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Fight for parity with men leads to dumping

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The coach who piloted the Southern United women's first trip to the playoffs has been dumped after he fought for some level of parity with the support the men's team gets.

Otago scientist's hunt for the Loch Ness Monster

Otago scientist's hunt for the Loch Ness Monster

Early starts, long days and countless interview requests from reporters - that's all in a week's work for a monster-hunting University of Otago scientist.
One dead in serious crash near Wanaka

One dead in serious crash near Wanaka

One person has died near the Treble Cone Ski area after becoming trapped in a car which left the road and ended up upside down in a creek.
Calm down, it's just a woman having a baby

Calm down, it's just a woman having a baby: Hosking

The New Zealand media have lost the plot around the Prime Minister having a baby, Mike Hosking reckons.

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Otago Girls' High School rugby players (from left) Petra McNutt Milne, Toyah McFarlane, Oceana...

Vietnamese schoolgirl flying flag for rugby

A Vietnamese school pupil who fell in love with rugby soon after she landed in Dunedin will be holding a flag on the field at the final All Blacks v France test on Saturday night.

Dunedin born: NZ's oldest person dies aged 111

Dunedin born: NZ's oldest person dies aged 111

When Madeline Anderson was born in Baldwin St in 1907 electricity was only just being introduced to Dunedin.
Cyclist cut from bike after crash

Cyclist cut from bike after crash

A cyclist had to be cut free from his bike after crashing in Dunedin.
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Headline, um, h-e-a-d-l-i-n-e

How do you celebrate winning a spelling quiz?

regions

Hospital CEO appointment a 'big decision'

Filling the role of chief executive at Oamaru Hospital is a "big decision" the company that owns and operates Oamaru Hospital wants to get right, its chairman says.

Convicted rapist jailed for indecency

Convicted rapist jailed for indecency

A Queenstown man jailed for performing indecent acts after picking up women hitchhiking or waiting for buses is also a convicted rapist.
Centre roof shout at Jack Reid Park

Centre roof shout at Jack Reid Park

It was probably one of the most satisfying beers Simon Spark has consumed in the past decade.
Losses in water supply assessed

Losses in water supply assessed

Losses of up to 45% from the Clutha district's 24 water supply systems are "par for the course", a consultant says.

National

Calm down, it's just a woman having a baby

The New Zealand media have lost the plot around the Prime Minister having a baby, Mike Hosking reckons.

Conviction for snapping teens at beach quashed

Conviction for snapping teens at beach quashed

A man who photographed teenaged girls in their swimwear at a beach using a zoom lens while crouching out of sight has had his conviction quashed by NZ's highest court.
Winston at the wheel as acting PM

Winston Peters in charge - his duties explained

Jacinda Ardern has arrived at hospital to have her baby and Winston Peters is in charge of the country.
NZ welcomes U-turn on child separation policy

NZ welcomes U-turn on child separation policy

The New Zealand Government has welcomed a U-turn by the United States on its controversial policy of separating children from their parents at the US-Mexico border.

Business

Fletcher Building announces $95m restructure plan

Fletcher Building is restructuring to cut costs of $30 million a year and has announced an executive shakeup as part of its new strategy.

First-quarter trade deficit of $3 billion

First-quarter trade deficit of $3 billion

New Zealand has posted a $3billion first-quarter current account deficit - the largest since the 2007-08 Global Financial Crisis - as imports far outweighed exports.
Focus on future employment needs

Focus on future employment needs

The Otago Chamber of Commerce is starting a process of consultation to try to better understand the future employment needs of regional businesses and workers.
Caution about NZ dollar as US strengthens

Caution about NZ dollar as US strengthens

Strategists are becoming more cautious about the path of the NZ currency as the US economy starts to strengthen and the Federal Reserve appears likely to raise interest rates this year.

queenstown

Wetland 'lost forever' as skifield extends

The Otago Regional Council granted consent for a Remarkables skifield extension on a protected wetland without notifying the public, documents reveal.

Doc 'complicit' in wetland's destruction

Doc 'complicit' in wetland's destruction

The Department of Conservation's involvement in the destruction of a protected wetland on the Remarkables is part of the "constant nibbling away" of New Zealand biodiversity, Forest and Bird says.
Protest on US treatment of children cancelled

Protest on US treatment of children cancelled

A planned protest in Queenstown against US immigration policy has been cancelled due to an about-turn by President Donald Trump.
Escape route

Escape route

Coronet Peak lift operator Amy Leemat is lowered from a chairlift by ski patrollers.

FOOD & WINE

Life & style

Food and biologically-based materials can regenerate as compost. Photos: Si Williams

A revolutionary economy

If we are to make progress on waste, we might need to start going around in circles writes Gina Dempster.

Best in snow

Best in snow

Lisa Scott gets snowboarding lessons at the home of New Zealand's Olympic medallists and falls in love with the mountain.
Going with intuition

Going with intuition

Two years after launching her label Maggie Marilyn, Maggie Hewitt is ready to give people a closer look at the inner workings of a global luxury brand made entirely in New Zealand.
Theft mustn't be minimised

Theft mustn't be minimised

Shoplifting should never be viewed as a phase, a mistake or justifiable, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.

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Fight for parity with men leads to dumping

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The coach who piloted the Southern United women's first trip to the playoffs has been dumped after he fought for some level of parity with the support the men's team gets.

Start for Naholo, debut for Frizell against France

Start for Naholo, debut for Frizell against France

Ben Smith is back at fullback, Waisake Naholo gets a start on the right wing and their fellow Highlander Shannon Frizell will make his test debut when the All Blacks take on France in Dunedin.
Highlanders old and new face Barbarians

Highlanders old and new face Barbarians

Old heads and fresh faces will combine for the Highlanders when they play the French Barbarians in Invercargill tomorrow.
Kiwis out to exorcise World Cup demons

Kiwis out to exorcise World Cup demons

Enthusiasm sets the current Kiwis apart from the team who plunged ignominiously out of last year's World Cup, experienced back Peta Hiku says.

Rural Life

200 sheep taken: 'It's a lot of stock to be missing'

Nearly $30,000 worth of stock has been rustled from a South Otago farm, in what Southern police are calling the biggest rustling in some time.

Communication seen as key in eradication

Communication seen as key in eradication

A Mycoplasma bovis-affected farmer's heartfelt plea for communication brought a round of applause at a meeting in North Otago yesterday.
Farm fined $46k for exploiting volunteers

Farm fined $46k for exploiting volunteers

A Christchurch farm has been stung with a $46,000 fine by the Employment Relations Authority for "exploiting" volunteer workers.
Looking after Dairy Women in the South

Looking after Dairy Women in the South

Mokotua woman Shelli Mears is most at home with her cows, but these days she wears another hat.

Millionaire gets 30 years for business rival's murder

Millionaire gets 30 years for business rival's murder

Sydney millionaire Ron Medich has been jailed for at least 30 years for directing the execution-style murder of a business enemy and the intimidation of his widow.
Hospital deaths: Prescribed drugs 'shortened 456 lives'

Hospital deaths: Prescribed drugs 'shortened 456 lives'

More than 450 patients died prematurely in a British hospital after they were given powerful painkillers with no medical justification, in what a damning report found was a "disregard for human life".
Trump backs down over family separations

Trump backs down over family separations

Donald Trump has backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their families on the US-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage worldwide.

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