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Centre seeks community support to remain afloat

A key South Otago sporting facility will become financially unsustainable without a fresh injection of cash, its overseers say.
Ski fields delay opening due to lack of snow

Ski fields in the South Island are delaying opening or weighing their options as mild conditions means a lack of snow.
Ice in their veins: Stewart elated to win national title

At the age of 74 Central Otago dog triallist Alan “Snow” Stewart has realised a long-held ambition to win a New Zealand Championship event.
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‘Powerhouse’ as old friends to star

In a ‘‘powerhouse reunion’’, three University of Otago music graduates have hooked themselves leads in Opera New Zealand’s upcoming performance of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.

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Range of views from landscape experts at mine hearing

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Range of views from landscape experts at mine hearing

It is full of weeds and arid but the land being used by the proposed $4.5 billion Santana gold mine is a rarity and was described as an ‘‘incredible landscape’’.
Heartbreak as 'unbelievably brave' boy's cancer returns

Heartbreak as 'unbelievably brave' boy's cancer returns

After 16 months of battling stage 4 cancer, 5-year-old Dylan Yallop was bouncing off the walls with excitement to finally have his turn at ringing the bell to declare himself cancer-free.
Deployment longtime ‘aspiration’

Deployment longtime ‘aspiration’

A Dunedin man is spending his days in a historically hotly contested zone between Syria and Israel, ducking missiles in bunkers and monitoring both sides for truce breaches.

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Winely co-founders Jacob Manning and Abbe Hyde. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Failed Dunedin startup’s creditors out $2.2m

A former employee of a failed Dunedin wine startup hopes its founders will never run a business again as the company leaves creditors nearly $2.2 million out of pocket.

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Big fans of wind farm bake cake

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Big fans of wind farm bake cake

A group of Dunedin primary school pupils made a cake adorned with hand-crafted chocolate wind turbines in honour of their favourite wind farm turning 15 years old.
Former Waikouaiti paralympian still going the distance

Former Waikouaiti paralympian still going the distance

For the second year in a row, Evan Clulee exceeded his goals in the nationwide Heart Foundation MyMarathon fundraiser.
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'You're hurting me': Jury sees videos of Dunedin businessman's alleged abuse

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'You're hurting me': Jury sees videos of Dunedin businessman's alleged abuse

A jury has been shown footage of a Dunedin businessman on top of a woman in bed while she says ‘‘I can’t breathe’’.

regions

Fire rages in the treeline near sports fields at Waitaki Boy's High School. PHOTO: NIC DUFF

Cops identify suspects in 'suspicious' Oamaru school fire

Oamaru police are treating a spectacular fire which ripped through trees at Waitaki Boys' High School as suspicious.

Ski fields delay opening due to lack of snow

Ski fields delay opening due to lack of snow

Ski fields in the South Island are delaying opening or weighing their options as mild conditions means a lack of snow.
Developer grilled over Bowen Peak proposal

Developer grilled over Bowen Peak proposal

The developer behind a sprawling gondola, housing and tourism proposal in Queenstown has told sceptical residents his family wants to help the community.
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MP plays down Wānaka health funding fears

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MP plays down Wānaka health funding fears

Wānaka’s ‘‘unexpected’’ population growth has left the town out-of-kilter with their expected after-hours health funding, but the local MP is assuring the public it will get sorted.

National

The Big Sing finale was held at Dunedin's Town Hall in August last year. Photo: RNZ

$300k boost for Big Sing event

The government has moved to secure funding for one of the country's biggest school music events.

Agency fighting family, sexual violence facing job cuts

Agency fighting family, sexual violence facing job cuts

The centre responsible for government's collective response to family and sexual violence faces losing a third of its workforce in a restructure.
Concerns for missing Christchurch woman

Concerns for missing Christchurch woman

Police are appealing for help to find a Christchurch woman who has been missing for two weeks.
Hipkins criticises police commissioner over Naidoo row

Hipkins criticises police commissioner over Naidoo row

Chris Hipkins has accused the Police Commissioner of not being a good employer by making statements about one of his own officers that have "no evidential base".

sport

Otago Boys’ lock Fabian Eschenmoser is tackled by Southland Boys’ halfback Charlie Walker and No8...

