Sport - Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB3 days ago · Otago warmed up for the representative summer with a solid win over Southland in the annual fixture in Gore yesterday.
Dunedin should focus on harbour: leaders - Otago Daily Times …
WEB6 days ago · Dunedin's attention should be fixed more firmly on cherishing Otago Harbour, city leaders have signalled. Issues and opportunities for the harbour will be explored in a report due to be completed next month for the Otago Regional Council, Dunedin City Council and mana whenua. The city council hosted a workshop on the subject this week.
Benefit fraud on rise while prosecutions drop
WEB6 days ago · Benefit fraud is at a five-year high but the number of people being prosecuted is falling. Ministry of Social Development records, obtained by the Otago Daily Times through the Official Information Act, reveal the number of successful prosecutions across the country has halved over the past five years.. But the ministry said it was not that …
Farmers dealing with ‘diabolical’ conditions after months of rain
WEB6 days ago · Relentless rain and diabolical ground conditions in the South has sparked a call for farmers to check the level of their effluent ponds. Environment Southland warned farmers who had full effluent ponds because of the weather needed to get in touch with it. Federated Farmers Southland meat and wool chairman and sheep, beef and dairy …
Mr Radich goes to Wellington | Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB6 days ago · Health Minister Shane Reti and Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich in Wellington earlier this week. Photo: supplied. Mr Radich had disappointed councillors, who had not supported that approach, in a political environment which "eats appeasement for breakfast", Cr O’Malley said. The focus needed to be on broken promises.
Food bank thieves 'cleared us out' - Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB6 days ago · PHOTO: WINSTON DAVEY. Burrows said the thieves smashed anything they didn't take. “They cleared us out, smashed eggs everywhere and left a real mess.”. She believes they must have been skilled, as the food bank has “big locks and an iron bar”. It also has cameras, which the thieves covered with cardboard so no one could be identified.
NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens freed from captivity in West Papua
WEB6 days ago · New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 1 1/2 years in captivity in West Papua, Indonesia, local police announced on Saturday. "Through the long process of negotiation, with patience not to do it repressively, our priority has been the safety of the pilot through this long process," Indonesian President Joko Widodo said ...
New bridge for Albert Town ‘possible’ - Otago Daily Times Online …
WEB5 days ago · The cost of replacing single-lane bridges at Albert Town, the Gates of Haast (both State Highway 6) and Luggate (SH8a) cannot be calculated until detailed investigations and designs have been completed, Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency confirmed this week. However, while replacing Albert Town’s bridge over the …
Wild ends season on high | Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB6 days ago · Wild ends season on high. The Wakatipu Wild women’s ice hockey team, who finished third in this year’s national league. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED. Wakatipu Wild coach Colin McIntosh’s view on his team’s performance during last weekend’s New Zealand Women’s Ice Hockey League finals series in Queenstown echoes the feeling of their …
Scoop at large in Hong Kong | Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB6 days ago · Speaking of expats, there’s certainly been a large exodus sparked by China’s imposition of a national security law following the massive pro-democracy protests in 2019, and subsequent Covid restrictions — many left for Britain. For the 12 months from August 2021, for example, 133,000 people left Hong Kong — anecdotally, mostly expats.
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