The wild west-inspired home suits the Wānaka environment and is tucked away down a private cul de sac. The straw bale home has many recycled materials, featuring tractor seats, saloon doors, bridge beams, telephone poles and old timber. The breakfast bar, which is milled from leftover timber used in the walls and ceilings, features old tractor seats. ‘‘We went to an auction in Luggate and bought a whole lot of bridge beams. ‘‘A lot of the materials you can’t get now.’’They also collected old doors originally from India at a second-hand sale in Dunedin.

Cancer Society interim CEO Meredith Woods Ford, left, with longtime local and Cancer Society volunteer Eva Boyer and the society’s Central Otago community manager Tara Strahan outside the new Queenstown-Tāhuna CentreIt's described as a game-changer for Queenstown, and the wider Central Lakes. Last Thursday, longtime local Eva Boyer cut the ribbon to officially open the Cancer Society’s new Queenstown-Tāhuna Centre, at Remarkables Park, marking a major step forward in making cancer support more visible and accessible for the community. It’s also a short stroll from a bus stop, which Cancer Society’s head of cancer services Craig Watson says is super-important. ‘‘This will be more than just the Cancer Society’s hub; this will be a cancer hub for the community, too.’’And, he notes, it’ll play an important role in supporting migrants on their cancer journeys who may need help navigating a health system that’s foreign to them. The drop-in centre’s open Monday to Friday during business hours, or people can book in via the society’s online portal.

Modelling four of Queenstown Flying Dress’ gowns are, from left, Charlotte Dickson, Morgan Talbot, Emma Duigan and Lana Ennis. PICTURE: JAMES ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHYBalfour farm-raised Queenstowner Laura King had been looking for an ‘‘out the gate’’ business idea. After trialling ‘flying dresses’ in Dubai and Egypt early last year, she’s started photoshoot business Queenstown Flying Dress in which women are photographed in scenic locations wearing colourful, flowing, ‘flying’ gowns between 3m and 5m long. Though the first flying dress business set up in Santorini, Greece, in 2015, King’s is the first in New Zealand. While she believes a lot of women find the experience quite empowering, she says her business also fits into the realm of pure entertainment — ‘‘everyone loves entertainment’’.

We actually played a lot of the second half in the right end of the park but it was extremely hard to hold the ball. The Drua were very disciplined on defence and didn’t allow us too many entries into the corner,” Hurricanes captain Jordie Barrett told Sky Sport. Still, it was the Hurricanes who were having the better opportunities as they tried to get through the Fijian defences. Asked if the weather impacted the Hurricanes’ attacking game, Barrett refused to use conditions as an excuse and instead credited the Drua’s performance. “They took a couple of their opportunities and we had multiple entries in the second half and couldn’t capitalise.

Beating the Chinese dragon drum, learning the art of calligraphy and tai chi and feasting on a smorgasbord of cultural food was all on offer at the annual Oamaru Chinese Association pot-luck dinner for Chinese New Year this year. Association president Janice Burnett said she was ‘‘happy and overwhelmed’’ by the turnout of about 100 of the Chinese community, family and friends, who packed the Fenwick School Hall. Kuna Chow and her daughter Tova Chiu, 4, enjoy the Chinese tea and juice as part of the association’s annual pot-luck dinner. Tova said her favourite food was the donuts, sandwiches, fruit and plums. While the association provided Chinese-style roast pork, duck and chicken on the night, and Chinese tea and juices, the banquet included pizza, donuts and Malaysian style noodles.

He was also sentenced for smashing a glass whisky bottle over the head of a family member, leaving a bloody gash. While undergoing further testing at the North Shore Policing Centre, Mackey was given an officer’s phone to contact his lawyer. After the call, an unattended Mackey scrolled through the phone, coming across his police profile on the National Intelligence Application (NIA). Mackey was perusing his profile when the officer returned to the room and took back his phone. The officer said he believed he had locked the app before handing the phone to Mackey.

