Keeping fit a lifetime’s work
Keeping fit a lifetime’s work
After placing first in an international rowing competition, 70-year-old Allan Hallberg has no plans to slow down.
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Pupils work as team to propel dragon boat
Pupils work as team to propel dragon boat
Mount Aspiring College pupils have shown how well they can pull together as a team.
Phew! What a scorcher
Phew! What a scorcher
A "three-pronged attack of warmth" made Dunedin the hottest place in NZ yesterday and it's another very warm one today.
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Meat worker carves out place in history
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Meat worker carves out place in history
Eighty-year-old Ken McLeod has carved out a place in the record books after 64 years as a freezing worker.
Fund to assist ski guide’s family
Fund to assist ski guide’s family
Friends are rallying to support the wife and young children of Wānaka mountain guide Thomas Vialletet, who died in a fall on Aoraki/Mt Cook.
Local health treatments could save medical trips
Local health treatments could save medical trips
Central Otago residents have been told a proposal to shift care out of hospitals and into communities could save as many as 60,000 trips people make to access care in the cities.
‘Code browns’ on the rise again at Splash Palace
‘Code browns’ on the rise again at Splash Palace
Invercargill's Splash Palace has witnessed a jump in numbers over the past year, but not in a category staff would have hoped.
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Plan to open floating sauna
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Plan to open floating sauna
New Zealand media personality Dominic Bowden will soon launch the country’s first floating sauna, on Queenstown Bay.
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Details of work on water plan released
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Details of work on water plan released
Millions could be shaved off the cost to replace Three Waters infrastructure, Waitaki district councillors have been told.
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Couple create Waitaki tartan
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Couple create Waitaki tartan
Oamaru weavers husband and wife Rod and Sue McLean have created a Waitaki tartan that reflects the district’s natural environment, its people — and their love for their new home.
Otago councils captured by 'green banshees': Jones
Otago councils captured by 'green banshees': Jones
Shane Jones describes the ORC as "the Kremlin of the South Island" saying councils, especially in Otago, have been captured by "green banshees" who want to block development.
Dunstan rowers out to retain Dead Rabbit Cup
Dunstan rowers out to retain Dead Rabbit Cup
Dunstan rowers hope to make every stroke count as they seek to retain the Dead Rabbit Cup this weekend.
'Loving father and husband': Friends support Wānaka guide's family after tragedy
'Loving father and husband': Friends support Wānaka guide's family after tragedy
Friends are rallying to support the wife and young children of Wānaka mountain guide Thomas Vialletet who perished in a fall on Aoraki/Mt Cook.
Pair injured in crash
Pair injured in crash
Two people were transported to Dunedin Hospital with moderate injuries after a two-vehicle crash at a notorious black spot south of the city.
Fire risk ‘high’ as mercury rises
Fire risk ‘high’ as mercury rises
Parts of coastal Otago are expected to swelter in temperatures nearing 30°C today, prompting Fire and Emergency New Zealand to warn of high fire danger in the area.
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Mixed reactions to end of ORC
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Mixed reactions to end of ORC
One Otago regional councillor is excited about the prospect of losing his job, while another says massive government reforms for councils is a blow to local democracy.
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Mayors open to working on regional deal
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Mayors open to working on regional deal
A proposed regional deal to unlock coastal Otago’s potential could be reinvigorated or revised.
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$300 power hike ‘kick in the nuts’
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$300 power hike ‘kick in the nuts’
Increasing power prices across Otago by more than $300 a year will be a "kick in the nuts" some residents won’t be able to afford, a whistleblower says.
Greens’ policy would threaten jobs: miner
Greens’ policy would threaten jobs: miner
A new Green Party policy to revoke mining permits from the Macraes MP4 expansion plan, should it be approved, would jeopardise the livelihoods of 900 people in East Otago
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Clutha farm launches 'world’s most boring livestream'
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Clutha farm launches 'world’s most boring livestream'
Craig Whiteside's new livestream is as dull as watching oats grow, because that's exactly what it shows.