Police are appealing for information about a hit-and-un in Te Anau. Sign in hereAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Te Anau hit-and-run: Police appeal for witnesses after person diesPolice are appealing for information about a hit-and-un in Te Anau. Police are appealing for information after a person died following a hit-and-run in the South Island town of Te Anau this morning. Police have spoken with the driver but are still appealing for witnesses, including anyone with dashcam footage of the incident.

The accident happened on the intersection of Buckley and Selwyn Rds, Epsom. Photo/ Google MapsHebron said he and his son had driven up from the capital when they saw the accident. “All that style helmet really provides is a false sense of security.”He said the dome-style helmet tended to be made from hard polystyrene foam and didn’t include a hard plastic brim at the front and back. Hebron experienced a cycling accident of his own in 2019, when he hit a rock and flew over the bike’s handlebars. I ended up with just a broken elbow… it could have been a lot worse.”Another cyclist suffered serious injuries in Christchurch over the weekend, after a crash with a car.

A plea of “not guilty” is common at this stage, regardless of what the defence later does. Reiner, who remains in jail and has not been granted bail, was ordered to return to court on April 29. An arraignment would usually take place much sooner, but Reiner was unable to appear at the first scheduled attempt. Another hearing last month was halted after the court heard that lawyer Alan Jackson was no longer representing Reiner. Police arrested Nick Reiner several kilometres away from the scene of the crime later that night.

A year after the accident, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) filed two charges against Skydive Auckland Ltd, and two against the company’s director, Tony Green. At the time, Green said: “Skydive Auckland broke no rules, no regulations and did nothing outside its mandate on that jump and they know that”. A CAA spokeswoman said Skydive Auckland had pleaded guilty to an offence under the Civil Aviation Act, which carried a maximum penalty of $100,000. He said the Health and Safety at Work Act charges against Skydive Auckland were also withdrawn, leaving one Civil Aviation Act charge against the company. “I probably won’t entertain beach jumps again.”Sarah-Jane Bayram died in a skydiving accident on March 10, 2022 off Muriwai.

PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYPort Otago has started work on building storage for containers and freight on the Taieri but the planned inland port is still awaiting the green light. The port company hopes the go-ahead will be given to the multimillion-dollar inland port project by the middle of the year with construction to start soon after. The inland port is a 50/50 joint venture between Port Otago-owned Chalmers Property and Dynes Transport Tapanui, presented as a logistics solution for the lower South Island’s exporters and importers. Port Otago chief executive Kevin Winders said the company owned land on the other side of the road from where the inland port would be located and it had started developing a storage facility. Mr Winders said work was continuing on the inland port application and he hoped to have all information gathered in the next couple of weeks.

Showing off Dunedin’s notorious Castle St to domestic and international visitors was never meant to offend anyone, a local tourism operator says. Ms Armalyte-Ghidella said she had "no intention to offend anyone" and the street was an iconic attraction many visitors were curious to learn about. Their tours also included Baldwin St, another famous residential street. Dunedin student life was unique in New Zealand, with the named flats and large student area, and it piqued the interest of domestic travellers particularly wanting to see the Six60 flat, and reminisce about their own university experiences. "Some people even say the university is the DNA of Dunedin ... there would be no Dunedin without the university."

John Pryor and company, about to begin his latest restoration at a cottage built about a century ago. PHOTOS: NICK BROOKA historic cottage beside the Clutha River is the latest restoration project for a longtime renovator and restorer whose knack with old buildings has taken him around New Zealand. And after a while I get bored and start looking for something else to do," Mr Pryor said. The current project, which he expected would take about five years, appealed for both its scale and setting, Mr Pryor said. For him, the motivation remained simple, Mr Pryor said.

PHOTO: GETTY IMAGESFormer prime minister Helen Clark has weighed in on Santana Minerals’ proposed fast-track gold mine, saying she is "deeply concerned" about the project. She singled out Santana Minerals, whose Bendigo-Ophir gold project was proposed in what she described as a pristine area of New Zealand. "I am deeply concerned about what I’m seeing and hearing from Central Otago about the fast-track Bendigo-Ophir mine and the likelihood of even more mines following it," Miss Clark said. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONResources Minister Shane Jones said Miss Clark had very strong opinions — whether that be on foreign affairs or minerals policy. He encouraged everyone, Miss Clark included, to have more confidence in New Zealand industry and to bear in mind New Zealanders owned stakes in companies such as Santana Minerals.

PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH / REPORT: LAINE PRIESTLEYStriking Dunedin firefighters wave flags and banners to the Ravensbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade on their way to the Octagon in response to a fire alarm during the hour of industrial action yesterday. When the callout to the Octagon went off at about 12.01pm yesterday, one manager responded who then called in the Ravensbourne Brigade. Ordinarily, three pumps and an aerial appliance would have attended, but due to the strike, there was one pump. SF Taylor said he was thankful the callout was simply a malfunctioning fire alarm. It was the NZPFU’s first Monday strike and they would be ongoing until an agreement between NZPFU and Fenz was reached, he said.

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PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHThe Nursing Council has opened an investigation into a departed Oxford Court rest-home manager accused of bullying and trespassing people. The complaints centred on the alleged actions of former manager Jillian Jones. It is believed about half a dozen complaints were made to the council about the former manager and her actions at the rest-home. Three personal grievances were made against the management of the rest-home and other complaints made against the actions of management. Allegations included bullying of staff, poor management of patients and the conduct of management during an assisted-dying procedure that occurred at the rest-home.

PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHAlmost 30,000 cruise ship visitors will be pounding the pavement in Dunedin this week. The cruise season begins to "dampen down" after Friday, as there will be "an eight-day gap" before another "double day" of cruise ships on March 7 and again on March 11 and 12. Cruise ships Noordam (left) and Azamara Onward at Port Chalmers yesterday. Dunedin i-Site team leader Izumi Nakamura said over the next week Dunedin would welcome just under 20,000 cruise ship passengers and 8000 crew members. "If they drop the cruise ship passengers off closer to us in town, then we usually benefit from that.

The defendant, aged in his 40s, is on trial before the Dunedin District Court on two counts of breaching a protection order. The woman told the court she had started seeing the married man in 2021 but ended the relationship in March 2023. The complainant told the court much of the contact she had with her ex-partner in 2023 was motivated by fear. The court heard the complainant was sitting outside another St Clair cafe, when the man drove past. The woman told the court she was surfing when she saw the defendant 50-100m away, prompting a panic attack.

The Taieri sprinter was one of Otago’s best on the track at the International Track Meet at the weekend, storming home to win the women’s 100m bronze in 11.95sec. Taieri thrower Rorie Poff won the men’s open para shot put with his throw of 8.31m (67.84%). Olympian Tom Walsh cruised to the men’s shot put bronze title with a season’s best of 20.83m. Olivia McTaggart finished with a season’s best of 4.70m, while in Auckland Eliza McCartney made the 4.70m mark for the first time this season at the Auckland Championships. He came within 6sec of the open national record of 7:36.22 held by Geordie Beamish.

One flat had an estimated 300 people on the top storey of the three-floor flat, and a separate flat in Warrander St had called police on Wednesday about 11.45pm once they noticed their property becoming overcrowded. Usually, Flo Week had more problems than O Week. Snr Sgt Dinnissen said it was because Flo Week had fewer events planned by agencies. "Flo Week is the one that we want to try and curtail in and ... drag it in a bit finer." Flo Week had been a phenomenon for at least the past decade but was "certainly getting bigger", Snr Const Woodhouse said.