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Pay-what-you-like deal a success

A novel promotion to offset the impact of Covid-19 on the tourism industry is reaping rewards for the owners of Oamaru’s Pen-y-bryn Lodge.
Border passes for mosque victims to attend sentencing

Overseas-based victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings will get special border passes to fly into New Zealand - along with financial help - to witness the gunman's sentencing next month.

Smelter closure unnerves Mataura locals

Smelter closure unnerves Mataura locals

The closure of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has raised concerns over what it will mean for the thousands of tonnes of potentially toxic waste stored in the small Southland town of Mataura.
Man who allegedly escaped quarantine from Queenstown

Man who allegedly escaped quarantine from Queenstown

A Queenstown man who allegedly escaped from hotel quarantine in Hamilton has been has been sent to Spring Hill prison.
Victoria records 288 new coronavirus cases

Victoria records 288 new coronavirus cases

Victoria has recorded 288 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily increase of any state since the pandemic began.

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No-one hurt in car incidents

No-one was hurt in two incidents involving cars south of central Dunedin about 5pm today, emergency services said.

ORC signals opposition to bottling

ORC signals opposition to bottling

The Otago Regional Council is adding its voice to the chorus of concern about the bottled-water industry.
Break up fabricated to swindle benefits

Break up fabricated to swindle benefits

A Dunedin couple who claimed to have split up to commit benefit fraud of nearly $100,000 had their third child together while supposedly estranged, a court has heard.
Getting Cook Islanders into a dance routine

Getting Cook Islanders into a dance routine

Cook Islands people will dance their way to better health if Dunedin researcher Troy Tararo-Ruhe’s vision succeeds.

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The aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point in Bluff. Photo: supplied

Smelter closure unnerves Mataura locals

The closure of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has raised concerns over what it will mean for the thousands of tonnes of potentially toxic waste stored in the small Southland town of Mataura.

Historic vicarage given new life

Historic vicarage given new life

Oamaru businesswoman Nora Ngau Chun chooses to look on the bright side of her career move into the tourism industry four months before it was decimated by a global pandemic.
Pay-what-you-like deal a success

Pay-what-you-like deal a success

A novel promotion to offset the impact of Covid-19 on the tourism industry is reaping rewards for the owners of Oamaru’s Pen-y-bryn Lodge.
Govt, Rio Tinto urged to try to keep smelter open

Govt, Rio Tinto urged to try to keep smelter open

The Government and Rio Tinto are being urged to explore all avenues to keep the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter open "before irretrievable steps are taken".

National

New arrest at Auckland isolation hotel

A man has been arrested at an Auckland Covid-19 isolation hotel after allegedly becoming abusive at staff.

Border passes for mosque victims to attend sentencing

Border passes for mosque victims to attend sentencing

Overseas-based victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings will get special border passes to fly into New Zealand - along with financial help - to witness the gunman's sentencing next month.
Drug import ring-leader jailed

Drug import ring-leader jailed

A 68-year-old man who arrived from Hong Kong to lead one of New Zealand's largest and most sophisticated drug import operations hiding meth in umbrella stands has been jailed.
Man who allegedly escaped quarantine from Queenstown

Man who allegedly escaped quarantine from Queenstown

A Queenstown man who allegedly escaped from hotel quarantine in Hamilton has been has been sent to Spring Hill prison.

Business

Forklifts NZ employee Adrian Goodall is concerned for the future of the company he works for....

Many firms entwined with smelter

Businesses associated with the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter say its closure will seriously harm their incomes and jobs.

One third of port’s cargo at stake as closure looms

One third of port’s cargo at stake as closure looms

South Port will lose about $2million in profit and 33% of its cargo volume when the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter closes next year.
Post-smelter plan must be readied

Post-smelter plan must be readied

Southland does not need woolly promises of help and platitudinous pep talks. It needs a concrete plan to meet and then beat the economic and social destruction left when New Zealand Aluminium...
Smelter closure plans 'shattering': Shadbolt

Smelter closure plans 'shattering': Shadbolt

Rio Tinto's plan to close the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has been called "a terrible blow for all of Southland", while Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt says the news is "shattering" for the region.

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queenstown

Martin McVicar appearing via audio visual link at the Hamilton District Court after allegedly...

Man who allegedly escaped quarantine from Queenstown

A Queenstown man who allegedly escaped from hotel quarantine in Hamilton has been has been sent to Spring Hill prison.

Consent to be sought for $12m film studio

Consent to be sought for $12m film studio

A gathering of film and television industry players from Queenstown and Central Otago have agreed on a "road map" for the future, and given strong support for a proposed film studio near Gibbston.
Car parks at capacity after huge turnout at Otago ski fields

Car parks at capacity after huge turnout at Otago ski fields

Car parks have hit capacity early on a bluebird day at Queenstown Lakes ski areas.
Hope held till the end

Hope held till the end

A remarkable Queenstowner has died in his native Czech Republic, aged only 34, just four months after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.

