Admission fee gets you all-day use of the 60m saltwater lane pool, spa pool and separate heated lido. If you prefer to paddle in a pod or need some extra lessons, SUPWell class locations often include Ōkahu Bay. Both Ladies’ Bay and Men’s Bay are regarded as the best spots for spying fish. tekaposprings.co.nzSt Clair Hot Salt Water Pool is perfect all year round, but especially when the weather's hot. Photo / SuppliedSt Clair Hot Salt Water Pool, DunedinIf you like the look of Dunedin’s St Clair Beach (and who doesn’t?)

Ex cruise ship employee reveals the "crazy stuff about cruise ships that you might not know about." Video / @laurentalkssmackEx cruise ship employee reveals the "crazy stuff about cruise ships that you might not know about." However, one former cruise ship employee has revealed some of the rooms aboard that guests may never see. The Australian woman, who operates under the handle @laurentalkssmack took to TikTok to share "creepy cruise ship secrets" many people don't know. "When we worked on a cruise ship we actually saw a dead body getting wheeled out of the morgue.

I remember the excitement when Mr Bull said we would be going into town to watch a movie. It turned out to be The Day After, the cheery tale of a nuclear strike on the US. This was on prime-time telly back when we only had two channels, or was it still just the one? No wonder my cohort clutched so tightly to the nihilism of punk rock. Just when you think we’ve all agreed on something...No matter though, been here, done all this, had the nightmares.

Video / The GuardianPresident Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia is ready for talks to end the war in Ukraine even as the country faced more attacks from Moscow — a clear sign that peace wasn’t imminent. Putin also repeated that Moscow has “no other choice” and said he believed the Kremlin was “acting in the right direction”. Sources on Ukrainian social media “previously claimed that Ukrainian forces completely pushed Russian forces out of the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut” around December 21, the report added. A day before, a deadly Russian attack on the southern city of Kherson, retaken by Ukrainian forces last month, killed and wounded scores of people. In the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region, the city of Nikopol was shelled overnight from heavy artillery, Gov.

PHOTO: Gerard O'BrienEmergency services rescued seven horses that were trapped following a crash in which two people were injured on Dunedin’s Northern Motorway yesterday evening. Two people were injured and seven horses trapped when a horse truck rolled on State Highway1 near Evansdale about 6pm. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said firefighters were in attendance by 7pm and a vet arrived soon after. A police spokeswoman said all seven horses were rescued by 9pm and were all able to stand. The spokeswoman said some of the horses appeared to have minor injuries but the extent was ‘‘yet to be determined’’.

Dr Mira Harrison, of Dunedin, holds a placard featuring Iranian doctor Ebrahim Rigi at a rally in the Octagon yesterday. Amnesty International says Dr Rigi is at risk of being executed by the Iranian government. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIENA member of Dunedin’s Iranian diaspora says it is is extremely stressful being unable to contact her overseas family due to an internet blackout, amidst an escalating crackdown on protesters by the state’s theocratic regime. "They’re killing people randomly — even if you’re passing in the street and there’s a protest happening there, they just shoot randomly," she said. She hoped the Iranian embassy in New Zealand would be closed, and the country would do more to support the voices of Iranian women.

The man, who earlier on Monday was said to be assisting police with their inquiries, had appeared at the Counties Manukau District Court that day. Emergency crews were called to a one-vehicle crash on State Highway 20, near Mangere, at 3.24am on December 26. They found a woman, who died at the scene, while a 20-year-old man was helping with their investigation, a police spokesperson said. Police were appealing for help from the public in relation to the death, including any dash camera footage from motorists. Email newstips@stuff.co.nzPolice have extended their “sincere condolences to the deceased woman’s friends and family at this difficult time”.

Video / TSBSurf Lifesaving New Zealand's advice on how to survive a rip, Sam and Donna. Video / TSBA youth swept out to sea while boogie boarding at a Dunedin beach was grateful they were wearing a good quality, buoyant wetsuit that stopped them from drowning on Christmas Day. Speaking to the Otago Daily Times shortly after arriving back on shore, the youth said they were caught in a rip while boogie boarding towards the northern end of Tomahawk Beach about 3.20pm yesterday. The youth was uninjured and had a summer safety message for anyone who might be hitting the waves over the coming weeks: “Get a good wetsuit. Police talk to a youth who managed to get back to shore after being swept out to sea at Tomahawk Beach.

Photo / FileMore than 55,000 motorists have been overcharged for the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) vehicle levy. A proactively released document by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has revealed the details of what went wrong. The ACC motor vehicle levy helps cover the cost of accidents on public roads involving moving vehicles. This is collected by Waka Kotahi on behalf of ACC when people pay to register their vehicles. Organisational changes across Waka Kotahi and ACC in recent years meant information about the levy change was not communicated to the correct team in time, the advice said.

After more than three decades together, Marilyn says she knows what sparked the beginning of the end for her marriage: menopause. Her observations are in line with a new survey out of the UK which found seven out of 10 women blame menopause for the breakdown of their marriage. Physically they’ve got things going on that make them feel horrendous. The husband or the partner can actually help save a shaky marriage … it’s well known that women who have a supportive partner have a smoother transition through menopause. “Women definitely talked to me about the fact that their menopause was impacting their relationships in various ways,” she says.

Instead, they were left to stroll Lyttelton’s picturesque streets on Christmas Day – though most of the town was shut. CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Cruise ship the Coral Princess’ woes continued on Christmas Day, with passengers greeted by a ghost town after earlier being denied access to Milford Sound due to a sea snail infestation. “Does the [cruise] company not let Lyttelton and Christchurch know we’re bringing 1500 passengers in on Christmas Day?” she said. CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Coral Princess passengers, Jenuine and Natasha See Kee with their children on Christmas Day in Lyttelton. The Coral Princess is one of 86 cruise ships from late October until early March that Lyttelton is expected to host, carrying over 170,000 passengers and 35,000 crew.

The Prince and Princess of Wales wished their followers a merry Christmas with a festive painting of a reindeer by their son George, 9, in their Christmas message on social media. [artwork] by George.”Earlier in the day, George and his younger sister, Princess Charlotte, 7, appeared on-screen at Princess Catherine’s annual carol service Together at Christmas, which took place at Westminster Abbey on December 15. Prince George and Princess Charlotte were seated in the front row with their parents, as well as King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Prince Louis is pictured dragging his mother’s arm after the Christmas service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham. Also during the Queen’s Jubilee pageant, footage went viral of Prince William and Kate’s youngest child as he pulled faces and put his hand across his mum’s face during festivities.

Warren Gamble is editor of the Nelson MailOPINION: This Christmas I got two t-shirts, a nice framed picture, scorched almonds and Covid. At least, I told them consolingly, they would get out of isolation before Christmas. No lump of coal for me, and surely Santa, no Covid for Christmas. I couldn’t show, for instance, my imagined prowess on the new table tennis table. I’ve just lost my Christmas spirit.

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A motorist had a rough start to Christmas Day, being cut from their car after it crashed into a ditch near Invercargill in the early hours of yesterday. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said crews from Invercargill and Kingswell fire stations were called to the intersection of Mill Rd North (State Highway 1) and East Rd about 1.25am. A patient was taken to Southland Hospital with serious injuries, the spokeswoman said. A police spokeswoman said officers responded to reports of a car being found in a ditch. No injuries had been reported, the spokeswoman said.