Emergency services were called to Dunedin's Great King Street just after midday, with reports of a strong smell.

People have since been allowed back inside.

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06 Dec: A deep breath for centre Rob Loe as the Breakers hunt a third win in a row in tonight's NBL basketball game against Tasmania

06 Dec: A four-vehicle crash is bringing weekend traffic to a halt in Auckland's central city - with one man believed to have been trapped

06 Dec: Dan Hall's content with life in the Auckland FC defence while club captain Hiroki Sakai is out injured

06 Dec: Two people have been left injured, one seriously, after a two-vehicle crash in North Canterbury's Amberley just after 10am

06 Dec: Police are still searching for an offender, after a person was left in a critical condition from a gunshot wound in Auckland's Papakura early this morning

06 Dec: A new DOC trial hopes to manage increasing deer numbers in a remote part of Waikato

06 Dec: Kindercare daycare says it's shocked that children entrusted in their care were harmed at a Christchurch centre yesterday afternoon

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