Seeing for themselves
Seeing for themselves
Standing in front of a crowd of schoolchildren, Malaysian student teacher Wendy Inggu read from her smartphone.
Carla Green
Rare effort to settle pay dispute
Rare effort to settle pay dispute
Protracted and tense dispute between Anglican Family Care Centre and its employees will go to facilitated negotiation in what a union representative labelled an ''extremely rare'' development.
'You sign it because you're hard up'
'You sign it because you're hard up'
Unions are fighting them, employers say they do not exist. Carla Green reports on zero-hour contracts.
Pair earn money at a fair clip
Pair earn money at a fair clip
Hannah Langford-Berman had been planning on shaving her head for a while.
Scrapbooks treasure trove of history
Scrapbooks treasure trove of history
''It is the most eclectic mix,'' Taieri Historic Museum president Neil Gamble said, gesturing to a box brimming with scrapbooks.
Kiwi chicks for Orokonui Ecosanctuary
Kiwi chicks for Orokonui Ecosanctuary
Amid the rain and a crowd of eager spectators, a kiwi chick was released at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary yesterday afternoon.
Harsh contracts nothing new
Harsh contracts nothing new
The difference between three and zero hours a week is negligible, says Dunedin city councillor Aaron Hawkins.
Antarctic whale of a time
Antarctic whale of a time
''It's over here,'' Zachary Penman says quietly, gesturing down the hall of Otago Museum.
Bohemian style of '50s recalled
Bohemian style of '50s recalled
The ''euphoria'' of a 1950s post-war fashion revolution was recalled amid hoots of laughter at the Toitu Otago Settlers' Museum yesterday.
Climate demonstration targets ANZ banks
Climate demonstration targets ANZ banks
A small group of demonstrators gathered in front of the ANZ branch in George St, Dunedin, yesterday to protest against the bank ''sponsoring climate change''.