Florists and courier drivers throughout Otago are scrambling
to meet Valentine's Day demand as thousands of roses and
other romantic gifts are exchanged between loved ones.
Bronnie Murphy, of Arrowtown, gets a Valentine's Day visit
from ambulance officer Nikki McFadgen as part of an estimated
100 Renaissance Florist deliveries made by St John yesterday.
Queenstown librarians are playing matchmaker again this
Valentine's Day as the library gets set to repeat last year's
Blind Date with a Book literary liaisons.
A Wanganui woman who murdered a neighbour she believed was
"coming on" to her partner on Valentine's Day last year has
been sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period
of 13½ years.
