Otago drivers were dropping like flies at Teretonga Park yesterday, with two out of three going off the track in nearly the same spot.
Preventive detention will be retained as a sentencing option for judges under the Government's proposed "three strikes" legislation, Police Minister Judith Collins said today.
When the main sponsor for his Relentless Suzuki team in England pulled the pin a month ago, Queenstown rider Scott Columb found himself struggling for motivation.
Businessman Grant Aitken, of Queenstown, is tantalisingly close to marking a tick on his wish list next to "establish a garage club in my home town".
After a recent spate of second placings, Queenstown's Scott Columb is "back on top" and leading the 250cc class of the New Zealand Supercross Championships.
Distance: 160km. Estimated time without stops: Approx. 2 hours.
Although Scott Columb could not claim a win from the first round of the New Zealand Supercross Championships in Timaru yesterday, he did manage a prize.
Nestled among the kanuka and rock-strewn hills, bearing old-time names like Welshtown and Logantown, are fallen-down pieces of history. Catherine Pattison took a summer drive from Lake Hawea to the Bendigo gold fields.
Down a dusty gravel road near Dublin Bay, Auckland-based cook and food writer Annabel Langbein is plucking elderflowers from a bush.
It could be a modern day version of one of New Zealand's most popular films, Goodbye Pork Pie.
"Disappointed" was Queenstown racer Scott Columb's assessment of his state of mind after finishing second in the New Zealand motocross championships' MX2 class.
"The real reason I do it now is for her," Whitewater NZ conservation spokesman Glenn Murdoch says, nodding down at his 3-month-old daughter Maia.
Wanaka businessman Peter Marshall's category prize in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards was "great for the business".
Hampered by blinding mud in his third race in the second round of the New Zealand motocross championships, Scott Columb took a risk.
Graeme Vallance knows his motorcycles.
A long-cherished dream of Winton Amies became reality last year when the Naseby Car Show organiser watched about 3000 people roll into the township.
It was always going to be a big ask of Scott Columb's body - to step off a plane from Europe, on to a lesser-powered motorbike and perform at his best.
The Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand is seeking a briefing from Auckland police over the disappearance of an Indian student.
Sometimes playing second fiddle can have unexpected advantages, as Dunedin Kart Club member Paul Booth has discovered.
The four Otago racers entered in the world jet-boat marathon are all placed within the top four in their classes after yesterday's lay-over.
