If you’re a teenager, or are in charge of one, January can be a nervous time with NCEA results being released. The campaign includes direct flights from the Gold Coast into both Dunedin and Queenstown during autumn and brings together Great South, Tourism Waitaki, Enterprise Dunedin, Clutha Development, Tourism Central Otago, Destination Queenstown and Lake Wanaka Tourism. By joining forces, these organisations are showcasing the very best of the South and delivering real benefits for local communities. A similar campaign is being run for Canterbury and the West Coast with a goal of supporting local businesses, creating jobs, and sharing the benefits of tourism across the South Island. These updates remove the need for a building consent and a resource consent for small stand-alone dwellings up to 70sq m in size.

Community blow-back has led to a pause of big changes to Oamaru’s paid parking. A Waitaki District Council media statement this week said planned changes to the one-hour free parking in the Oamaru CBD and consultation on extending paid parking have been put on hold ahead of the February 17 full meeting of the council. PHOTO: ODT FILESHowever, the mayor and councillors have asked for a pause in the trial change to free parking time. "We’re not ruling out a future change in the one-hour free parking in town, as we try to reduce the ratepayer contribution to the cost of maintaining our carparks." Council chief executive Alex Parmley said the resolution of the previous council directed the council to reduce one-hour free parking to a 15-minute courtesy period and consult on extending metered parking.

While he did indeed, eventually, secure his degree, Mr Radich also loved the social side of studying at Otago. The mechanical skills Mr Radich learned during those years stood him in good stead in later life. Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich. Mr Radich addresses the Dunedin Hospital rally. A true gentleman, fit and still youthful-looking, Mr Radich died on January 4 in Dunedin Hospital, a day after suffering a random cardiac event.

“The lingo out there is ‘no contact’, ‘low contact’, which basically describes how much communication there is. Maybe it’s getting easier now because there’s more conversation about [estrangement], but a lot of people don’t understand. “And the same with the child too – maybe they’re not listening. Maybe they’re wrangling with that same issue that their parents are themselves. “It is really, really hard.

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James Hayter. After baling out of his burning Hurricane at 25,000 feet, Sqn Ldr Hayter drifted down into the manicured grounds of a country estate in Cranbrook, Kent. Sqn Ldr Hayter had interrupted a cocktail party hosted by a member of Parliament, but unfazed, he had his wounds dressed by a guest and even joined the gathering. Where Sqn Ldr Hayter landed in Cranbrook after being shot down in the Battle of Britain was only about 500m from Mr Piper’s house. When considering Sqn Ldr Hayter’s remarkable toughness, Mr Piper thought he must have had a guardian angel flying as wingman.

In a month's time, anyone classed as a British citizen will need a UK passport to fly there - but citizenship status rules are complex. Internal Affairs stresses that information suggesting the UK Passport Office can cancel a New Zealand passport - sent to it as part of verification for a new British passport - is incorrect. "The UK Passport Office has no power to cancel a NZ passport. "If you have not had a passport issued on or after 1 January 2006, you'll usually need to apply for a UK passport instead of an emergency travel document," it says. "An emergency travel document lets you travel from abroad if you need to travel urgently and cannot use your UK passport," it says.

Three Lotto players have struck it lucky, each taking home $333,333 in Saturday night’s live Lotto First Division draw. Meanwhile, 13 players celebrated wins in Lotto Second Division, each receiving $17,722. The winning tickets were sold across Auckland, Te Kūiti, Hastings, Palmerston North, Lower Hutt, Ashburton, and Canterbury, Stuff has reported. The latest results follow a major win earlier in the week, when a player from Otago claimed $5.3 million after winning Powerball First Division in Wednesday’s live draw. That winning ticket was purchased online through MyLotto and included $5 million from Powerball First Division and $333,333 from Lotto First Division, as reported by Stuff.

A new photo shows walkers above a Mt Maunganui slip – nearly two hours after a local called 111 to report the danger. McHardy said emergency services didn’t visit until after the 9.30am disaster. Emergency services searching for people after a slip at the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park. “Our focus right now is on the rescue effort and supporting those affected, along with the emergency services and our staff working on the ground.”The mayor added: “Right now our focus is on emergency services, supporting them and supporting those families”. The Mount Maunganui campground on Saturday.

Lo and behold that’s exactly what Trump has mutated ICE into. At this stage of history repeating, you can’t pretend Trump isn’t evolving before your eyes into a full blown fascist in real time. The clergy gathered in prayerful solidarity to demand airlines — especially @Delta and Signature Aviation — cease contracting deportation flights… pic.twitter.com/oftgMoDfyY — Pablo Manríquez (@PabloReports) January 23, 2026…consider the madness of ICE arresting native Americans…Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention…where are we at right now? These are dark, dark, dark times. Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.

All Blacks assistant coach Scott Hansen (from left), now-former All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson and New Zealand Rugby performance coach Sir Wayne Smith. “We’ll continue to work with Smithy across areas like All Blacks Performance Labs where he shares his incredible knowledge and experience with leaders around the world. As well as seeking a new All Blacks coach, it is also on the hunt for a chief executive, a chief commercial officer and a chief financial officer. He has also bounced back from adversity – his initial stint as All Blacks coach in 2000-2001 didn’t end well. Unfortunately, Razor hasn’t been given more time, greater opportunity to adapt and overcome many of the challenges new All Blacks coaches face.

“Given wallabies are active primarily between dusk to dawn, the use of thermal optics mounted on firearms and thermal and IR cameras mounted to drones has been a game-changer during night-shooting operations.”The Central North Island Wallaby Containment Area (and fence). In the longer term, Bejakovich said, the focus was on strategically targeting wallaby populations inside the containment area. “Habitat and land management changes, like forest harvesting, may also cause wallaby to move into new areas.”Biodiversity-focused projects within the containment area may include wallaby control as part of their wider pest management objectives. Landowners/managers located within the containment areas can contact their council biosecurity staff for advice on wallaby control options to suit their situation. Bejakovich said that, depending on the location in relation to the containment area, the sighting may result in the use of detector dogs or trail cameras.

Her partner Bailey Anderson was in the sodden living room at the time of the slip ripping up carpet to dry it. Another lifeline was offered to the 22-year- old parents and Harlow in the chaos after the slip hit their home that afternoon. Isolated on the Pāpāmoa hills, cut off by flooded roads and multiple slips, Stewart called family friend Sam Roome. I could never pay them back.”Dani Stewart, 22, Bailey Anderson, 22, and their daughter, and Harlow Anderson, 2. Photo / Michael CraigThe couple are now living in a caravan in the backyard of the Roomes’ Pāpāmoa Beach home.

If you were watching it, you would have been thinking, How did this kid not make the state team? ‘There is Bunyaville State Forest over there,’ he continued. This forest run became my foundation, my rock. That moment as a 16-year-old in the middle of my first forest run was so significant that it helped change my mindset into that of the driven athlete I would become. That was a big moment, that belief that came from making the state team.

In fact, relying on this cyclical economic recovery might not be enough. As well as reeling off all the upbeat economic data, Luxon acknowledged that telling people the economy is better doesn’t work. People have to actually feel better off. “It’s unclear how much of an economic rebound we can enjoy before it becomes a problem,” ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner said. So the Government needs to keep selling the idea of steady and stable economic management, paying off in the long run.