A return to construction and maintenance techniques
similar to those used in the 19th century is ensuring the
future of the historic sea walls around Otago Harbour, writes
Sam Stevens.
Construction of sea walls on the Otago Peninsula began in the
late 1860s as a dray road between Portobello and Dunedin
moved from high on the hill to the water's edge.
People are used to seeing products advertised in newspapers
and on television, but how much do products appeal when they
are artfully, and strategically, placed in films on the
silver screen?
It sounds like a whale of a tale, but after more than 40
years as a source of entertainment for Dunedin children the
concrete whale at the centre of a paddling pool at Marlow
Park has had a summer off.
Eighteen second-hand over-size wind turbine tower sections
and blades bound for a Central Otago power generation project
were transported from Port Chalmers to Fairfield yesterday.
Finding the source of the smell - a decomposing sheep - was
easy; finding a local authority willing to deal with the
problem was anything but, staff at a seafront cafe in Dunedin
said yesterday.
