Bike Wise Battle brings staff on to streets
Bike Wise Battle brings staff on to streets
February is Bike Wise Month - which means it is time again for the annual Bike Wise Battle.
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After-school music classes returning to Gore High
After-school music classes returning to Gore High
Gore's Out of School Music Programme is back in class for the 2009 year.
Families urged to buy second-hand uniforms
Families urged to buy second-hand uniforms
Families in the district already struggling financially may now be faced with the cost of sending their children to school, a situation which is concerning the Gore Salvation Army.
Athletics: Paralympics ultimate goal for Hayman
Athletics: Paralympics ultimate goal for Hayman
Rebecca Hayman's hopes of making the Black Ferns women's rugby team were shattered when she was paralysed from the waist down in a car crash in Dunedin in 2006.
Athletics: Talented teenager improving by leaps and bounds
Athletics: Talented teenager improving by leaps and bounds
A promising future awaits Brent Cheshire (Ariki) following his victories in high jump and triple jump competition at the interclub meeting at Memorial Park on Saturday.
Happy pills served with dose of dysfunction
Happy pills served with dose of dysfunction
Smart people can do very stupid things, as we see in Dirk Wittenborn's Pharmakon
Couple celebrate 60 years together
Couple celebrate 60 years together
When the regular Friday night ‘‘pictures'' in Waimate were cancelled one evening about 62 years ago, it was a blessing in disguise for 20-year-old farm worker Keith Taylor.
Community spirit evident at barbecue
Community spirit evident at barbecue
The Lake Hayes community barbecue last Sunday night may have been rained off after only an hour but organisers were thrilled with the huge turnout and sense of community spirit at the event before the bad weather set in.
CODC leading by example on bore water use
CODC leading by example on bore water use
The Central Otago District Council is providing a ‘‘more effective and efficient use of water'' for parks and green ways, community facilities manager Grahame Smail says.
New chief familiar to Wanaka
New chief familiar to Wanaka
Wanaka's new police boss, Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell, recalls first working in Wanaka over New Year as a young policeman ‘‘when it was a oneman station in the late '70s'', and staying at the old THC Hotel.
Flood works hit red tape
Flood works hit red tape
Contact Energy expects to be excavating up to 100,000m3 of sediment build-up from the Manuherikia River in six weeks' time, but is working through a last-minute resource consent process.
Ice Stadium upgrade on target after budget trim
Ice Stadium upgrade on target after budget trim
The construction of a mezzanine platform at the Dunedin Ice Stadium is well under way with completion of the $700,000 development expected by mid-February - in time for two international ice sports tournaments.
Sunset at Purakaunui, Port Chalmers
Sunset at Purakaunui, Port Chalmers
The 18th of January 2009 was a day of thunderstorms at Purakaunui. At the end of the day they had past, leaving a good amount of cloud that the sun was peeping through. This produced the most...
Lucky for some - Police so not interested
Lucky for some - Police so not interested
How lucky was the driver of this car and other road users driving between Glenorchy and Queentown on an afternoon last week? These pictures were snapped as the the driver, apparently the sole occupant of the Ford motor car, continually crossed the centre-line on blind corners of this busy tourist road.
Punk precursor: punchy, pretty and to the point
Punk precursor: punchy, pretty and to the point
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
Gin, rosehips, and rock pools for paddling
Gin, rosehips, and rock pools for paddling
"Our Piece of Paradise: Cribbies in the Wakatipu" is the latest exhibition to be produced by the Lakes District Museum.
Summer's Here!
Summer's Here!
Jumping off the rocks by Kawarau Bridge, Queenstown... Enjoying the Summer heat! By sarahlouise80.
Rainbow over Mosgiel, Dunedin
Rainbow over Mosgiel, Dunedin
Friday's heavy rain brought colour to the evening sky over Woodland Avenue, Mosgiel Photo: Bruce McMillan By Bruce McMillan from Mosgiel 9024, NZ.
Summer in the park
Summer in the park
These photos are of cousins Ariana Paul, 8, from Balclutha and Ben Caira, 8, from Australia.
Elderly man bound and robbed
Elderly man bound and robbed
Police are asking for public help as they hunt down an intruder who robbed an elderly Te Awamutu man then tied him up in his home yesterday.