Maheno Rugby Football Club president Will Fisher is looking forward to hosting the Heartland Championship Lochore Cup final at the country rugby club on Sunday. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN The grass has been mowed, the lines have been drawn and the Maheno Domain is looking brand new.
Trillium Chloropetalum at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH If you could give a plant personality then Trillium chloropetalum would be sophisticated. The striking colour and plant parts arranged in groups of three create a point of difference from many other plants.
The arrival of the Maoris in New Zealand by Charles Goldie and his former teacher Louis Steele. Te Ara Encyclopedia explains how the painting was modelled on Theodore Gericault’s The raft of the Medusa, portraying the moment a shipwrecked French naval crew saw a rescue ship: "Goldie and Steele’s painting replicates ... the impression of utter despair and starvation, which later commentators have criticised as wholly inaccurate and condescending to the Polynesian navigators who made deliberate voyages of exploration." — Otago Witness 1925 Christmas Annual On Monday morning the Christmas number of the Otago Witness will be on sale throughout the Dominion.
In another startling example of poor process, the government is rushing through an amendment to the Animal Welfare Act relating to pigs.
Alliance Group chairman Mark Wynne. PHOTO: ODT FILES Dawn Meats Group has upped its offer for a stake in Alliance Group by up to $25 million on the back of the co-operative’s stronger-than-forecast year-end results.
Janefield Paeonies & Hydroponics owner Rodger Whitson is surrounded by heads of lettuce at one of his Mosgiel tunnel houses. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Cabbage prices have almost doubled over the past year, but Dunedin vege businesses are optimistic rising produce prices are mostly seasonal trends.
Richard Kinley. PHOTO: ODT FILES Otago are feeling the love this week.
Otago coach Mark Brown eagerly awaits tonight’s NPC semifinal at Forsyth Barr Stadium. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Tonight's semifinal could be won in the pits.
Boyd Brinsdon. PHOTO: ODT FILES Hāwea locals say Contact Energy scaling back their proposal to lower lake levels feels like a stunt the company planned all along.
Taieri wrestlers Sienna Forgie (left) and Saffron Chisholm are making moves on the mat representing Taieri and New Zealand. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Sienna Forgie and Saffron Chisholm were little kids running around the wrestling mat.
Luke Herden. PHOTO: ODT FILES Saturday afternoon was an anxious time for Luke Herden.
Wing attack Peta Toeava, pictured in action against South Africa during the Taini Jamison series, has been added to the Silver Ferns leadership group ahead of their series against Australia starting in Melbourne tonight. PHOTO: MICHAEL BRADLEY PHOTOGRAPHY The Silver Ferns face their biggest test of the year in Melbourne tonight. Netball writer Kayla Hodge casts an eye over the team as they prepare to put the Constellation Cup on the line against the Australian Diamonds.
Ricky Kang prepares for a shot at the Mt Maunganui Open recently. PHOTO: BWMEDIA If you are good enough, you are old enough.
Otago Rugby player Jona Nareki. PHOTO: ODT FILES Tonight’s NPC semifinal between Otago and Bay of Plenty in Dunedin will offer up some intriguing duels right across the field. Adrian Seconi highlights three key match-ups.
Sports clubs and active families are telling a similar story in the modern economic climate.
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