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Annual jaffa race postponed

Today's Jaffa race on Baldwin St has been postponed due to the weather.
And it’s bye-bye butterfly

The butterflies at the Otago Museum’s Tropical Forest will be left to die but its birds and tarantulas will live in an animal-friendly construction zone during a $2.5million redevelopment.

Region prepares for onslaught

Region prepares for onslaught

Local authorities raced against the clock yesterday to prepare East Otago for today’s forecast downpour, expected to be worsened by king tides and strong winds.
Dunedin Sound icon Roy Colbert dies

Dunedin Sound icon Roy Colbert dies

Dunedin music scene mentor, record shop owner, columnist and writer Roy Colbert died yesterday.
Cars damaged in head-on crash in Queenstown

Cars damaged in head-on crash in Queenstown

Emergency services have attended a two-car crash in central Queenstown this morning.

dunedin

Dylan Pauling (24) posed as a young girl online to talk to people about incest and share child...

Home detention for child porn offender

A Dunedin man will serve eight months on home detention in the house where he posed online as a young girl and downloaded child pornography.

Man injured in mountain bike accident

Man injured in mountain bike accident

A 38-year-old man was injured in a “mountain bike accident” in Dunedin last night, St John says.
Ambulance takes hour to reach stricken woman

Ambulance takes hour to reach stricken woman

A woman lay on a South Dunedin footpath for almost an hour yesterday waiting for an ambulance after a medical event.
Teddies, owners take to catwalk

Teddies, owners take to catwalk

Teddies and their proud owners took to the catwalk at Larnach Castle yesterday during the annual teddy bears’ picnic.

regions

Flying into trouble? A still from video showing helicopters flying in Skippers Canyon. Image:...

Film crew investigated for possible rule breach

Tom Cruise’s film crew is being accused of breaking aviation rules while filming a helicopter chase for Mission: Impossible 6 near Queenstown.

Help to modify new car

Help to modify new car

The story of a disabled man’s specially modified car being stolen has taken a surprising and positive turn.
1000 houses, worker accommodation on site ‘first priority’

1000 houses, worker accommodation on site ‘first priority’

Labour leader Andrew Little says building 1000 houses and a "hall of residence" for seasonal workers on the existing Wakatipu High School site will be the party’s "first priority" in Queenstown if elected.
Pilot failed to disclose depression

Pilot failed to disclose depression

A pilot killed in a fatal helicopter crash near Queenstown in 2015 failed to tell authorities or his employer he had been treated for a mental health condition only months earlier.

Business

Fletcher Building chief executive Mark Adamson addresses media in February. Photo: NZ Herald.

Earnings to fall by $100 million

Construction giant Fletcher Building dumped a slew of bad news on the market yesterday, including another earnings downgrade and the immediate departure of chief executive Mark Adamson.

MPs to deliver party messages on meat industry

MPs to deliver party messages on meat industry

Representatives from the major political parties will discuss their vision for the meat industry during the red meat sector conference in Dunedin this month.
Student cooks up food budgeting site

Student cooks up food budgeting site

Mikade Barns Graham knows first hand the frustrations experienced by tertiary students at mealtimes.
Extremes of affordability in the South

Extremes of affordability in the South

Otago-Southland features prominently in the latest Massey Home Affordability Index, for reasons at both ends of the financial spectrum.

Labour leader Andrew Little says building 1000 houses and a "hall of residence" for seasonal workers on the existing Wakatipu High School site will be the party’s "first priority" in Queenstown if elected.

Cars damaged in head-on crash in Queenstown

Cars damaged in head-on crash in Queenstown

Emergency services have attended a two-car crash in central Queenstown this morning.
Pilot failed to disclose depression

Pilot failed to disclose depression

A pilot killed in a fatal helicopter crash near Queenstown in 2015 failed to tell authorities or his employer he had been treated for a mental health condition only months earlier.
Film crew investigated for possible rule breach

Film crew investigated for possible breach of aviation rules

Tom Cruise’s film crew is being accused of breaking aviation rules while filming a helicopter chase for Mission: Impossible 6 near Queenstown.

Life & style

Hydrangeas are easy to grow, dependable and beautiful. Photo: ODT.

Hydrangea’s true colours

It’s amazing the difference a few years can make, writes Jennifer Connolly.

Limited greenhouse work can begin

Limited greenhouse work can begin

What to do in your garden this week.
South African heathers adaptable, great addition

South African heathers adaptable, great addition

Heathers form one of the largest genus of South African plants with over 600 endemic species, ranging from ground-hugging plants to small trees.
Chocolate connections

Chocolate connections

There’s a link between Olveston and Cadbury’s, but it’s not what you might think, writes Jenny Longstaff.

FOOD & WINE

National

DHB missed five of six ministry targets. Photo: Getty

Risk of bowel cancer up in appendicitis patients

If you're over the age of 45 and get acute appendicitis you are six times more likely to have underlying colorectal cancer, a new study has found.

Labour targets school donations

Labour targets school donations

Labour hopes to reduce the practice of schools asking for so-called ‘‘voluntary donations’’ from parents by giving schools that drop the practice an extra $150 per pupil at an estimated cost of $17 million.
Hundreds without power in wake of storm

Hundreds without power in wake of storm

Hundreds of homes are without power as a second winter storm hits New Zealand this month.
Doctor jailed for ‘extreme’ child porn

Doctor jailed for ‘extreme’ child porn worked at Dunedin Hospital

A senior children’s doctor jailed in England for making and sharing "extreme" child pornography worked as a paediatrician in three New Zealand hospitals, including Dunedin Hospital and Southland Hospital.

sport

Brown heavy on forwards for big battle

The Highlanders are expecting nothing less than a bruising battle against the Crusaders in Christchurch tomorrow night.

Highlanders’ chances dim: data

Highlanders’ Super Rugby title chances dim, data says

The lamp has shone a light on some very disappointing news.
Club semis none too easy to call

Club semis none too easy to call

The top four looked set weeks ago but who will make it through to the final? Club rugby writer Adrian Seconi previews the semifinals.
Ainsley’s rise continues with Wallabies training squad spot

Ainsley’s rise continues with Wallabies training squad spot

Jermaine Ainsley has come a long way since his days in the Otago Boys’ High School Third XV.

Farming

Some Kaikoura dairy farmers might not have their milk collected because of road closures. Photo...

Farms struck by fatal cow fungus

Four herds of dairy cows in Otago and Southland have been affected by ergot toxicity, resulting in hundreds of the animals being euthanised.

Tweeting all the way to Cape Reinga

Tweeting all the way to Cape Reinga

Welly the gumboot is about to take off on a mission to find its ''solemate''.
Damp but steady start to calving

Damp but steady start to calving

Calving has begun on North Otago's dairy farms.
Butter hits $US6000 per tonne

Butter hits $US6000 per tonne

Butter prices have hit another record high, surpassing $US6000/metric tonne in this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Body of man missing in flash flood believed found

Body of man missing in flash flood believed found

The remains of a 27-year-old man were believed to have been recovered four days after a flash flood rushed down a rain-swollen canyon in central Arizona killing his wife and eight other family members, a local sheriff said.
BBC pays top male star five times more than top woman

BBC pays top male star five times more than top woman

Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC, pays its top male star five times more than its best-paid female presenter, it revealed after bowing to the government's demand to publish the salaries of its highest earners.
Shot woman called twice to report assault

Shot woman called twice to report assault

Shortly before she was fatally shot by a US police officer, Justine Damond made two 911 calls to help a nearby woman she thought was possibly being sexually assaulted.

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