Olivia, 8 (left), and Hannah, 9, Bottomley take a ride in an Ocean Beach Railway carriage. Photo: Peter McIntoshDozens of families got to experience old-style rail travel while supporting local food banks at St Kilda yesterday. Otago Railway and Locomotive Society chairman Campbell Thomson said the Ocean Beach collection welcomed the arrival in service of a 1913 carriage at the weekend, after it had taken nearly a year to bring it up to standard. "We hope days like this help to keep alive a history of New Zealand railways. • The society announced last night the food drive had collected 440 cans and plenty of other food items for local food banks.

He made the bowl from the wood of an Irish yew which was removed from the Dunedin Botanic Garden in 2020. Photo: Peter McIntoshThose in search of a last-minute Christmas present may be interested in gifting a wee piece of woodturned Dunedin. He used wood of pruned or felled trees in the Dunedin Botanic Garden in his work — the smallest pieces of wood were made into jewellery. they have a little mana to them because they’re from Dunedin, from the garden," Mr Leichter said. They’re taking home a piece of Dunedin.

Queenstown's golfers are being asked to rally behind a local business following a fire. The Frankton Golf Centre, owned by Queenstown’s council, was gutted in an accidental blaze on December 13. While the 9-hole course remains open, and bookings are being taken online, the driving range and pro shop, run by Inspire Golf for more than a decade, are closed until further notice. In the meantime, they were offering additional value on voucher purchases "to help us get back on our feet". "Your support over the past 12 years has meant the world to us," the post said.

Midway through the string of offences he graffitied the Dunedin District Court sign, and used a blue marker to tag other walls around the city. Half an hour later, the court heard Wise forced his way into an analytics company around the corner, where he raided the boardroom for audiovisual equipment. Judge Robinson stressed the severe impact on the victims. The court heard one company had to scramble frantically to protect confidential client documents which were contained on the stolen computers. The victims suffered total losses of up to $22,000 but Judge Robinson said Wise had no means to pay that off, and declined to order reparation.

Photo: Gregor RichardsonA Dunedin clinician is calling on the government to firm up a solution for pathology for the new Dunedin hospital inpatients building or else face the "crazy" situation of carting sensitive material across State Highway 1. Work is under way on the best solution for pathology, which is an essential service for the new hospital." It made "total sense" to use the current "shell" on the sixth floor of the planned inpatients building to be used to provide the 3500sq m-4000sq m needed for the pathology laboratory. "It has become clear that a standalone pathology building is not on the current agenda, but a decision needs to come soon, as the clock is ticking." Construction of the inpatients building resumed in July.

Otago cricketers played key roles as the South claimed inter-island bragging rights with a 31-run win in a rain-affected third T20 game in Nelson on Saturday. Captain Polly Inglis smashed 38 off 19 balls, including seven fours, and PJ Watkins made 26 off 21 as the South compiled 171 for eight from their 20 overs. Louisa Kotkamp then took three for 17 as the North were held to 100 for seven off 16 overs, losing by 31 runs on the DLS method when rain ended the game. The South won the series 2-1. — Allied Media

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The victim inquired and, believing it to be legitimate, agreed to buy it and duly transferred the money. However, Mullen’s scam was exposed when she asked the victim for more money. The next day, the victim received a call from Kiwi Bank, who confirmed she had been scammed and encouraged her to make a police report. She never received the tiny home, nor did she get her money back. She admitted receiving the money and withdrawing it, but denied knowing anything about the Facebook ad or how she got the money.

The US has not, in fact, imposed sanctions on Venezuelan oil. Neither the vessel nor the company is under any sanctions, according to the IMO. The Centuries was carrying oil from a China-based trader with a history of transporting Venezuelan crude oil to Chinese refineries, according to a person familiar with Venezuela’s oil industry. The blockade could affect more than 30 tankers in the Caribbean currently under US sanctions, according to analysis from TankerTrackers.com and the global intelligence company Kpler. At least 12 of these vessels are carrying Venezuelan oil, according to Kpler.

“I am deeply disappointed with the way our Sikh community in South Auckland was targeted yesterday,” Nakhle wrote on Facebook. “As I understand, our Sikh community in Manurewa had received a permit to hold this procession, honouring the birth of their first guru. Photo / Andrew WarnerThe Free Speech Union, which advocates for New Zealanders’ right to protest and counter-protest, has condemned the Tamaki-linked disruptors. In the caption of a video of the incident posted to his social media, Tamaki said “THIS IS OUR LAND. Tamaki took to social media after the terrorist attack to claim “multiculturalism is ruining Australia.”

Isa said the singer was still touring and performing around the world right up to December 2023 when he received the diagnosis. Isa said her father stopped performing and has remained at home to focus on his healing. Bolton is lovingly cared for by daughters, Isa, Taryn and Holly. Bolton undergoes MRI exams every two months to monitor his brain and to check the tumour has not returned, according to People. “We each help to honour him in various ways,” Isa said in the AARP interview.

Realising the diamond was likely detached in the pool, Christine felt “pretty sick” when she discovered it was gone. Christine and Richard Downer were on a cruise with friends in southern France when the diamond dislodged from Christine's engagement ring. Other passengers joined the search, spending more than an hour sweeping the pool in a grid pattern with their feet. It was all over again, and there’s no way I am going to let this ring be lost,” he said. Richard pictured with the missing diamond.

(From L-R) Lisa Carrington, Tara Vaughan, Olivia Brett and Alicia Hoskin celebrate with their gold medals from the women’s K4 500m final at the Paris Olympics. To achieve things that are beyond what might normally be possible, that’s what that requires.”Legendary kayaking coach Gordon Walker has announced his retirement. Walker has spent the past week informing his closest circle, admitting that the conversation with Carrington was particularly hard. “The athletes are our number one priority.”New Zealand women's kayak K4 team briefed by coach Gordon Walker. Walker has guided Carrington to nine Olympic medals (eight gold) and 15 world championship titles.

Photo: RNZ/Cole Eastham-FarrellyA research project has discovered a way to use sound as a harmless deterrent to keep cats away from nesting native birds. Feral cats were recently added to the Predator Free 2050 target species list, but domestic cats remain a treasured part of many New Zealand households. Through trial and error, they found feral cats were most averse to the sound of human voices and domestic cats were most averse to the sound of other cats. By contrast, testing in urban environments showed domestic cats were most averse to the sound of other cats and didn't mind human voices. The next step for the researchers was to try to protect colony breeding birds near braided rivers from feral cats and they also worked with Auckland Council to put out speakers in another reserve.

Well every protest appears to have a few hangers-on — in other words "the professional protesters" often photographed in the ODT. Unfortunately a few of these protesters have been voted in as Dunedin City councillors again and will they never learn? Jo, Rachel and Andrew wish each other well. The Labour Party was created to represent the working class of New Zealand in their struggle to gain better working and living conditions. Address Letters to the Editor to: Otago Daily Times, PO Box 517, 52-56 Lower Stuart St, Dunedin.