Father visits site of son's death
Father visits site of son's death
Australian Harry Bergman had hoped to visit New Zealand for the first time later this year for a holiday with his son, Philip.
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Highlanders emerge as real contenders
Highlanders emerge as real contenders
Week six of the 2012 Super Rugby season was one with a lot of points put on the board, and it all started with our boys down in the deep south of Invercargill.
Athletics: Hundreds on Cardrona run
Athletics: Hundreds on Cardrona run
Oska Inkster-Baynes (20), of Wanaka, was overall winner of Saturday's Southern Lakes Half Marathon from Cardrona to Wanaka, which attracted 230 runners.
Triathlon: Father's illness inspires winner
Triathlon: Father's illness inspires winner
Jason Palmer used thoughts of his father as motivation to win his first Otago triathlon title at Macandrew Bay yesterday.
Athletics: Benefit in light training
Athletics: Benefit in light training
Dougal Thorburn took full advantage of a great day and Dunedin's great outdoors to claim his second Three Peaks title yesterday.
Exploration on the fringes of the Fringe
Exploration on the fringes of the Fringe
Is the Fringe developing a fringe? It seems so, which is a good thing.
Rubbish sorted, education begins
Rubbish sorted, education begins
Following an intensive two-day clean-up of 40km of remote South Westland beaches last month, the sorting process for the huge volume of rubbish and recyclable materials recovered was completed this week.
Awesome Adam leads Highlanders to win
Awesome Adam leads Highlanders to win
We had a shaky first half with no territory, lots of possession and handling errors, giving away early points. Adam Thomson levelled the scores for half time and the Highlanders would have breathed a sigh of relief.
Highlanders show smarts in romp over Rebels
Highlanders show smarts in romp over Rebels
A strong showing in the second half has seen the Highlanders romp home against the Rebels in a 43-12 win.
Tried and true leads to winning ways
Tried and true leads to winning ways
"Don't kick it!! Pass it!!" It's a cliché I know, but for Jamie Joseph's men, it's proving to be a winning formula (well... all but last week).
Video: Cheryl Burtenshaw on iD
Video: Cheryl Burtenshaw on iD
By Gregor Richardson from Dunedin, NEW Zealand.
Car park proposal upsets group
Car park proposal upsets group
A suggestion another section of Wanaka's Pembroke Park be converted to car parking has raised the ire of the long-time guardians of the reserve.
Special delivery for holiday park
Special delivery for holiday park
Wanaka Lakeview Holiday Park manager Kelly Campbell checks progress as three accommodation units are lifted on to new foundations at the park by crane yesterday after arriving from Queenstown.
Lighter, cooler after dreadlocks go for charity
Lighter, cooler after dreadlocks go for charity
Wanaka stonemason Robin Dalton felt "about a stone lighter" after his 70cm-long dreadlocks were shorn off for charity yesterday and he saw his bare head for the first time in more than 30 years.
Nine pokies allowed for Irish Pub
Nine pokies allowed for Irish Pub
An application to operate up to nine electronic gambling machines in a new Wanaka bar has attracted some opposition from the community.
Art seen
Art seen
Paul Cezanne once wrote, "To paint is to register one's sensations of colour."
Tributes flow after sudden death of mountain biker
Tributes flow after sudden death of mountain biker
The British man who collapsed and died during a a mountain biking trip near Snow Park on the Pisa Range on Monday was a "top bloke" whose greatest passion was mountain biking, according to the friend who was with him when he died.
Dunedin man (26) dies on bike ride
Dunedin man (26) dies on bike ride
Police have named a 26-year-old Dunedin resident who collapsed and died during a downhill biking trip in the Cardrona Valley.
Injuries becoming a concern . . . or are they?
Injuries becoming a concern . . . or are they?
Wow.. what a two weeks! Between the Highlanders and the Warriors I am a nervous wreck.
Criffel offers modifications
Criffel offers modifications
The company behind a proposed four-lot subdivision including two 1000sq m residential building platforms at Criffel Deer Farm near Wanaka has indicated it will make modifications to the proposal, after a Lakes Environmental planner recommended its consent application be refused.