Shop closing as home life restored
Dunedin antique dealer and restorer Ray Paul might be soon closing the doors of Princes St business Anderson & Paul but, as he puts it, he’s "not retiring from life". Mr Paul, 67, worked in partnership with Geoffrey Anderson until Mr Anderson’s death last year. Mr Anderson did a lot of the repair work while Mr Paul tended to do the cleanup of the furniture, colour matching and waxing. A lot of stuff in the shop had already been sold and he was having a sale to clear the remaining items. While there were downsides to being self-employed, Mr Paul felt "extremely blessed and lucky" to have been able to do what he loved, supported by his family.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 03, 2024 16:44 UTC
Fabric of life: How scrap materials are raising thousands for Hospice
For Fabric-a-brac founder Josie Brennan, her dad’s hospice respites were “a breath of fresh, caring air” from harrowing hospitalisations. For the hospice table, we’ve a couple of bags from a retired Hawke’s Bay farmer whose hotwater tank blew, drenching sheets crimson courtesy of her bridge cloth. Old friendships are renewed, vintage fabric revisited. Textiles, as the late Aotearoa quilt artist Malcolm Harrison maintained, are loaded with emotion from the moment of their creation. “You stitch your feelings into your work.” And that’s even before the garment is put to use and memories begin to infuse the fabric.
Source:Stuff
June 03, 2024 15:54 UTC
Kiwi in Bangkok hospital with broken back and neck from Singapore Airlines flight
By Erin Johnson ofPhoto: PHILIP WHITEHEAD / SUPPLIEDAucklander Philip Whitehead had expected to be home from a trip to England by now, instead he's stuck in a Thai hospital. Whitehead's neck and back were broken when his Singapore Airlines flight from London hit extreme turbulence in May. "I woke up on the floor of the aisle of the plane with a severely lacerated head, broken neck, broken back, cracked sternum, and a damaged lung." The pilot diverted the flight to Bangkok, with 23 New Zealanders among the 211 passengers, and Whitehead was admitted to surgery straight away. Photo: PHILIP WHITEHEAD / SUPPLIEDA self-employed luthier, Whitehead makes and restores violins.
Source:Stuff
June 03, 2024 07:27 UTC
GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – We’ll Need Some Pushbacks!
There is a game show on TV ONE called The Chase which I’m sure many of you will have seen. What we need to learn is to pushback against some of the things Luxon’s Coalition Government is getting wrong through protests and select committee hearings. A good example is the pushback on David Seymour’s attack on the School Lunches programme. There’s a March For Nature and Against The Fast Track Legislation planned for this coming Saturday June 8thin Auckland’s Aotea Square starting at 1pm. Bryan Bruce is one of New Zealand’s most important and respected documentary makers.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 03, 2024 06:26 UTC
Three friends filmed in final embrace before being swept away by flash floods in Italy
Three young friends, including a couple, were filmed in a heartbreaking final embrace before they were swept away by flash floods in northern Italy. Patrizia Cormos, 20, her friend Bianca Doros, 23, and her boyfriend Cristian Molnar, 25, had decided to take a stroll along the Natisone River near Udine in the northern Friuli region when the river surged to dangerous levels after days of torrential rain. The two women and man, all aged in their 20s, were last seen alive on Friday standing thigh deep in the swirling river water on a tiny island they walked to in the middle of the river. Video shared from the scene as rescue efforts were underway showed the trio hugging each other as they remained trapped in the rising torrent unable to reach the riverbank.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 03, 2024 05:17 UTC
King’s Birthday Honours 2024: Bill Holland made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Bill Holland has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday Honours. Bill Holland has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday Honours. Tauranga business leader and philanthropist Bill Holland has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to community, governance and philanthropy. He became a trustee of the Tauranga Energy Community Trust (Tect) in 2012 and has been chairperson since 2014. Thoughts on the futureHolland said the idea of the Acorn Foundation was to promote philanthropy; to create a vehicle for promoting generosity.
Source:Stuff
June 03, 2024 03:00 UTC
'We have a bundle deal you can’t refuse'
One way to do it is to buy more than one service from a provider: you go for a bundle offer. And then you pay GST on top. That’s almost as much as three gas bills before Frank Energy hiked the daily charge and seems like Turkish and Argentinian level inflation. Of that, $33.12 was for actual gas usage which is reasonable, and $73.90 for the daily charge which is a lot. While they may seem attractive initially, service bundle plans aren’t necessarily in the best interest of consumers.
