Catherine Pattison

Martin Vandorp will jump on his motorcycle today and prepare to tick another box on a bitter-sweet list.

Dunedin company Powerhouse Wind's presentation of its small-scale wind turbine prototype, unveiled at Otago Polytechnic on Thursday, got an enthusiastic reception.

Rather than focusing on a "gloomy" post-peak oil future, a trio of Dunedin engineers is looking to pluck some positives out of thin air.

Hadley Donaldson will have to stay up late on Sunday to watch the Monaco Formula One race, and it will be a world removed from the racing to which the Dunedin man has been accustomed.

When two Aucklanders get invited to Cromwell to put on a show at the Central Motor Speedway, you know they are going to relish the opportunity.