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Australia wins over three fans but not the match

Australia has at least three new fans.
One giant leap for Sophie's space dream

It was one small step for the Invercargill community, one giant leap for a 12-year-old school pupil in the city yesterday.

Group to represent ratepayers

Group to represent ratepayers

A growing sense the Dunedin City Council should refocus, listen to city retailers and avoid wasteful spending has fuelled the emergence of a ratepayers’ association.
Forbury Park to be closed, trotting club to relocate

Forbury Park to be closed, trotting club to relocate

Dunedin's Forbury Park trotting venue is set to close.
QLDC agrees rewrite of contracts policy

QLDC agrees rewrite of contracts policy

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has agreed to an interim fix of its procurement guidelines while giving staff six months to rewrite its policy.

dunedin

Campus cop John Woodhouse punches out more push-ups than the students in this annual competition....

Strength and stamina overcome youth

Despite being more than four decades older than his tertiary student challengers, Dunedin’s Campus Cop has once again beaten the competition at an annual test of stamina.

Access to KiwiSaver welcome

Access to KiwiSaver welcome

Dunedin man Joshua Perry has welcomed a Government move to allow people affected by life-shortening congenital conditions to gain earlier access to their KiwiSaver funds.
Port fleet renewed

Port fleet renewed

Port Otago has spent $500,000 switching its light vehicle fleet to electric over the past few months.
Drug into lung direct real bonus

Drug into lung direct real bonus

A University of Otago expert is developing an inhaler containing anti-Covid 19 drugs that he believes could be key to beating the virus.

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Callum Sorensen, of Kaitangata, relies on the Balclutha branch of Kiwibank for large cash...

Disappointment at Kiwibank closing branch

News another bank may close in Balclutha has shocked residents.

Gang member admits brandishing gun in confrontation

Gang member admits brandishing gun in confrontation

A Black Power gang member who raised a .22 gun to Mongrel Mob members at the Glengarry Tavern last month yesterday has admitted his part in the confrontation.
Call for regulation of Airbnbs

Call for regulation of Airbnbs

Commercial accommodation providers are calling on the Waitaki District Council to take decisive and bold action on Airbnbs before there are no commercial operators left in Oamaru.
ES surplus bigger by $4.3m above budget

ES surplus bigger by $4.3m above budget

Environment Southland has reported a $4.6million surplus — $4.3million more than budgeted.

National

Anyone who visited Kmart in Botany last Friday or Saturday evening has been upgraded from "casual...

Confusion continues over Covid-19 contact rules

An evening shopping trip has ground life to a halt for more than 1200 shoppers, yet the ever-widening net of contact categories in Auckland's Covid-19 response is stirring up confusion.

Missing Christchurch woman used bus, visited vege store

Missing Christchurch woman used bus, visited vege store

Police have again appealed for the public's help to find missing Christchurch woman Marni Sheppeard.
Early KiwiSaver access allowed for some life-shortening conditions

Early KiwiSaver access allowed for some life-shortening conditions

People with down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Huntington's disease and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder will now have early access to money they have in KiwiSaver.
Washing machine tragedy: Child can't be named

Washing machine tragedy: Child can't be named

More details have emerged about the death of a Christchurch toddler in a washing machine last week - but her name and other details have been suppressed.

Business

Jon Conley is preparing to open his ITM Dunedin store early next month. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Owning ITM store ‘really appealing’

Dunedin's buoyant building market meant the time was right for new a venture for Jon Conley.

Blow to regional economies becoming starker, stats show

Blow to regional economies becoming starker, stats show

Regional economic activity is continuing to improve but the blow to different areas from Covid-19 — including Otago — is becoming starker, the latest Infometrics quarterly economic monitor shows.
Balclutha Kiwibank one of 7 set to shut

Kiwibank plans to axe 7 branches including Balclutha

Kiwibank plans to close seven branches over the next year in a response to more customers moving online to do their banking, including one in Balclutha.
Vodafone NZ losing 200 staff, including two key execs

Vodafone NZ losing 200 staff, including two key execs

Vodafone NZ is poised to lose another 200 staff in another restructure.

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queenstown

QLDC agrees rewrite of contracts policy

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has agreed to an interim fix of its procurement guidelines while giving staff six months to rewrite its policy.

Queenstown businesses facing closure

Queenstown businesses facing closure

One of Queenstown’s longest-running independent restaurants will close its doors for good tomorrow night, amid predictions of a "bloody long autumn" for the resort town.
Kiwis urged to join snow workforce

Kiwis urged to join snow workforce

Ski field operators are urging New Zealanders to fill the gap left behind by international workers as the ski season rapidly approaches.
Small business revenue declines for first time since May

Small business revenue declines for first time since May

Small business revenues have fallen for the first time since May, with the biggest drop felt in Queenstown.