Life & style

Corten steel, shuttered concrete and schist give this Speargrass Flat home a rustic look and help...

SustainabIy stylish, practically airtight

As winter bites, this home on the crest of a small hill near Arrowtown remains cosy. Kim Dungey reports.

More to roses than just blooms

More to roses than just blooms

Roses have a beautiful long flowering season with abundant flowers and that can be enjoyed outside or picked for indoor displays. But roses can provide us with much joy throughout the whole year.
Your garden: July 10

Your garden: July 10

What's happening in your garden this week?
Southern roles prove inspiring

Southern roles prove inspiring

Tony Stewart, the former owner of one of Auckland’s top restaurants, has given up the bright lights for the southern mountains. He tells Rebecca Fox about making a new start.

sport

Robinson plays down potential cross-code match

New Zealand Rugby boss Mark Robinson has played down the prospect of the All Blacks playing the Kangaroos in a potentially lucrative cross-code clash later this year.

Silver Ferns international schedule uncertain

Silver Ferns international schedule uncertain

Netball fans might have a long wait before they see the Silver Ferns' play their next international test.
Speculation of SANZAAR's demise premature

Speculation of SANZAAR's demise premature

Speculation of the demise of SANZAAR is premature according to New Zealand Rugby.
Gregory back for Highlanders as injuries force changes

Gregory back for Highlanders as injuries force changes

The Highlanders have made some injury enforced changes and again shuffled their front row for their match against the Hurricanes on Sunday.

Rural Life

Boris still has the tag in his ear put there when he was weaned. Photo: NCN

Wandering Boris: Back after 13 years in the wilderness

A “crazy big” Angus steer who has wandered the mountainous Hurunui back country for nearly 13 years has returned home.

Tahr, deer numbers ‘out of control’ on West Coast

Tahr, deer numbers ‘out of control’ on West Coast

Both tahr and deer numbers are now spiralling out of control in Westland, according to Conservation Authority member, Dr Gerry McSweeney.
Ovine star found, thanks to early lambs

Ovine star found, thanks to early lambs

A Central Otago lamb has been found to feature in a film following last week’s shout out in the Otago Daily Times.
Entries open for southern indoor charity dog trials

Entries open for southern indoor charity dog trials

Entries are open for the annual Southern Indoor Charity Dog Trials, which will be held at the Agricentre on the Southern Field Days’ site at Waimumu on August 9, 10 and 11.

Southland

Smelter closure unnerves Mataura locals

The closure of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has raised concerns over what it will mean for the thousands of tonnes of potentially toxic waste stored in the small Southland town of Mataura.

Govt, Rio Tinto urged to try to keep smelter open

Govt, Rio Tinto urged to try to keep smelter open

The Government and Rio Tinto are being urged to explore all avenues to keep the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter open "before irretrievable steps are taken".
Central Invercargill business owners ‘on edge’

Central Invercargill business owners ‘on edge’

Some Invercargill Dee St business owners are living in fear of their safety following persistent “anti-social behaviour” in the area.
Hammer blow

Hammer blow

Southlanders say they will fight to the last breath to save more than 1000 jobs in danger of being lost after the owner of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter yesterday announced the plant would close.

Mayor of Seoul found dead amid allegation of impropriety

Mayor of Seoul found dead amid allegation of impropriety

One of South Korea's most prominent elected officials, the longtime mayor of its capital, was found dead, police said, after he was reported missing by his daughter amid a criminal probe of alleged sexual harassment.
Olympics could pose health risk to Japan

Olympics could pose health risk to Japan

With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics, medical experts say the event could pose a grave health risk to the Japanese public.
Virus cases continue to grow in US

Virus cases continue to grow in US

The United States reported more than 56,300 new COVID-19 cases, the third day in a row infections have risen by at least 55,000, according to a Reuters tally.

Opinion

Flowers lay at a memorial near the Masjid Al Noor mosque for victims of the March 15, 2019...

Justice part of healing from atrocity

The Christchurch mosque killer is due to be sentenced next month. Kris Gledhill explains what the process is likely to involve.

Post-smelter plan must be readied

Post-smelter plan must be readied

Southland does not need woolly promises of help and platitudinous pep talks. It needs a concrete plan to meet and then beat the economic and social destruction left when New Zealand Aluminium...
So much promise from a passionate southern MP

So much promise from a passionate southern MP

For Hamish Walker, being a southern MP was a life’s ambition.
Unconscionable and from within

Unconscionable and from within

National Party politicians were absolutely right to suggest the leak of confidential information about Covid-19 patients was another sign of incompetence.

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