Rugby: What worked and what didn't for the All Blacks in Paris
Rugby: What worked and what didn't for the All Blacks in Paris
ODT Online rugby correspondent Jeff Cheshire offers a few thoughts on the All Blacks' 26-19 win over France this morning.
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Rearranging the street furniture
Rearranging the street furniture
Dunedin is adopting a new generation of street furniture. It's happened before with varying results and we should try to do better this time.
Walking for a good cause
Walking for a good cause
It took 19-year-old Brando Yelavich 280 days to tramp from Cape Reinga to Bluff to raise over $8000 for Ronald McDonald House, and now he is tramping back to try to make it $10,000.
Picnic to honour librarians
Picnic to honour librarians
A community picnic in the park to honour Wanaka's librarians will be held tomorrow.
Southland to trial carbon bio-reactor
Southland to trial carbon bio-reactor
Environment Southland will build a carbon denitrification bio-reactor to extract nitrates from run-off water next summer.
Show seeks to draw tractor enthusiasts
Show seeks to draw tractor enthusiasts
The Edendale Vintage Machinery Club will celebrate 110 years since the tractor's arrival in New Zealand during next year's annual Crank Up weekend at Edendale.
Chance to shine as herdsperson
Chance to shine as herdsperson
Entires are now open for the annual Southern Rural Life Young Herdsperson of the Year.
Past 20 years an 'amazing journey'
Past 20 years an 'amazing journey'
Millers Flat farmers and stud breeders Trevor and Karen Peters have made the finals of the Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year for 2013.
Drone with cameras huge bonus for farm
Drone with cameras huge bonus for farm
Drones will be the next big innovation in farm work, Mark Gardyne says.
Fears of aviation fatality
Fears of aviation fatality
A Wanaka adventure aviation operator believes a fatality is likely if some operators in the industry continue to deliberately avoid meeting new safety regulations.
Consent sought to cut lot size
Consent sought to cut lot size
The fifth and final stage of development at Wanaka's West Meadows subdivision proposes a further 27 residential lots and a rule change to allow smaller lot sizes than the zone permits.
Brown to head board
Brown to head board
Wanaka Community Board chairwoman Rachel Brown was elected to the role unopposed at the board's inaugural meeting yesterday.
Seeking permits for more cinemas
Seeking permits for more cinemas
A proposed extension of Wanaka's Cinema Paradiso complex will maintain the quirky qualities of the popular tourist attraction, with a dentist's chair to feature among movie-goers' seating selection.
Rugby: Five ways to improve the scrum
Rugby: Five ways to improve the scrum
Despite the introduction of new laws, scrums continue to be a problem area for players and officials. ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire offers his thoughts on how to improve one of the game's fundamental set-pieces.
Multisport: Smallfield's year ends on high note
Multisport: Smallfield's year ends on high note
It may have been a year of mixed fortunes for Pete Smallfield, but the 22-year-old Dunedin man rounded it off in style on Saturday.
Assurances sought on sludge proposal
Assurances sought on sludge proposal
Concerns linger over a proposed sludge-drying facility near Luggate, with more assurances being sought from those behind the project.
No Shrek exhibition this year
No Shrek exhibition this year
The unveiling of the preserved body of hermit sheep Shrek will not take place until next year.
Installations help make airspace safer
Installations help make airspace safer
Cutting-edge technology is being installed in some of the most challenging South Island high country to help air traffic controllers better track aircraft through increasingly busy airspace.
Irrigation reliability flagged as concern
Irrigation reliability flagged as concern
The head of the body representing New Zealand's irrigation interests says the past year has been one of progress for the sector - but has also generated a few concerns.
Relief as five-day rural postal service retained
Relief as five-day rural postal service retained
Rural lobby groups are applauding the Government's decision to retain five-day-a-week mail delivery to rural areas.