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   Police have confirmed a plan to shed more than 170 jobs. In August it
   consulted with staff on a proposal to cut 170 jobs, and it confirmed today it
   landed on cutting 173. Staff were informed of...


 * SENIOR DOCTORS WARN GOVT OVER STALLED HOSPITAL
   
   
   
   
   SENIOR DOCTORS WARN GOVT OVER STALLED HOSPITAL
   
   The southern region’s leading clinicians have sent a letter urging the
   government not to make further cuts to the new Dunedin hospital project.

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   Flooding in South Dunedin this month could actually be cause for optimism,
   the man leading the city’s response to climate change challenges in the
   low-lying suburb says.



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   AFTER-HOURS ACUTE CARE STARTS AFTER TWO-YEAR GAP
   
   Central Otago health leaders are celebrating the opening of Wānaka’s new
   overnight acute services.
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   OTAGO FORWARDS INCLUDED IN ALL BLACKS SQUAD
   
   Four Otago forwards will join an extended All Blacks squad as training cover
   before the test in Japan at the end of next week.
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   DAMAGED HOUSE ‘LIVING NIGHTMARE’
   
   A Dunedin solo mother is at breaking point after her Clyde Hill property was
   red-stickered following this month’s flood event.
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   AFTER-HOURS ACUTE CARE STARTS AFTER TWO-YEAR GAP
   
   Central Otago health leaders are celebrating the opening of Wānaka’s new
   overnight acute services.
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   OTAGO FORWARDS INCLUDED IN ALL BLACKS SQUAD
   
   Four Otago forwards will join an extended All Blacks squad as training cover
   before the test in Japan at the end of next week.

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been accused of having "no idea" about
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Waipori Falls residents are rising up in protest at what they say are
unwarranted negative headlines about their little slice of paradise.


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Spurred on by his mates who were shouting “Go, go, go”, Quinn Woodman
deliberately drove at speed towards a wild stag that was roaming a semi-urban
street in the early hours of the morning.


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   Niwa’s unauthorised competition with MetService appears to have paid off,
   with the government giving the go-ahead for it to absorb the state-owned
   weather forecaster. 


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   overnight that included several "serious incidents".






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Four Otago forwards will join an extended All Blacks squad as training cover
before the test in Japan at the end of next week.


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   senior A men’s victory in the Otago pennant finals at the Alexandra club at
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   New Zealand retained their perfect record at the world mixed championships in
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The Accident Compensation Corporation has slumped to a $7.2 billion full-year
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as it expects higher costs.


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   INFLATION AT LOWEST LEVEL IN 3½ YEARS
   
   Inflation has slowed to a three-year low, with the consumer price index
   falling back into the Reserve Bank's target band.


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   that anyone expecting lower interest rates to mean higher prices right away
   could be disappointed.




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TARRAS FARM WIELDS POWER OF SUN

Tarras farmer Sam Spiers admits he did not know much about solar when he
first pondered an alternative power source to pump water uphill to his
irrigation pivots. 


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   MAYOR WORRIED FOR PUKEURI WORKERS
   
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   meat processing sector following the Alliance Group’s planned retrenchment
   from its Smithfield site in Timaru.


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   TRIP HIGHLIGHTS GENETIC POTENTIAL
   
   Beef industries overseas are increasingly recognising the power of genetic
   tools to future-proof their sectors and address their biggest challenges,
   Beef + Lamb New Zealand says.


 * ANGRY FARMERS CALL TO BLOCK RIVER ACCESS
   
   
   
   
   ANGRY FARMERS CALL TO BLOCK RIVER ACCESS
   
   Southland Federated Farmers wants its members to rip down access signs and
   block anglers from their land as a dispute escalates over a controversial
   court decision.




LIFE & STYLE


BALANCING NUTRITION FOR HORMONE HEALTH

This month is World Menopause Awareness Month.


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   LAND OF STUNNING VISTAS
   
   A week of Swiss wonders: photography student Johannes Guldner explores the
   heart of the Alps.

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   WILLING AND ABLE
   
   
   
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   WILLING AND ABLE
   
   Caught in the latest government policy changes, Elaine and Chris Gousmett,
   cannot see a way ahead after decades of battling for adequate disability
   services.


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   SOUTH ISLAND POST OFFICE FOR SALE - COMPLETE WITH 12-FOOT SHARK
   
   Ross Brownson's house is known for its colourful variety of sea creatures,
   most notably a 12-foot (3.65m) shark. Now that house is up for sale, and the
   sea creatures are too.






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WORLD


HARRIS DEFENDS RECORD ON BLACK INCARCERATION

US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has defended her record as a
prosecutor and pledged to decriminalise marijuana as president as she aims to
shore up support among black men.


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   North Korea has blown up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its
   side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, prompting South
   Korea's military to fire warning shots.


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   Thousands of Boeing staff will get layoff notices within weeks, a union and
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   Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including southern
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