Self-setting traps tested
Self-setting traps tested
A self-setting trap, which is being trialled by the Department of Conservation in Te Anau, could revolutionise pest control and save the taxpayer millions of dollars in the process.
Hamish McNeilly
Flight to be marked
Flight to be marked
An aircraft replica painstakingly built by studying photographs published in the Otago Witness is set to fly next month to mark the centenary of the original craft's first flight.
Aussies boost tourism figures
Aussies boost tourism figures
Australia has emerged as the saviour of the $200 million Dunedin tourism industry, with cruise-ship visitors proving a significant bonus, after a year many in the industry would rather forget.
Watery blow for brewery
Watery blow for brewery
Five thousand litres of beer were dumped yesterday after a burst water main affected production at the Emerson Brewing Company's Dunedin brewery.
Wedding marred by theft
Wedding marred by theft
A toast to the bride and groom and a brickbat to the thief who stole their portable sound system while they were having their photos taken.
No evidence of stalls on-selling produce
No evidence of stalls on-selling produce
Speculation that an Otago Farmers Market stallholder may be on-selling produce not grown by them has been quashed.
Attempted murder complaint made
Attempted murder complaint made
The New Zealand representative of the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd met police in Auckland yesterday to lodge a criminal complaint of attempted murder against the captain of a ship from the Japanese whaling fleet.
Maori fisheries trust maintains indigenous whaling support
Maori fisheries trust maintains indigenous whaling support
A Maori fisheries trust has no plans to pull its support of whaling for indigenous people, and supported scientific research by the Japanese to determine whale numbers.
Bins put takeaways off seagull menu
Bins put takeaways off seagull menu
Seagulls will have to go elsewhere for their takeaways, now that the Dunedin City Council has installed new rubbish bins along John Wilson Ocean Dr, designed to keeping rubbish in and scavengers out.
Veteran driver (92) has no plans to curb activity
Veteran driver (92) has no plans to curb activity
June Burr has held a driver's licence for more than 60 years, and has no plans to stop getting behind the wheel.
Chirpspace microbloggers meet up in real world
Chirpspace microbloggers meet up in real world
Twitter-tweeting digital world networkers met face-to-face as part of a "tweet-up" in Dunedin yesterday.
Holiday job-seekers up 13%
Holiday job-seekers up 13%
The number of young people applying for working holiday schemes is rising and is set to provide an increasing supply of labour for the agriculture, horticulture and viticulture industries.
More on track for spectacular walks
More on track for spectacular walks
There are some great walks in Otago and Southland, including the Milford, Routeburn, Kepler and Rakiura Tracks. Hamish McNeilly reports on the growing popularity of the walks by domestic and overseas tourists.
Minnie Dean gravestone remains mystery
Minnie Dean gravestone remains mystery
The mystery of who installed an unauthorised gravestone to mark the burial site of convicted child murderer Minnie Dean remains just that - a mystery.
Different types choose option
Different types choose option
It was a year many in the tourism industry would rather forget, but 2009 was a good year for the backpacker industry, Hamish McNeilly reports.
Anti-whaling vessel may visit Dunedin
Anti-whaling vessel may visit Dunedin
Anti-whaling vessel the Steve Irwin is tipped to visit Dunedin for fuel and repairs following its campaign against the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctic waters.
Poet's work, and then the poet himself, find a place in the heart
Poet's work, and then the poet himself, find a place in the heart
Tahu Potiki has made small talk with the Queen, and rubbed metaphorical shoulders with pint-sized Hollywood star Danny Devito, but it was someone closer to home who made the biggest impression.
Travelled the world to find Dunedin
Travelled the world to find Dunedin
A former cruise-ship worker who travelled all around the world looking for that perfect place, is now telling other cruise passengers why Dunedin is the best-kept secret, in her role as a charter bus driver.
The outside world floods in
The outside world floods in
Normally, it takes the manager of the Stewart Island pub one minute to get to work.
Doc defends handling of dying seal on beach
Doc defends handling of dying seal on beach
The Department of Conservation has defended its handling of a sick seal on a Dunedin beach.