A video posted on YouTube showed about a dozen people approaching the police car. Photo: YouTubeTaranaki Police have laid charges against two people after an encounter with a "hostile" group of people at a car meet in Oaonui. Police attended a callout to a group of "antisocial road users" gathering at Kina Rd about 1am last Saturday. However, they soon retreated, later saying, "Due to the hostile nature of the group, it was determined that the safest course of action was to monitor the meet from nearby and gather information." A video posted on YouTube showed about a dozen people approaching a police car, which then reversed as people ran after it.

The Black Knights named an unchanged side to the one that beat the Wellington Phoenix 5-0 a week ago, with import striker Sam Cosgrove making his return from suspension via the bench. The opening exchanges followed a similar pattern to last week, with City setting the tone and Auckland having to absorb all the pressure. Returning from the break, City were again aggressive and had some chances to equalise, but Auckland were up to the challenge. Auckland FC 3 (Logan Rogerson 43′, Jesse Randall 59′, Guillermo May 66′). Melbourne City 0HT: 1-0Ben Francis is an Auckland-based reporter for the New Zealand Herald who covers breaking sports news.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: GettyAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday's arrest of a Western Australian man over an alleged terror plot targeting mosques, police and a parliament building was "deeply shocking". The 20-year-old from the town of Bindoon about 63km north of state capital Perth was later charged by police with planning a terrorist act. Police said the man had written a manifesto with plans for a mass casualty event and that he wanted to attack mosques, Western Australia's police headquarters and Parliament House. Albanese said on X late on Friday: "The arrest of a WA man over an alleged racially-motivated terrorist plot is deeply shocking."

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The Pentagon had said Anthropic must agree to comply with its demand by 5.01pm Friday (local time) or face compulsion under the Defence Production Act. The Pentagon also threatened to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk – a label typically reserved for companies from adversary nations. “Anthropic delivered a masterclass in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon,” Hegseth wrote on X. The Centre for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a Washington-based technology policy NGO, sharply criticised Trump’s move against Anthropic. It chills private companies’ ability to engage frankly with the Government about appropriate uses of their technology,” Givens added.

The US military initiated a series of strikes against targets in Iran, two US officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The attack follows a 12-day air war in June between Israel and Iran and repeated US-Israeli warnings that they would strike again if Iran pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. "The State of Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel," Defence Minister Israel Katz said. Israel closed its airspace to civilian flights, and the airports authority asked the public not to go to any of the country's airports. It warned neighbouring countries hosting US troops that it would retaliate against American bases if Washington struck Iran.

Photo / Rocket Lab"That's Not A Knife" on the launchpad at LC-2. Photo / Rocket LabBy RNZNew Zealand-founded company Rocket Lab has successfully launched its latest space mission for the US Department of Defence. The Haste rocket, called “That’s Not A Knife”, lifted off from Wallops Island in Virginia in the US at 1pm today (NZ time) from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. It was Rocket Lab’s second successful launch of a hypersonic test mission for the US Defence Department’s Defence Innovation Unit, and the seventh Haste rocket launch overall. Rocket Lab said its Haste missions to date have achieved 100% success.

Nortessa Montgomerie before she was abducted and assaulted for almost 40 hours by her ex Nathan Boulter. On July 22, Boulter went to a hunting store in Christchurch and purchased a 19cm pig-sticker knife. Her terrified children ran inside the house to safety as Boulter carried out a “frenzied” attack, stabbing McDonald 55 times. “We [women] were all in a lot of danger, and now it is finally over.”Seeing Boulter jailed for life had helped Montgomerie. “I feel really hopeful,” she said.

In an era when many pop-rock stars cultivated images of seductive wildness, Mr. Sedaka exuded an avuncular charm. 1 hit “Laughter in the Rain” as well as “Love Will Keep Us Together.” Mr. Sedaka followed with the No. Until he was 18, all indications were that Mr. Sedaka would pursue a career in classical music. Mr. Sedaka was just becoming interested in pop, mainly as a social defense mechanism. “My father knew about him and accepted him, so after the initial shock, so did I,” Mr. Sedaka told the Daily Express in 2014.