Stu Oldham

Businesses need to start making inroads into India if they are to capitalise on a potentially lucrative second green revolution, a senior diplomat says.

Scientists have been asked for the first time to unlock the mysteries of a quintessentially southern institution.

Perennially busy businessman Paul Dallimore, of Christchurch, has been made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for his services to the arts, recognising an association as patron, governor and funder that has spanned four decades.

It seems that, metaphorically at least, lightning really does strike more than once.