Otago Daily Times - October 08, 2026

Rocker ends 40­year hiatus with album

Reignited burn­off caused fire: CEO

‘Mystical shaman’ plans Wanaka¯ temple

Changes to bus service more than minor: passenger

Rider pulls a runner

Claim costs absorbed as prices rise

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Search for tourist paused, but still active: police

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Chef celebrates becoming NZ citizen

Lauder nitrate, phosphorous levels up

Campaign calls for free dental care for all

Plane emergency declared

Knife case deferred again

Lotto 2627

Crash in Mornington

Acting CFO appointed

Armed police called out

Southerners prominent on NZ First party list

New OUSA president wants to tackle cost­of­living issues, fee pressures

Ports should remain majority public­owned: report

Finance spokeswomen agree to disagree — and agree

Labour vows to give smaller banks fighting chance

Eclectic mix of papers offered

Council backs $655k rails despite staining

Man found with child porn to serve home detention near school

Slinkskin operator fights council decision

Teen sexually assaulted in tent

No weather records in mild month

Unpaid health bills for visitors hit $70m

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STIHL HLA 40 battery pole hedge trimmer

Crown will not retry Tamihere

Get lawn ready for summer

Fred’s Fencing

Crash leaves driver with critical injuries

Two charged after cases reopened

New resource focuses on ‘possibilities’ after stroke

Tuning up for anthem anniversary celebration

Conditions ‘mostly ideal’ on fishing season opening day

15 freedom camping infringements a day

Footpaths safe from austerity measures

MP, candidates unfamiliar to majority of voters: poll

Fears copper thieves could be killed

Liquidation ‘isn’t the outcome we wanted’

Benefits of new credit card surcharge rules questioned

Highlanders appoint well­travelled former hooker scrum coach

NZC defends rejection of Deloitte recommendations

Otago name strong side for home quarter

Taking back power after Sweeney’s ad travesty

Junior Stampede clinch NZ under­18 title

NPC quarterfinal

England’s captain shines; Argentina’s departs

Brooker back in black after three years

‘I believe they believe’: Slack on the rejuvenated Wallabies

World No 19 signs up for ASB Classic

F1 to race in . . . Rwanda?

New Zealand squads

Djokovic wins by default

Columba crushes St Hilda’s

Fiery protests ‘heaviest toll in decades’

Oscar­winning actress dies at 102

Trump’s remark Iran could destroy a US city slammed

Kenya confirms first Ebola case after death

Victim of botched execution conscious

Former spy chief suspected of treason

‘Ghost particle’ hunt nets Nobel prize

AfD struggles to form govt

Shocking videos emerge

Cornell hires top lawyer

Israelis mark three years

Emmys to hit Prime

AI and official information

NZ needs a constitution to bind the nation

Off the rails

We ought to demand more from political leaders

Choirs popular drawcard

Correct usage of collective islands’ names

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Uni rebranding

Musical soiree

Friends get together

Importance of words

How to handle what pros call a spat

Not being embarrassed by the laws of physics

Anticipation as study time looming large

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