Otago Boys’ falter out wide

Southland Boys’ had too much pace, ambition and quality out wide for Otago Boys’ during the annual interschool fixture at Littlebourne yesterday.

Serena mulls Wimbledon return after comeback win

Serena mulls Wimbledon return after comeback win

American great Serena Williams is considering a return to Wimbledon, after a winning comeback nearly four years since her last competitive match.
Ward returning to world stage after injury

Ward returning to world stage after injury

You learn a lot about yourself when injury prevents you playing the sport you love.
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Club docked points from first win of season

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Club docked points from first win of season

Alhambra-Union have been docked five hard-earned competition points.

Food & Wine

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Simple pleasures
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Budget-friendly feast
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Slow-cooked fare for momentous occasions
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The evening in done right

Business

ASB hit with $6.7m fine for breaching money laundering laws

ASB has been penalised a record $6.73 million for seven breaches of anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism law.

Hot water, heat pumps, electric blankets - winter power questions answered

Hot water, heat pumps, electric blankets - winter power questions answered

It's the season of higher power bills, but just how much are your appliances costing to run?
Southland, West Coast house prices continue to climb

Southland, West Coast house prices continue to climb

Buyers and sellers are facing mixed fortunes around the country, new data from property research firm Cotality shows.
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Failed Dunedin startup’s creditors out $2.2m

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Failed Dunedin startup’s creditors out $2.2m

A former employee of a failed Dunedin wine startup hopes its founders will never run a business again as the company leaves creditors nearly $2.2 million out of pocket.

Rural Life

Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis at Fieldays today. Photo: RNZ

$51m for new methane-busting technology

The government will invest up to $51 million into helping to roll out new methane-busting farming technology.

Dog triallists on hunt to beat Aust

Dog triallists on hunt to beat Aust

North Otago Centre triallists Lloyd Smith and Scott Hunter, and their respective huntaways, are part of a team to attempt to regain the Wayleggo Cup from Australia.
Farmer signs on to organic future

Farmer signs on to organic future

A South Otago dairy farmer believes converting to organic will simplify his farm system, reduce costs and increase profit.
Brooke Reichel's peppermint slice

Brooke Reichel's peppermint slice

In the Edi-bull series, Shawn McAvinue asks the people making the food served at bull sales in the South to share their recipes.

Life & style

Comforting food for winter

This winter, our Fresh columnists have have dug deep to provide dishes that give that comfort while not stretching our pockets too much.

Classic afternoon tea treat

Classic afternoon tea treat

Everyone’s mum had their favourite pikelet recipe - but if you cannot find yours, try this one.
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Don’t push me cos I’m close to the edge

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Don’t push me cos I’m close to the edge

ARGH!!!!! How’s the ol’ nervous system?
In a trailblazer’s wake

In a trailblazer’s wake

A new name for the South’s marine reserves carries a legacy of charting new horizons, Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman report.

LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Why so (not) serious?
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More space, more shows

World

People inspect the damage in Lendrick St, east Belfast, in the aftermath of anti-immigrant...

Homes burned as tempers flare in Belfast

Masked men have burned families out of their homes in Belfast and torched a number of vehicles in a wave of anti-immigrant violence that followed a knife attack by a Sudanese man.

Iran targets US bases in Jordan and the Gulf

Iran targets US bases in Jordan and the Gulf

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they have carried out attacks on US military bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz.
Alleged Bondi gunman charged with 19 more offences

Alleged Bondi gunman charged with 19 more offences

A man accused of committing one of Australia's worst mass shootings, at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach last December, has been charged with 19 additional offences.
Opening date for new Sydney airport confirmed

'Big moment for Sydney': Opening date for new international airport confirmed

Sydney's second international airport, which has been decades in the making, is set to finally open in October.