Simon Hartley

Dunedin trio land Australian deal for first-aid pod

Inventors (from left) Craig Latimer, Braedan Trompetter and Tony Watts in Dunedin’s Octagon this...

Dunedin trio land Australian deal for first-aid pod

A trio of Dunedin inventors have secured a crucial contract to supply their medical emergency first-aid shelters to a large Australian distributor.

Injunction threat over tahr cull

A young bull tahr and kid on Mesopotamia Station near the upper Rangitata River in Canterbury,...

Injunction threat over tahr cull

An interim injunction to stop the imminent cull of more than 17,000 tahr will be sought, if Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage does not reconsider her decision to go ahead.

Pitfalls lie ahead for NZ mining

Oceana Gold’s Waihi mine on the edge of Waihi township. Photo: Supplied

Pitfalls lie ahead for NZ mining

Government proposals which could dramatically alter how mining is done in New Zealand cast a pall of gloom over the annual New Zealand branch conference of the Australian Institute of Mining and...

Expansion will double Scott Technology

Preparatory gravel to compress the ground below will be removed soon for slab construction to...

Expansion will double Scott Technology

Construction is due to begin at Scott Technology's Kaikorai Valley headquarters in Dunedin, in a $4million project which will double its space.

Plans for huge tahr cull upset hunters

Plans for huge tahr cull upset Otago hunters

A sweeping cull of at least 17,500 Himalayan mountain tahr proposed by the Minister of Conservation, Eugenie Sage, has outraged some recreational hunters in Otago.

Sector optimistic despite mines pledge

A nugget glistens at the Goldfields Mining Centre, in the Kawarau Gorge.

Sector optimistic despite mines pledge

Major players in the resource sector are in good heart, but a pall hangs over the industry as the Government decides where to take its ``no new mines on conservation land'' pledge.

Confidence dips but farms positive

An artist’s impression of the planned new Richardson Group’s building on the corner of Esk and...

Confidence dips but farms positive

Southland has suffered a plunge in regional economic confidence, but many of the indicators for its crucial primary sector remain in positive territory.

Farmers: Fonterra needs to lift its game

Fonterra will need to reassure its farmers where future dividend payments are headed. Photo:...

Farmers: Fonterra needs to lift its game

Fonterra must address its dividend payout for disgruntled dairy farmers, who have high expectations a forthcoming management roadshow should be looking to set the record straight.

Southern production constant

Manufacturing activity in Otago and Southland for August was largely unchanged from the previous month, straddling the mid-point of contraction versus expansion.

Fonterra apologies, fix-it plan after first loss

Fonterra has announced a three-point plan to improve its performance. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Fonterra apologies, fix-it plan after first loss

News of Fonterra's first annual loss - of $196 million - in its 17 years of existence was delivered with candid apologies to farmers and unit-holders and promises that a fix-it plan was under way.

Low listings keep Otago house prices high

Low listings keep Otago house prices high

Otago and Queenstown continue to see above average annual gains in median house prices, as 14 of 16 regions across the country all showed median house price gains for August.

Strong Port Otago delivers $9m dividend

Port Otago's $8million backhoe dredge Takutai works in the upper reaches of Otago Harbour in July...

Strong Port Otago delivers $9m dividend

Strong gains in handling containers and record log numbers underpinned Port Otago delivering an increased $9 million dividend to its owner the ORC, for its full-year trading to June.

70+ staff earn more than $100K

70+ staff earn more than $100K

Port Otago now has more than 70 employees on its books earning more than $100,000 each.

Contentious issues to feature at conference

Waikaia Gold's floating dredge, shortly after it was commissioned in late 2013, in Northern...

Contentious issues to feature at conference

Seabed mining and access to Department of Conservation land are just two of the contentious issues to be addressed during this year's national mining conference in Tauranga next week.

Costs, inconsistencies features of reporting season

The end of the latest reporting season included a rallying in the market, which went against the grain as downgrades outweighed upgrades and mounting costs were highlighted by many listed companies.

Mining firm sets up rare-earths-focused subsidiary

The grab bucket on the stern of a ship chartered by Chatham Rock Phosphate leaving Wellington in...

Mining firm sets up rare-earths-focused subsidiary

A subsidiary company has been set up by aspiring seabed miner Chatham Rock Phosphate, to specifically examine the potential retrieval of rare earth minerals from the Chatham Rise seafloor.

Big Saudi order for ODoc’s diagnostic units

The director of King Saud University’s Prince Naif Research Centre, Prof Abdullah Aldahmash ...

Big Saudi order for ODoc’s diagnostic units

A world-first medical diagnostic smartphone app developed in Dunedin by ODoc has enabled the company to secure its first overseas partnership, with Riyadh’s King Saud University.

Readied for work

The boom and bucket of Port Otago’s new backhoe dredge up on the wharf at Steamer Basin, in Dunedin’s upper harbour yesterday. Port Otago’s general manager of operations, Kevin Kearney, said that...

Man 'lucky' cries heard from passing boat

Harbour rescue: Man 'lucky' cries heard from passing boat

A yachtsman was lucky to survive 90 minutes in the water at Careys Bay last night.

Plenty of change in 50 years of engineering

Long term Scott Technology employee Bob Hyslop pictured in the company’s workshop this week....

Plenty of change witnessed in 50 years of engineering

From hand-turned wheels on cumbersome lathes and milling machines to 3-D computers, touch screens and robotics, there’s not much engineering innovation John Hyslop has not tackled during his past 50 years with Scott Technology.

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