Source:Stuff
June 03, 2024 02:16 UTC
Open mike 03/06/2024
Last year, in the lead up to the national election, Governor Orr said in May 2023 that he was “very confident” there would not be further interest rate hikes, stating the Reserve Bank had done enough in terms of rate rises. He was interviewed by
Source:Stuff
June 03, 2024 00:05 UTC
Vehicles broken into overnight
Police in Queenstown have appealed to the public for information after several vehicles were broken into in Kelvin Heights overnight. In a statement on social media police said they were looking to speak with anyone who might have seen anything, or who had security cameras in the area of Cedar, Poplar and Oregon Drs on Saturday night.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 02, 2024 13:45 UTC
Flight to Dunedin turns back after severe turbulence
Email reporters@odt.co.nzA Jetstar flight from Auckland to Dunedin was forced to turn back yesterday after encountering severe turbulence. A Jetstar spokeswoman said the captain of the flight reported "strong wind fluctuations" before deciding to return to Auckland as a precaution. They said aircrafts were built to withstand adverse weather and turbulence. Jetstar rescheduled an alternative flight forSunday and provided passengers with over night hotel accommodation. A man died last month and several others were seriously injured when a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore hit extreme turbulence.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 02, 2024 12:16 UTC
Four baby tuatara found at Invercargill demolition site
Photo: Supplied / Invercargill City CouncilThe chances of discovering baby tuatara in an abandoned enclosure this week are being described as similar to "finding a needle in a haystack". On Wednesday, a contractor working on Invercargill's museum demolition spotted a baby tuatara in an area formerly used for the animals. The baby tuatara was about the size of a little finger and blended into the dirt, he said. This week's discovery precedes the opening of a new tuatara enclosure at Queens Park animal reserve on 8 June. The new facility will house 18 tuatara, meaning the council will need to look at other homing options for the newly discovered babies.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 01, 2024 23:07 UTC
Fires contained after busy day for South Island firefighters
All vegetation fires in the South Island are now contained after a day in which strong winds and warm temperatures wreaked havoc for firefighters, with fire crews attending up to seven scrub fires across the South Island. Earlier todayMetService earlier on Saturday warned of "severe gale west to northwesterlies" for southern parts of the country. Strong wind watches were in force for Inland Canterbury Plains, Queenstown Lakes District, Central Otago, Stewart Island and coastal parts of mainland Southland, Clutha and Dunedin, as well as southern parts of the North Island. "A front over the south of the South Island continues to move northeast. Hands urged South Islanders not to burn outdoor fires in the high winds.
Source:Otago Daily Times
June 01, 2024 21:28 UTC
Chinese girl's 'faster swim than Lochte' sparks controversy
Shiwen, who wasn't among the pre-race favourites, announced her arrival on swimming's greatest stage with a world record in the arduous 400m individual medley event. Shiwen's time of four minutes, 28.3 seconds beat the world record by more than a second and her previous best by five seconds. Her final length of 28.93 seconds even beat Ryan Lochte, who swam the last length in 29.1 seconds in his gold medal-winning race in the men's 400 individual medley. But, Foster downplayed any kind of possibility of foul play, and said such feats could be achieved. Balding's question attracted huge criticism on social networking site Twitter, with many branding her question as demeaning to the hard work done by the Chinese athletes.
Source:Stuff
June 01, 2024 13:28 UTC
The sudden death of Sean Kessels: ‘Money wasn’t a problem'
- Today his mother Kelly is sharing his tragic story to highlight what she believes is a critical shortfall of mental health help in New Zealand. Sean Kessels wanted to live and get better but was overwhelmed by his severe mental health issues. “I was trying to get help - the crisis team, everything.”The next day Sean was at his father’s house in Auckland. “I found out recently that before he died, Sean had been trying to ring and get help too.”Sean Kessels was 26 when he died. Photo / SuppliedKelly rushed to the house where Sean died, arriving as police carried out their grim duties.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 01, 2024 09:17 UTC
Weekend briefing: June arrives with spotty inflation progress
Japanese retail sales made good gains in April, up +2.4% from a year earlier and above the +1.9% rise expected. The NZ Government 10 year bond rate is down -9 bps bps at 4.87%. A week ago this rate was 4.84%, a month ago it was 4.96%. And that is -US$8 less than a week ago, but +US$32 higher than at the start of May. That is nearly +¼c higher that a week ago, +2½c higher than at the start of May.
Source:New Zealand Herald
June 01, 2024 08:56 UTC