Life & style

Pruning now could pay dividends later. Photo by Peter McIntosh.

Your garden: February 26

What's happening in your garden this week?

Change in air for DHS

Change in air for DHS

The Dunedin Horticultural Society has a new show venue. Gillian Vine reports.
Ways of knowing

Ways of knowing

Opportunities are going begging as we fail to recognise the potential of matauranga Maori, Prof Jacinta Ruru tells Tom McKinlay.
Nailing it on global stage

Nailing it on global stage

Otago's Anna Ross tells Rebecca Fox about her accidental path into the world of make-up.

Rural Life

Bruce Quirey, my companion on the Mataura, with a nice trout on a perfect day.PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Hooking good — conditions give rise to purple patch

We are in the middle of a purple patch as far as fishing is concerned and cicadas are dropping on the tussock lakes, willow grub are falling on lowland streams and trout are taking advantage of...

Rural trust there for anyone having ‘tough time’

Rural trust there for anyone having ‘tough time’

Help is only a call away.
Records fall at Lawrence dog sale

Records fall at Lawrence dog sale

Farmers were loving bidding for working dogs as records were broken in South Otago on Valentine’s Day.
Research focus of field day

Research focus of field day

Research updates and outcomes will be the main focus during the Southern Dairy Hub field day on March 10.

Southland

ES surplus bigger by $4.3m above budget

Environment Southland has reported a $4.6million surplus — $4.3million more than budgeted.

Volunteers rally to support search for man

Volunteers rally to support search for man

"I feel connected to him even though I don’t know him."
Gang member admits brandishing gun in confrontation

Gang member admits brandishing gun in confrontation

A Black Power gang member who raised a .22 gun to Mongrel Mob members at the Glengarry Tavern last month yesterday has admitted his part in the confrontation.
Former Clutha-Southland MP accrued $10k bill

Former Clutha-Southland MP accrued $10k bill

Discredited former Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker accrued a $10,000 expense bill in his final months in the job, according to just-released records.

sport

The future for Forbury Park is uncertain. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Forbury Park to be closed, trotting club to relocate

Dunedin's Forbury Park trotting venue is set to close.

Guptill back in the groove with whirlwind innings

Guptill back in the groove with whirlwind innings

A half volley outside off will do nicely when you are struggling for a bit of form.
Side heads into Hawke Cup challenge without star Smith

Side heads into Hawke Cup challenge without star Smith

North Otago will have to do without one of its best when it takes on Hawke’s Bay in its first defence of the Hawke Cup today.
Everything on the line for Otago against Wellington

Everything on the line for Otago against Wellington

The Ford Trophy playoffs essentially start a week early for the Otago Volts.

Bruce Springsteen cops booze fine, has drink-drive charge dropped

Bruce Springsteen cops booze fine, has drink-drive charge dropped

Rock great Bruce Springsteen has been fined $US500 for consuming alcohol at a New Jersey beach, but had drunken driving and reckless driving charges dropped.
First doses of Covax vaccine delivered

First doses of Covax vaccine delivered

The World Health Organization's global vaccine-sharing scheme Covax has delivered its first Covid-19 shots as the race to inoculate the world's poorest people and tame the pandemic accelerates.
Woods has surgery; police investigate crash

Tiger Woods awake after surgery; police probe cause of crash

Police are seeking to determine what caused Tiger Woods to swerve off a California road in his SUV, hit a tree and roll down a hillside in an accident that left the golf great seriously injured.

Opinion

Religion does not provide a battery of stock and slick answers but a framework within which...

Pakeha switch to the secular not so for other NZ cultures

What are the key markers of contemporary religious faith and practice in New Zealand? Unlike Germany, there is no state support for the churches here. Unlike the US, piety is not worn on one’s...

Tourism changes sought

Tourism changes sought

There is no beating about the bush in the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s follow-up report on the impact of tourism on the environment.
Kate Hawkesby: Who'd be a landlord in Dunedin?

Kate Hawkesby: Who'd be a landlord in Dunedin?

OPINION: With the onslaught of students in Dunedin comes an onslaught of flat warmings, which makes Kate Hawkesby feel a bit queasy for the landlords.
Tech giants’ fearsome power

Tech giants’ fearsome power

Facebook did everyone a favour when it shut down links to Australian news sites in its dispute with the Government.

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