Child's play
Child's play
It's not always easy dragging the kids away from the television or PlayStation and getting them moving. Laura Hewson talks to three Otago families who have found a winning formula.
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Sleep well and you'll make the most of your day
Sleep well and you'll make the most of your day
If you're more get up and groan than get up and go in the mornings you may want to take a look at how you're sleeping. Laura Hewson offers some tips on how to rise and shine.
Athletics: Three from three for Wakelin in Balclutha
Athletics: Three from three for Wakelin in Balclutha
Mike Wakelin, of Dunedin, made the most of his opportunities in the middle stages to surge away and win the Balclutha half marathon yesterday.
Complete performance as All Blacks annihilate Ireland
Complete performance as All Blacks annihilate Ireland
The All Blacks have shown what a difference a week can make, putting on a clinic to annihilate Ireland 60-0 in the third and final test of their New Zealand tour.
Brian Grant lands his tuna spotting helicopter at sea
Brian Grant lands his tuna spotting helicopter at sea
Allegations of fish dumping, and "cruel" treatment of fishing-boat crews come as no surprise to an Otago helicopter pilot. Brian Grant has spent three years flying fish-spotters over the Pacific and says he has seen it all.
School site considered for college
School site considered for college
An Auckland promoter of a proposed private school on the old Wanaka Primary School site says there is a "strong possibility" the project will go ahead after he inspected the site and buildings this week.
NZ 'falling off radar as tourist destination'
NZ 'falling off radar as tourist destination'
New Zealand is perceived to have "fallen off the global radar" as a desirable destination, according to a report on the state of the tourism industry.
Shortest day cold for some
Shortest day cold for some
The shortest day of the year in the depths of winter seemed as good a time as any for Mount Aspiring College exchange pupil Damian Scherer to try water-skiing for the first time.
Skifields primed and looking swish
Skifields primed and looking swish
Wanaka skifields are gearing up for the 2012 season with a range of improvements made across the mountains.
'Blotto' woman insisted she could drive home
'Blotto' woman insisted she could drive home
'An extremely drunk driver who crashed with three young children in the car insisted she would be okay to continue driving home, says a man who intervened.
Cottage for auction in Wanaka's million dollar street
Cottage for auction in Wanaka's million dollar street
One of Wanaka's original cottages, which is well over 100 years old and just metres from Lake Wanaka, is for sale, two months after a similar property in the same street sold for $1.1 million.
Leaky hose creates crazy ice sculpture
Leaky hose creates crazy ice sculpture
The low temperatures in the Waitaki Valley this week were made manifest, when the spray from a leaky hose created a stunning work of art on a Duntroon property.
Bend it like Bikram
Bend it like Bikram
If the idea of practising yoga in a hot, humid room sounds like hard work, then you'd be right. Yet people all over the world are flocking to Bikram studios to sweat buckets and push themselves to new levels of strength and flexibility.
The ever-expanding business of Bikram
The ever-expanding business of Bikram
Bikram yoga is named after its founder, Bikram Choudhury, who grew up in India, practising yoga under his guru, Bishnu Ghosh.
Another attack on stock at farm
Another attack on stock at farm
Another dog attack on stock has occurred at a property near Albert Town where 14 sheep were mauled last week.
School land settlement date changed
School land settlement date changed
The conditional period for the sale and purchase agreements on two blocks of land at the former Wanaka Primary School site has been extended until the end of June.
Dog attacks merino ewes
Dog attacks merino ewes
Ongoing problems with wandering dogs bothering and attacking stock in the Wanaka area have been brought to the attention of police again after 14 merino ewes were mauled at a property near Albert Town last week.
Motorised vehicles banned, police warn
Motorised vehicles banned, police warn
Police are planning a crackdown on people trespassing on a block of private land near the Lake Outlet Holiday Park in Wanaka, in an area popular with trail bike riders and four-wheel-drive users.
Ireland give complacent All Blacks a wake-up call
Ireland give complacent All Blacks a wake-up call
A Daniel Carter drop goal has seen the All Blacks escape with a 22-19 win over Ireland in what turned out to be a nail biter.
School medal honours effort
School medal honours effort
Hawea Flat woman Yeverley McCarthy (back left), who was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours, was presented with another bigger, brighter and more personalised medal at Wanaka's Holy Family School assembly yesterday.