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Victoria University. Photo: RNZ Wellington's Victoria University has postponed a planned debate on freedom of speech after concerns the event could become a platform for hate speech.

Busker Kim Turton and singing dog Happy with their surprise visitor, Joe Walsh. Joe Walsh with his ‘‘new friend in the Fire Service’’, Todd Weeks. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED Legendary Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh left lasting impressions on at least two locals late last week.

File photo: RNZ A man with an infected open wound gave up waiting for medical help after seven hours at Southland Hospital's emergency department.

The Bowker Fountain after the Anzac Day attack in Victoria Square. Photo: Chris Barclay Vandals attacked the Captain James Cook statue in Victoria Square on Anzac Day and poured red dye into Bowker Fountain.

After 54 years of running the Prebbleton Tavern, Merwyn and Marie Gilmore (inset) have decided to sell the business. Photos: Daniel Alvey / Supplied Merwyn and Marie Gilmore have owned the Prebbleton Tavern since 1970 - but now the veteran publicans have decided it’s time to get out of the game and put it up for sale.

Saurian are releasing a new single, supporting it with a series of gigs. Photo: Supplied It’s approaching that happy time of year again — New Zealand Music Month — which always starts on May 1.

Northern Stars goal attack Amorangi Malesala has been ruled out for up to four weeks after suffering an ankle injury.

PHOTO: TNS Caleb Williams (left) poses with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected first overall by the Chicago Bears during the first round of the 2024 NFL draft at Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza in Detroit yesterday. 

The Ice Blacks fell 7-6 in a penalty shootout to hosts Bulgaria in division two, group B at the world championships yesterday.

Dave O'Sullivan, one of New Zealand's greatest trainers, has died, Racenet website reports.

Iris Apfel. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Not everyone knew Iris Apfel by name, but with her big, round, black-rimmed glasses, bright red lipstick, short white hair and eccentric style the designer was instantly recognisable.

Bernadette Farnan was most recently the Executive Judge for Southland. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED JUDGE BERNADETTE FARNAN Lawyer   Judge Bernadette Ann Farnan was meant to be a boy called Christopher.

English singer and songwriter Steve Harley of rock band Cockney Rebel, March 19, 1975. Photo: Getty Images Steve Harley, lead singer of British glam rock band Cockney Rebel, was a survivor.

Photo: Peter McIntosh Large metal girders started rising out of a Great King St construction site in Dunedin this week.

Photo: ODT files Those blinking road cones!

Penny Simmonds. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON The new government has had its first "Tui moment".

H.D. Morgan (left) wins the 100 yards race for Otago at the Easter inter-varsity tournament. — Otago Witness, 6.5.1924 The Otago representatives who took part in the New Zealand University tournament returned to Dunedin on Saturday night.

Cutting corners comes at a price. PHOTO: HELEN MURDOCH Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the debate around parking and cycling, the lessons of Pike River, and the story of a kind and gentle man.

Today's cartoon from Voyager 2023 award winning cartoonist, Shaun Yeo.