Life at the end of the Coast
Life is different when the nearest supermarket is two hours away and the nearest hospital four hours.
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Driving like a V8
Driving like a V8
Three laps following a hard-driven R8 in the hands of the son of the real Stig provided the answer.
Suzuki Swift up to the challenge
Suzuki Swift up to the challenge
On the face of it, Suzuki can be well-pleased with the initial response to the third-generation Swift.
USSCO sale questioned
USSCO sale questioned
It is apparent that an acute difference of opinion exists among local holders of shares in the Union Steam Ship Company respecting the proposal for the sale of their interest in the company to the...
SFF meeting suggests plant going: Peters
SFF meeting suggests plant going: Peters
Holding a staff meeting at Silver Fern Farms’ Fairton plant next week suggests the plant may be axed, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says.
Gas-to-energy project
Gas-to-energy project
An Isla Bank dairy farm is saving money and preventing harmful greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere by converting waste to energy.
Top talent for literary festival
Top talent for literary festival
An impressive line-up of international and New Zealand authors, has joined the third Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival, to be held on May 9-14.
Lauer keen to be a good steward at station
Keen to be a good steward: Lauer
American television presenter Matt Lauer says his family is looking forward to being part of the Wanaka community after confirming the purchase of Hunter Valley Station.
Siri defence ‘not credible’
Siri defence ‘not credible’
A Queenstown man who blamed the voice-activated program Siri for dozens of cellphone calls to his estranged wife has been found guilty of harassment.
Kiwi visitors drop 10% in January
Kiwi visitors drop 10% in January
The number of domestic visitors coming to Queenstown in January fell 10% compared with last year.
Popular Purcell pieces given a lavish makeover
Popular Purcell pieces given a lavish makeover
The style and character of all classical music can be seized from its origins, "syncopated and jazzed up" to be far removed from its geneses, writes Liz Bouman.
Retracing colourful heritage in a kilt
Retracing colourful heritage in a kilt
Given my Scottish blood, my first Kilt Day was well overdue, writes John Lapsley.
Russian manifesto released
Russian manifesto released
Pall-bearers carry the coffin of the late Hon T. Parata up the hill to his last resting place in Puketeraki cemetery on Saturday, March 10.
Ready to roll
Ready to roll
Westport couple Ray and Glenda Karl and Ray’s sister Theresa (centre), of Hastings, spent three days riding to Queenstown for the Iron Run.
Edendale plant most energy efficient
Edendale plant most energy efficient
Fonterra's Edendale site has been named the most energy efficient dairy manufacturing site in New Zealand.
Hore’s ducks in a row fighting firearms ban
Hore’s ducks in a row fighting firearms ban
In October last year, former All Black and Central Otago resident Andrew Hore had his firearms licence revoked by police. It came after a man was accidentally shot on his property on the first day...
Water-powered mill’s 150 years celebrated
Water-powered mill’s 150 years celebrated
Alice Ransby (5), of Kakanui, helps plant a native tree at Clark’s Mill at Maheno yesterday to mark 150 years since the opening of the water-powered mill in 1866.
Port plans to return $140m
Port plans to return $140m
Port of Tauranga may have booked a profit stumble for its year to June, but is targeting a $140million return of funds to shareholders over the next four years, a boon for 54% owner the Bay of...
Babies’ brains taking it all in
Babies’ brains taking it all in
Babies have a lot to learn in a short amount of time, parenting columnist Ian Munro writes.
A friend in need
A friend in need
Following Tropical Cyclone Pam's devastation of Vanuatu, Dunedin Red Cross worker Douglas Clark joined the relief effort. Here he describes a day in the life of a disaster response delegate.