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Thursday 06th July, 2017
Enterprising Lawrence school children have come up with a productive way to entertain themselves, and also improve their town.
They have enlisted the help of their community to build a skate park.
Wednesday 05th July, 2017
Gareth Morgan’s Opportunities Party has released a policy that proposes raising the alcohol purchase age, from 18 to 20.
It also wants alcohol excise tax increased to a level that would put up prices by 10%.
The purchase age was lowered from 20 to 18 in 1999. Parliament voted on it again in 2012 and decided to keep it at 18.
Morgan says lowering the age has caused an increase in harm to young people through motor vehicle accidents and mental and other health issues.
Tuesday 04th July, 2017
Recent road snow warnings from Metservice have been updated.
The Lindis Pass road may face 1 to 2cm of snow accumulation near the summit, especially around the early afternoon.
Occasional snow showers are likely to affect the summit of the Dunedin to Waitati Highway road into the afternoon.
Until 4pm, 1 to 2cm of snow may accumulate on the road above 300 metres.
There are also a number of other road snowfall warnings listed on the Metservice website.
Monday 03rd July, 2017
A severe weather watch is in place as MetService predicts heavy snow for parts of the lower South Island tomorrow.
Southland and Otago should expect snow overnight to 200 metres, while snow showers were expected to affect parts of Dunedin and the Clutha District.
Heavy snow as low as 100m could be expected in some of these areas and accumulation of 10-15cm of snow could be experienced above 200m from tomorrow morning to the early afternoon.
Monday 03rd July, 2017
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A crossing point is being built for pedestrians on State Highway 1 at the southern end of Balclutha.
However, the Clutha District Mayor says it is in a dangerous spot and should be moved before someone is killed.
Friday 30th June, 2017
Ballance Agri-Nutrients chief executive Mark Wynne says despite one of its shipments of phosphate rock being seized en route to New Zealand, farmers can still expect to get their fertiliser on time.
The phosphate was mined in Western Sahara, a land the subject of a sovereignty dispute.
And it is stuck in South Africa until the courts there decide if it was legally mined.
Friday 30th June, 2017
The E-Tu Union says from midnight, the celebrations will begin for 55,000 care and support workers in aged care, disability services and home support.
These are workers included in the historic Equal Pay Settlement which has resulted in one of the biggest increases in pay for any group of workers in New Zealand history.
Kristine Bartlett, who took the Equal Pay case which resulted in this Settlement, says many of her co-workers are overjoyed while for others the reality has yet to sink in.
Wednesday 28th June, 2017
One person is dead and 10 others injured following a crash near Roxburgh this afternoon.
Wednesday 28th June, 2017
One person is dead and 10 others injured following a crash near Roxburgh this afternoon.
Wednesday 28th June, 2017
Police and LandSAR teams have completed another day of searching for a fisherman who was reported overdue on Sunday.
The missing man, 29-year-old Shan Norton McLauchlan, has not been found.
A team of 14 police and LandSAR teams from Tokanui and Owaka are involved in the search along the Slope Point coastline.
They're supported by Amateur Radio Emergency Communications in Invercargill.
Over the next 12 hours or so, Police will consider the next steps.
A decision will be made tomorrow on the future of the search.