country music legend Loretta Lynn will be celebrated in Dunedin in the hit musical show Coal Miner’s Daughter.
Imogen Clifford holds a nice rainbow trout she caught spin fishing on the Waitaki River. PHOTO: SUPPLIED When Imogen Clifford signed up for an adult beginner fishing class in Dunedin, she didn’t expect to catch the biggest trout she had ever seen — or to discover a whole new way to connect with the outdoors.
Sport Otago staff (from left) Sophie Russell, Gabby Mainland and Michael Jolly are encouraging teams to take up the Tri Challenge. PHOTO: SPORT OTAGO Workplaces are being urged to get moving for wellbeing as a popular challenge returns next month.
Spring flowers are popping up in gardens across Dunedin, just in time for the Outram Spring Flower Show on September 5. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The best spring blooms will be harvested from gardens across Dunedin ahead of next week’s Outram Spring Flower Show.
Concord school pupils Emily McKenzie, 10, (left) and Nono Metuakore, 11, are looking forward to taking part in the Greater Green Island Get Together. PHOTO: SAM HENDERSON Music, games and smiles are promised as a much-loved event returns to the southern suburbs of Dunedin.
Dunedin artist Wen Li Ma is enjoying working on her watercolours in the company of fellow artists during the Otago Art Society Demonstration Week. Photo: Brenda Harwood It has been a long journey for artist Wen Li Ma, from architectural design in China to painting beautiful watercolours of Dunedin’s birds and landscapes.
Twenty-three people have put their hats in the ring to stand for election to the Otago Regional Council.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED Red Frogs NZ is inviting people to join New Zealand’s "Longest Walk Home", to help raise $30,000 for sexual assault awareness and prevention.
The Tomahawk-Smaills BeachCare Trust is inviting volunteers to a planting working bee at Tomahawk Lagoon next Saturday, September 6, from 10.30am-12.30pm.
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