Otago has recorded its first substantial rainfall in more than five months, but it is nowhere near enough to break the dry spell plaguing the region’s farmers.
Security improvements should be considered a high priority at supermarkets with pharmacies, the union for Countdown staff says in the wake of the stabbings at Dunedin’s central city store.
Winter is supposed to be just around the corner, but the MetService is forecasting abnormally hot and humid weather for much of Otago over the weekend.
While it is expected to be warmer and drier than usual across the bottom half of the South Island over the next three months, Niwa climatologists are urging residents to keep their coats handy.
For a good 30 minutes, blizzard conditions appeared to prevail in a small part of South Otago yesterday, as the "Norman-ator Mark 2" made short work of plucking about 260 ducks.