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All aboard with ARL’s new video experience

Cutting-edge virtual reality technology developed by Dunedin company Animation Research Ltd is letting America’s Cup rivals Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA effectively get on board each other’s boats.
Plans afoot for Victorian horror

Turning the tourist section of Oamaru into a horror experience is filled with logistical challenges for South Canterbury farmer Rory Foley.

$100m hotel complex planned near gondola

$100m hotel complex planned near gondola

A planned $100million luxury hotel complex near Skyline’s gondola marks a Queenstown comeback for an American developer.
CCTV cameras could cost up to $17k

CCTV cameras could cost up to $17k to install

Installing CCTV cameras in central Mosgiel could cost up to $17,000.
Information sought about Boer War soldiers

Information sought about Boer War soldiers

A Dunedin military researcher is seeking information from Otago people whose ancestors fought in the South African Boer War between 1899 and 1902.

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SPCA Otago animal care manager Hannah Hunsche and pup Max look over progress on building the new education and animal reception building at the Opoho animal shelter. PHOTO: Brenda Hardwood

SPCA centres band together

The massive rebuilding project at SPCA Otago’s Opoho animal shelter continues against a backdrop of major change for the animal welfare organisation.

Aim to up community health sector voice

Aim to up community health sector voice

Giving patients, families and the community a stronger voice within the health sector is the focus of the newly formed Southern District Health Board Community Health Council.
Polytechnic memorials logged and put online

Polytechnic memorials logged and put online

From pounamu to plaques, time capsules and trees, Otago Polytechnic can now remember its memorials accurately with the creation of a memorial and commemorative register.
Helping to save our native birds

Helping to save our native birds

Dunedin residents can help the dire situation of New Zealand’s native birds in various ways, environmental advocacy groups say.

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Energy imported from north after flows drop

Average inflow rates into the Clutha River are at their lowest point since records began more than 85 years ago, forcing hydroenergy to be imported from the North Island.

Extra day for Maniototo mail delivery

Extra day for Maniototo mail delivery

Maniototo residents sending mail will have to wait one extra business day for it to be delivered, after the postal clearance from Ranfurly was changed from 3pm daily to 9am daily.
Dog’s tale sounds warning

Dog’s tale sounds warning

When one of the Campbells’ dogs, Skye, went missing this month from her Springvale home, the family was devastated and distressed.
Work on courthouse may start in November

Work on courthouse may start in November

Six years after it was closed because of earthquake risk, building work is finally expected to start on Oamaru’s courthouse in early November.

Rising property prices have provided a major tailwind to the New Zealand retirement sector. Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms tells business editor Dene Mackenzie a cooling housing market will weigh on earnings growth and more.

All aboard with ARL’s new video experience

All aboard with ARL’s new video experience

Cutting-edge virtual reality technology developed by Dunedin company Animation Research Ltd is letting America’s Cup rivals Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA effectively get on board each other’s boats.
Anticipation wanes slightly

Anticipation wanes slightly

Anticipation of Spark New Zealand’s investor day on June 30 may have waned a little following recent events, Morningstar analyst Brian Han says.
Farming image national issue

Farming image national issue

Dealing with anti-farming campaigns is not just for Federated Farmers; it is a matter for "all decent New Zealanders", outgoing Federated Farmers national president William Rolleston says.

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Competitors brave cold at winter festival

It was a cold start for competitors who braved Lake Wakatipu for the annual Day on the Bay – part of Queenstown Winter Festival.

Meating of the minds at festival event

Meating of the minds at festival event

Queenstown Winter Festival shenanigans had a meaty flavour yesterday.
Residents to be consulted over special housing

Residents to be consulted over special housing

Queenstown residents will be consulted on a proposal to open up Queenstown’s rural gateway for special housing.
Council confirms 4.15% rates rise

Council confirms 4.15% rates rise

The Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday adopted the 2017-18 annual plan, which will lift rates by 4.15%.

Life & style

Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) in red variety Freedom and white Arctic. Photo: Gillian Vine.

Vivid beauties sensitive

There is more to poinsettias than you think, writes James Wong.

High on family

High on family

Bicycles, tents and books make a winning combination, writes Natalie Yule Yeoman.
The artist wears the trousers

The artist wears the trousers

Campbell Patterson’s first Frances Hodgkins Fellowship exhibition is an abstracted reflection on the urge to escape a bleak decade, he tells Bruce Munro.
A teenage guide to the adult brain

A teenage guide to the adult brain

I’m down with the kids, writes Liz Breslin.

FOOD & WINE

National

The four Kiwi yachtsman are being taken to Suva by the Fiji Navy. Photo: Getty

Four Kiwi yachtsmen rescued off remote island

Four Kiwis rescued from a remote Pacific island after their yacht ran aground on a reef are safely aboard a Fiji Navy patrol boat headed for Suva.

NZ roundabout named one of world's best

NZ roundabout named one of world's best

Who would have thought algae could be a beautiful thing?
Kiwis expected to live 10 years longer

Kiwis expected to live 10 years longer

Kiwis will be alive and kicking for 10 years longer by the end of this century, according to the latest findings and forecasts from the United Nations annual population survey.
Quake wakes up Wellington

Quake wakes up Wellington

Wellingtonians were woken by shaking this morning as a 3.8 quake rattled central New Zealand.

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Oracle Team USA skippered by Jimmy Spithill in action racing against Emirates Team New Zealand...

What to expect when racing resumes

There has been a lot going on at both Emirates Team NZ and with Oracle Team USA, sailing professor Mark Orams outlines what to expect during the race.

All Blacks show class in win over Lions

All Blacks show class in first test win over Lions

The All Blacks played their usual triple threat game and produced all their expected spark and flair, but so too did the Lions.
Top four likely locked in

Top four likely locked in

The top four may soon be set in stone with the three leading sides all recording wins.
Inspirational Broncos trump Raiders

Inspirational Broncos trump Raiders

Brisbane have beaten Canberra at GIO Stadium, with Queensland Origin forward Matt Gillett scoring two tries.

Farming

Outgoing Federated Farmers national president William Rolleston. Photo: supplied.

Farming image national issue

Dealing with anti-farming campaigns is not just for Federated Farmers; it is a matter for "all decent New Zealanders", outgoing Federated Farmers national president William Rolleston says.

First for Fed Farmers

First for Fed Farmers

West Coast dairy farmer Katie Milne is the first woman to become national president of Federated Farmers.
WMP leads fall in dairy prices

WMP leads fall in dairy prices

Dairy prices posted their first fall since early March in this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction, led by a 3.3% drop in the whole milk powder price.
Tinkering not enough for meat, wool

Tinkering not enough for meat, wool

Tinkering at the edges of change in the meat and wool sectors are ''not going to cut it'', Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairman Rick Powdrell says.

Police consider manslaughter over blaze

Police consider manslaughter over London blaze

British investigators said they would consider manslaughter charges over the London tower block fire that killed at least 79 people, as thousands of apartment-dwellers a few miles away were told to leave their homes due to fire risk.
Arab states issue ultimatum to Qatar

Arab states issue ultimatum to Qatar

Four Arab states that imposed a boycott on Qatar have issued an ultimatum to Doha to close Al Jazeera television, curb ties with Iran, shut a Turkish base and pay reparations demands so far reaching it would appear hard to comply.
Bomber planning to attack mosque blows up

Bomber planning to attack Mecca mosque blows himself up

Saudi security forces foiled a suicide attack on the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, cornering the would-be attacker in an apartment, where he blew himself up, the Interior Ministry said.

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