MP Clare Curran has attacked KiwiRail for taking legal action
to stop publication of a leaked internal report outlining its
plans to slash jobs and network maintenance over the next
three years.
Two scientists involved with the first detailed mapping of
the seabed off the coast of Otago say they are excited by the
geological and biological information the survey has
revealed.
A group of benefactors has spent about $100,000 to provide
Dunedin students with an alcohol-free social venue and an
alternative to bars and nightclubs.
Cutlers Real Estate principal John Cutler admits he felt
intimidated when asked to speak a few years ago at a
conference attended by independent real estate company owners
from all over New Zealand and Australia.
The former Knox Row garden centre building, on George St,
near Albany St, which has been vacant for several years, will
be more than doubled in size to create a Lone Star restaurant
with capacity for up to 500 patrons.
KiwiRail bought 1970s technology when it bought new
locomotives from China, but now has an opportunity to put
matters right, one of its former long-serving senior
engineers says.
