Malcolm Gayfer

A key resource will be under the spotlight next week as 300 delegates descend on the city for the 2016 New Zealand Freshwater Science Society Conference starting on Monday. The theme for this year’s conference is “fresh water on the edge” reflecting the push towards the edge of scientific knowledge,

Police can now name the person killed in a fatal crash near Moeraki Boulders, Otago on Tuesday 22 November 2016. She was 39-year-old Miss LI, from China. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash is ongoing and for that reason Police cannot comment further.

Netball South is strongly represented in the New Zealand U21 squad named by Netball New Zealand today. Defender Abby Erwood and shooters Jamie Hume, Jennifer O’Connell and Aliyah Dunn earned selection in the 17-strong group after impressing at an intensive four-day camp in Auckland over the weekend.

Local MP Sarah Dowie says she hopes local teachers will apply to the Teacher-led Innovation Fund to get support to trial their ideas on innovative teaching practices. “I want to see our local teachers supported to try new things in the classroom to raise achievement, this fund is doing just that,” S

Work has started on installing the City’s Christmas decorations with all the new lights and Christmas trees set to be up by the end of this week. Council’s Roading Manager, Russell Pearson, said there were delivery issues with the materials due to the earthquake but the container of decorations was

A 23-year-old Cromwell man has been charged with careless use of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, after a passenger on a quadbike he was driving fell from the vehicle and later died from his injuries. The passenger, 20-year-old Andrew Paul Grubb of Palmerston, fell from the quad

SBS Bank today announced an operating surplus of $19.6m for the six months ended 30 September 2016, up 43 percent on the same period last year. SBS Group CEO Shaun Drylie, who joined SBS in August this year, said that in a highly competitive market environment the Board and Management were pleased w

“He threatened to kill her and I believed he was actually going to do it…” In a video released today to mark White Ribbon Day, Sergeant Tania Kingi talks frankly about the family violence which inspired her to join Police. The video premiered this morning at a White Ribbon breakfast hosted by Police