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• ‘Largely empty is not available everywhere’

  CENTRAL Otago’s mayor has offered to personally show Resources Minister Shane Jones around the region after he called it ‘‘largely empty’’.

• Bit extra no issue for Master Marko

  RIVERTON trainer Kelvin Tyler is wary of carrying the top weight but is confident Master Marko will be back to his best tomorrow.

• Reunions onrails: service returns

  AS the much-anticipated Mainlander train rolled into the Dunedin Railway Station yesterday, waiting on the platform for his daughter and grandchildren was one excited Dunedin grandfather.

• Strong solar flare activity lights up sky with aurora australis

  A FAST-MOVING coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun hit Earth yesterday, causing a severe G4 geomagnetic storm and a spectacular aurora australis was expected across southern skies last night.

• 12-month prescriptions not ‘one-size-fits-all’

  A DUNEDIN doctor is asking for the public to be reasonable with their GPs as a new 12-month prescription rollout is introduced next month.

• Forest&Bird decrygovt’s ‘waronnature’

  FOREST & Bird is concerned government changes to the planning system will increase the risk of permanent damage to wildlife and native habitats.

• HNZ ‘not upfront’ about wait

  PROMISES to be more specific about wait times for surgeries have not been kept, an Otago man says.

• Namesuppressiongranted insextapecaseappeal

  A GOVERNMENT employee who made a sex tape with a woman he met through work has had his name permanently suppressed.

• Researchers seek inclusion of fibre as vital nutrient

  FOR the first time in 50 years, a new item, fibre, could be added to the list of essential nutrients needed to keep humans healthy — if University of Otago researchers get their way.

• No ditching Springboks for ABs, Brown says

  TONY Brown has revealed he has no get-out clause to join the All Blacks and will be staying with the Springboks until after the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

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• Delays threaten aerospace industry

  TAURANGA: The aerospace industry is warning companies face too much red tape and are on the verge of quitting New Zealand....

• Technology being used to target dissenters, activists say

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• St Clair, Otago Boys’ back in interclub competition

  AN even spread of talent across six teams and the return of St Clair and Otago Boys’ High School to top-flight tennis are two of the features of the Otago division one interclub competition....

• Forces suppress protests marking Amini’s death

  TEHERAN: Iranian security forces cracked down on protests in Kurdish areas of the country on Saturday and briefly detained the father of Mahsa Amini, a year after the young woman’s death in custody set off some of the worst political unrest in four decades....

• Fitness training before surgery helps recovery: study

  HIGH intensity interval training for up to six weeks before major surgery can have a significant impact on recovery, with a 56% drop in post-operative complications and shorter stays in hospital, a new study has found....

• Home detention after ‘gross negligence’ in overdose death

  A DUNEDIN man will spend the next seven and a-half months in the home where his ‘‘gross negligence’’ led to the death of his on-off partner....

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• TWENTY years ago, Somalia was headed for catastrophe. Conflict, drought and government collapse threatened to plunge 200,000 people into famine. But relief groups lacked enough food for everyone and had no consistent way of identifying those most at risk of starvation. A man angered about his clan’s limited share of food aid fired shots at humanitarian workers.

  TWENTY years ago, Somalia was headed for catastrophe. Conflict, drought and government collapse threatened to plunge 200,000 people into famine. But relief groups lacked enough food for everyone and had no consistent way of identifying those most at risk of starvation. A man angered about his clan’s...

• UNE 21 (Reuters) - When a Legend Airlines Airbus A340 landed at San Salvador airport on July 15 after an 18-hour flight from the United Arab Emirates, its crew quickly realized something was wrong.

  UNE 21 (Reuters) - When a Legend Airlines Airbus A340 landed at San Salvador airport on July 15 after an 18-hour flight from the United Arab Emirates, its crew quickly realized something was wrong....