Hundreds of people turned out on Saturday to call for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONA disgruntled road worker doing a Saturday shift got hot under the collar at the Rally for Palestine protest in Dunedin. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said the construction worker was upset about the protest disrupting traffic and delaying him from getting to a road works site. Hundreds of people attended a Rally for Palestine protest in Dunedin on Saturday. The protestors were calling for an immediate ceasefire in the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which began on October 7.laine.priestley@odt.co.nz

Even a small amount of sea level rise could expose hundreds more dairy farms near our coasts to flooding, new modelling reveals. Specifically, they sought to quantify the impacts to farms from flood-making extreme sea level events (ESL) - like king and storm tides - with relative sea level rise (RSLR), or the height of the ocean relative to land at different places. At current sea levels, 472 farms were potentially exposed to a one-in-10-year extreme event, while 1276 farms were at risk of a one-in-500-year event. New research finds sea level rise-driven flooding could add to the climate change risks our valuable dairy sector already faces. It showed the rise in danger wasn’t driven by the extreme events themselves – but the fact that background sea level rise caused inundation to occur much more frequently.

Thousands of Kiwis have cast their vote and had their say on who they believe offers the best Broadband, Power and Mobile services in Aotearoa, and today, we are thrilled to announce the finalists for the NZ Compare People’s Choice Awards 2023. With NZ Compare collating opinions and votes from Kiwis across the country, the shortlisting process has been robust. The finalists represent a diverse range of businesses and organisations across the telecommunications and energy sector, from smaller rural specialists to national players. Commenting on the finalists, NZ Compare CEO Gavin Male said, “The finalists for the People’s Choice Awards always serve up a diverse range and it is really interesting to see those providers who have a smaller customer base really able to mobilize their customers to vote. I think that just highlights the closer relationship and the value that relationship has to both customer and provider.

First published onPhoto: StuffAn investigation has been launched after a fire tore through the building that housed Tokora's Trees Tavern pub in Waikato. Fire crews were called to the blaze at about 2am on Sunday, where they found the derelict building to be "well involved" in fire. There were 13 fire trucks "ranging from Taupō to Ngāruawāhia" at the scene at one point. Photo: StuffOnce the fire had been contained, firefighters spent much of Sunday morning dampening down hot spots. Fire investigators have attended the site, but the cause of the blaze has yet to be determined.

The Domestic Purposes Benefit has been variously described as a “disaster” (David McLoughlin 1995), an “economic lifeline” (Jane Kelsey 1995) and “an unfortunate experiment” (Muriel Newman 2009). Its effect on family formation can never be definitively ascertained. But the growth of the sole parent

NZ Post use Fleetwood Mac’s anthem as a gentle cheeky Christmas TV advert all about telling little white lies to make Christmas a secret. Our ‘Churn and Burn’ economy of a housing market-with-bits-tacked-on that is fueled by record-high migration, low investment and rising residential land prices is churning and burning faster than ever. Let’s get back to that NZ Post TV advert. Why are all the couriers in those NZ Post adverts Indian? The reason of course as to why so many couriers are Indian is because they are the ones most exploitable by NZ free market capitalism.

Armed police and a dog handler unit could be seen at the BP in Princes St near the Kensington Oval this evening. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONA Dunedin petrol station was the scene of an armed robbery this evening. A police spokeswoman said at 6.15pm a man armed with a weapon entered the BP in Princes St and demanded staff hand over money. The man then left the petrol station and was seen getting into a vehicle heading north in Lees St.Officers conducted extensive searches of the area but have not yet located the man or the vehicle. A reporter at the scene said police dogs and armed police were seen around the petrol station.

A man has died after he fell from a Dunedin property earlier this week. Hato Hone St John confirmed ambulance staff attended an incident in Arthur St, City Rise, about 10.30pm on Thursday. A police spokeswoman said the man was transported to Dunedin Hospital and died from his injuries at the weekend. ‘‘The man’s death is not believed suspicious and will be referred to the Coroner.’’laine.priestley@odt.co.nz

Luxon keeps talking up his experience with mergers and acquisitions. From Stuff:Air NZ and Virgin Australia entered into a marriage in 2010, that was before Luxon was Air NZ CEO. In 2013, as CEO, Luxon upped Air NZ’s shareholding in Virgin from 15% to 23% and then to 25.9%. In 2016 Luxon attempted a coup to oust Virgin CEO John Borghetti but wasn’t successful. Asked again how many M and As he oversaw at Unilever, Luxon simply replied, “A number of them.” Unilever has been approached for comment and clarity.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters left today's talks with National shortly after noon, following a 90-minute meeting with leader Christopher Luxon at the Cordis Hotel. Luxon has also left the hotel and said the rest of the day's meetings and conversations would be over phone and conference calls. NZ First leader Winston Peters arrives for more talks with Christopher Luxon today. Earlier today, Luxon said today that a deal is down to the very last stages. Luxon said negotiations had not just centred on face-to-face meetings - there had been a lot of phone calls between the leaders.

In a significant development for Bangladesh cricket, a new captain has been appointed for the upcoming two-match Test series against New Zealand at home. Consequently, the responsibility of captaining Bangladesh in the Test series now falls on the shoulders of Najmul Hossain Shanto. Bangladesh’s Test series schedule against New ZealandAs Bangladesh prepares for the Test series, Shanto’s leadership skills will be put to the test, steering the team through the challenges posed by the absence of key players. Neil Wagner replaces Matt Henry in the New Zealand squadAhead of the Test series against Bangladesh, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have also made a significant change in their squad. Henry sustained a right hamstring injury during the ongoing CWC 2023, and subsequent scans have indicated that he will not recover in time for the Bangladesh Test series.

Photo: ODT filesA house fire in rural Southland last night is being treated as suspicious. The three-bedroom house was on a farm and it was severely damaged and now uninhabitable, he said. Gore house fireThe house fire was one of two from last night Mr Milne-Maresca was looking into. The occupants of the house were able to get out and the house was "fully involved" when firefighters arrived, she said. Mr Milne-Maresca said the fire started in a bedroom at the back of the house and he was still investigating the cause.

The residential auction rooms just had their busiest week of the year with 489 properties on offer at the auctions monitored by interest.co.nz over the week of 11-17 November. That was the third week in a row that auction numbers have topped 400, suggesting we could be heading for a busy summer. Unfortunately the increase in properties being offered was not matched by an increase in sales, with 193 properties selling under the hammer, which pushed the overall sales rate down to 39%. Of the properties that did sell, just 38% achieved prices that were equal to or above their rating valuations, which was down from the mid-to-high-40% range over the previous seven weeks. Details of the the individual properties offered at all of the auctions monitored by interest.co.nz, including the selling prices and rating valuations of those that sold, are available on our Residential Auction Results page.

Members of Youth with a Mission (YWAM) New Zealand are working tirelessly to raise funds for their medical aid ship YWAM Koha, currently stranded in Fiji. Managing director Marty Emmett told The Fiji Times they were waiting to go out onto a dry dock in Lautoka so the ship could be fixed as there was an issue with the tail shaft. He said the aim was to continue medical clinics in maritime areas. “It’s an old ship, it’s 75 years old and there’s always some issue but we finished the five-month outreach in Fiji about a month ago,” he said. “We just want to serve and bring basic healthcare to the beautiful people of the maritime islands of Fiji.”

The Domestic Purposes Benefit has been variously described as a “disaster” (David McLoughlin 1995), an “economic lifeline” (Jane Kelsey 1995) and “an unfortunate experiment” (Muriel Newman 2009). Its effect on family formation can never be definitively ascertained. But the growth of the sole parent