Student who died in bed was 'extraordinary in so many ways'
Student who died in bed was 'extraordinary in so many ways'
Jed Walker lived his life to the fullest at university. Maybe he shouldn’t have but, as his mother says, "he just got unlucky".
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'Extraordinary in so many ways': Dunedin student died in bed
'Extraordinary in so many ways': Dunedin student died in bed
Jed Walker lived life to the full when at Otago University.
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Liquidated company’s orchards up for sale
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Liquidated company’s orchards up for sale
The orchards at the centre of a liquidation of a fledging Central Otago fruit company are up for sale.
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Gold exploration application concerns
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Gold exploration application concerns
The rush for the next big gold discovery in Central Otago has heated up to the point the government has rolled out a bidding process for a sought-after slice of the region.
$4 million Taieri exhibition plan includes cafe
$4 million Taieri exhibition plan includes cafe
Fire engines galore, plane viewing out the window and all with food and drink available — a child’s utopia is going to open on the Taieri Plain.
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New quake laws 'really do help us'
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'Huge boost': New quake laws 'really do help us'
Changes to the earthquake-prone building laws could breathe life back into small towns in the South, as coastal Otago and Dunedin move from a low- to a medium-risk seismic zone.
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Insect pitched as fix to lagarosiphon invasion
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Insect pitched as fix to lagarosiphon invasion
A humble fly may be the key to stopping the march of a pest weed through pristine southern lakes.
Catching well-schooled fish part of ‘collaboration’
Catching well-schooled fish part of ‘collaboration’
Patearoa farmer and keen fly angler Simon Norwick says the trout in his local river have "PhDs in fishermen".
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Teen wunderkind wins chess championship
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Teen wunderkind wins chess championship
Isabelle Ning says the key to playing chess is having fun.
Unique Martin Phillipps portrait raises ASD awareness
Unique Martin Phillipps portrait raises ASD awareness
Creating a portrait should not be this hard.
Criticism ‘breach of our democracy’
Criticism ‘breach of our democracy’
A liquor control lobbyist says members of Parliament might as well approach judges at murder trials if they think it fine to criticise submissions made to a district licence hearing.
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Work begins to repair South’s roads
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Work begins to repair South’s roads
Most of State Highway 1 from the Dunedin Botanic Garden to Fairfield is set to have an asphalt seal as part of a three-year workload on the roads in the South.
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Opinions split over 150% visitor fee increase
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Opinions split over 150% visitor fee increase
Access is going to be opened up to Subantarctic Islands but the fees to get there are to rise by more than 150%
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Funding for helicopters ‘totally unrealistic'
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Funding for helicopters ‘totally unrealistic'
The funding of the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust is totally unrealistic, its operator says with mission numbers doubling in seven years.
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Super fans for Shield defence
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Super fans for Shield defence
Joshua Stewart is in a growing crowd of rugby supporters — they are the passively active brigade.
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ORC annual survey to be done online
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ORC annual survey to be done online
Changes are to be made to the Otago Regional Council’s annual survey, mirroring other authorities in the region.
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Wind helps mitigate low hydro lake levels
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Wind helps mitigate low hydro lake levels
Wind power is helping to store water in hydro lakes as the country tries to build up electricity fuel after a dry opening to the year.
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Sites to be used for paid parking trial
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Sites to be used for paid parking trial
Roys Peak and Blue Pools loom as possibilities for paid parking at public sites as a trial starts to do away with free parking at three places over summer.
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ORC should fund helicopter itself: Kelliher
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ORC should fund helicopter itself: Kelliher
An Otago regional councillor has poured scorn on a proposal concerning the council’s financial assistance to an "incredible" rescue helicopter service.
Roading, cables laid for wind farm
Roading, cables laid for wind farm
A dry Southland winter has provided ideal conditions to make great progress on the construction of Kaiwera Downs wind farm’s stage two.