port chalmers

When perusing a luxury cruise ship, do not put your tongue on the ice bar.

An array of transport options, including rail, bus and not one, but two harbour launches will ferry thousands of people expected at the Port Chalmers Seafood Festival on Saturday.

After being absent from the port for four years, it was announced last week that CMA CGM vessels would be calling here again. A new Anzex service that will eventually be weekly and employ seven vessels operating from the hub port of Port Kelang will begin with the sailing of Anglia.

Multiple power outages in Port Chalmers caused frustration for customers and Delta engineers yesterday.

The future of a mural, recently uncovered in the Port Chalmers Garrison Hall, was discussed at length yesterday by Dunedin City Council representatives and interested parties.

Organisers of a seafood festival showcasing Port Chalmers and Otago fishing say next year's Rugby World Cup is the perfect time to launch what may become an annual event.

Between the recent proposal to centre South Island neurosurgery services in Christchurch and now the report that the New Zealand Shippers' Council favors Lyttleton over Port Chalmers, one gets the impression that for many in positions of influence anything below the Waitaki River does not really exist.

It's been the scene of mariners, mystery and murder. But its new gig is music. Nigel Benson visits Chick's Hotel.

"So ... why don't you come and stay a night in 'the murder room'," Chick's publican Hector Hazard asks with a smile.

• A large shoal of fish, principally red cod, followed or preceded the s.s.Tarawera into the graving dock at Port Chalmers yesterday morning, and when the entrance gates were closed the imprisoned fish attracted some attention as they swam round and round the confined area seeking for a way of escape.