Salt water runs through the veins of three generations of a Nelson family who have dropped anchor near Dunedin during a circumnavigation of the South Island.
An early and rather cold start presented no barrier and could not prevent keen Dunedin residents attending the Otago Museum’s first dawn ceremony celebrating Matariki yesterday morning.
Emailed threats did not dissuade the Dunedin City Council from a decision to introduce Maori members to key standing committees at a meeting yesterday.
Southern politicians are concerned the thousands in savings promised for ratepayers from a massive water reform programme revealed this morning will disappear if Christchurch pulls out.
The problem of prodigious amounts of dog faeces along the West Harbour walkway was highlighted when a St Leonards family counted more than 200 deposits during a weekend walk.
A Dunedin church will be leading the charge as churches and bell towers around the world mark the 200th birthday of an invention that revolutionised bellringing.