Joss and Spinner Smith enjoy a warm sunny, Sunday at Jackson Bay. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe enforced holiday is over for Joss and Ian (Spinner) Smith, of Jackson Bay, South Westland. The road to their cafe, The Craypot, was blocked by slips a week ago. However, on Saturday, road crews reopened the road — the only link between Jackson Bay, Haast and the main West Coast road — State Highway 6. The road opening means Jackson Bay, and The Craypot, are once again accessible to the public from the south end of the West Coast.

Zakopane is my preferred destination in Poland because of the number of ski resorts all offering something a little bit different. Zakopane in Poland because has a number of ski resorts all offering something a little bit different. And of course more of that hearty mountain food that just feels right in a town like this. Choose to base yourself closer to the larger more family-friendly Grandvalira ski resort or smaller but arguably more interesting resorts of Pal-Arinsal or Ordino. Aside from the impeccable skiing, Italy has (in my opinion) the best mountain food in all of Europe.

Photo: LDR/ Matthew RosenbergA Southland woman fed up with possums attacking her roses has assumed the role of pest controller at a council reserve. Scarlet is armed with a trap she purchased from regional council Environment Southland and has noticed that numbers spike in warmer weather. Photo: LDR/ Matthew RosenbergIt has come at a cost though, with Scarlet forced to not only purchase traps but also bait at around $50 a tube. Her concerns were raised on the back of Environment Southland announcing Predator Free Southland was on hold until further notice due to funding issues. Photo: LDR/ Matthew RosenbergIn response to questions, Environment Southland biosecurity and biodiversity operations manager Ali Meade said possum control was the responsibility of landowners.

Trump’s choice as his new trade tsar suggests poker skills will also be a most useful attribute in the new era. Certainly when it comes to navigating his choice of Howard Lutnick, boss of bond trading firm Cantor Fitzgerald and co-chair of Trump’s transition team, to head up the powerful US Department of Commerce. He made plenty of comments during the lengthy US presidential campaign that underlined his stance as a proponent of tariffs. Put tariffs on China and make US$400 billion.”Elsewhere – such as with New Zealand – talk is of tariffs at 10-20%. Both political leaders come from the business world.

The Lake Hāwea community is "shocked" after a homicide investigation was launched this week, eight months after the death of an Invercargill woman. Karen Gaylene White (nee Crossan), 60, died in a property in Lake Hāwea in early March. Wānaka-Upper Clutha Community Board chairman Simon Telfer said the Lake Hāwea community was "really shocked." There was a feeling of shock going through the community to have a homicide investigation take place. "There is shock that it happened, and shock at this delay between the passing and now — it has added a different dimension to people’s thoughts in it."

Later that day he went to Ceccarelli’s home and tried to kill him. Stuff reported Dallison told the board he’d “just given up” amid a “perfect storm”. Stuff reported the offender told the board he remembered pointing the Ruger at his former landlord and then the situation “became a bit of a blur”. Dallison told the board he had a “really good support network” outside prison and he now had “something to live for” and “something to offer the community as well”. Jane and I as well.”Snook said Dallison still had work to do before he could be considered for release.

One shows Bayly drinking from a wine glass at what appears to be a wine tasting at the vineyard. Andrew Bayly at a winery in Marlborough in October 2024 where he had an altercation with a worker. Hipkins asked the Prime Minister about whether Bayly had drunk before any of the three interactions that had been alleged. The Prime Minister responded with just a thumbs-up. Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters would later joke to media he thought it meant “large coffee”.

Rotorua Club turns 100It started with a group of eight men wanting to set up a club, now 100 years later the Rotorua Club has more than 400 members and is still going strong.

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Daughter and father Ella and Tony Gomez are encouraging people to donate blood before Christmas and have done so almost a combined 100 times throughout their lives. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHWhen Tony Gomez donated blood in England he got given a pint of Guinness. His daughter, Ella, also gives plasma every second week — together they have given to the New Zealand Blood Service 96 times. New Zealand Blood Service national marketing and communications manager Shane Paramore said summer was often proving to be the most challenging time to meet the demand for blood and blood products. "The festive season is about giving and, for someone in hospital, a blood or plasma donation will be the best gift they ever receive," Mr Paramore said.

But where does that leave your feelings around your ex’s mum being prejudiced and now being broken up with because of it? It’s clear what your ex is willing to tolerate, but what are you willing to tolerate? Emotional blackmail hinges on the person being blackmailed - your ex - acquiescing to the blackmailer’s - your ex’s mum - demands. Cultural expectations are of course at play here - maybe your ex’s mum is trying to save face in her community. In what ways are you actually causing harm to your ex’s family by being together?

“Just put it in the bloody dishwasher!”Yes, there’s a dishwasher in the kitchen. It’s also grossly self-entitled – the assumption that someone far less important, whose time is less precious, will pick up after you. This one, I liked: “Every time you don’t wash your dishes, god kills a kitten.” Apparently it’s pretty effective. The woman who posted that note in her office kitchen hands out a cartoon picture of a dead cat whenever she finds dirty dishes in the sink. One poor guy posted on Reddit about flying long-distance to New York, arriving late that night at the private room he’d booked on Airbnb.

Energy Marlborough, a subsidiary of Marlborough lines, has announced its new Seaview solar farm produced its first energy in October. The solar farm, adjacent to Yealands Winery, had 6168 solar panels, which Energy Marlborough said made it the largest farm in the upper South Island. Marlborough Lines chief executive Tim Cosgrove said the new solar farm represented a significant investment in renewable energy. He said the solar farm was a major step forward in meeting the region's growing local energy needs "more sustainably". Energy Marlborough said work to construct an even larger solar farm in Ward started this month.

The world is emitting over 40 gigatons of CO2 per year, contributing to anof the planet. The world needs to cut emissions rapidly to be remotely on track to meet our Paris Agreement goals of limiting warming to well-below 2C, and weThis is a re-post from the Climate Brink ...

A Dunedin ticketing company placed into liquidation has left creditors nearly $10 million out of pocket. The company was owned by former Dunedin businessman Matthew Davey, who was once the largest shareholder in the Highlanders. The final liquidation report, released this week, stated that Fortress’ total indebtedness to the Bank of New Zealand, a secured creditor, was $5,124,195.17. The liquidator had also received a preferential claim from the Inland Revenue Department for GST and PAYE arrears of $512,163.97. ‘‘Unfortunately, there were insufficient recoveries in the liquidation to enable a distribution to unsecured creditors,’’ the report said.