On her first visit to Dunedin in her role as acting conservation minister Ayesha Verrall visited the Wildlife Hospital and the School of Veterinary Nursing yesterday.
The candidates for the vacant seat on the Queenstown Lakes District Council burnished their contrasting qualifications for the job before an audience of local Grey Power members yesterday.
The air conditioning on some may not work, while others are almost as good as new — whatever their condition the vehicles have successfully travelled 2400km in the name of charity.
After being cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the Poppy Day street collection returned yesterday in Dunedin to raise money for current and former servicemen and servicewomen.
Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Otago regional representative Debbie Vercoe said about 100 pupils from seven Otago secondary schools took part in the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.