Dunedin - Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB2 days ago · Dunedin urged to brace for drenching. Dunedin residents are being urged to clear drains and be alert for flooding as incoming wild weather could bring a month's worth of rain in three days.
Queenstown - Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB4 days ago · District’s healthcare focus, not hospital. The Queenstown Lakes mayor says he remains focused on healthcare in his own backyard but understands angst caused by recent announcements regarding the new Dunedin hospital.
100 evacuated in Dunedin state of emergency - Otago Daily Times …
WEB5 days ago · A State of Emergency was declared for Dunedin at 11.55pm on Thursday, October 3 in response to heavy rainfall and flooding particularly in the South Dunedin area. About 100 people were evacuated from homes overnight and evacuation shelters have been opened. A wide area of South Dunedin, including areas around Surrey St, Forbury …
OBHS student signs on with Warriors - Otago Daily Times Online …
WEB6 days ago · Dunedin league player Mason Lome-Hindle has signed a deal with the Warriors to play in their under-19 team. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON. Mason Lome-Hindle can call himself a Warrior. The 18-year-old Otago Boys’ High School student has inked a two-year deal and will join the Auckland-based NRL club. He will play for their …
Watch: Officials give Dunedin flooding update
WEB5 days ago · It was phenomenal.’’. Mr Radich said he spent some time driving around South Dunedin last night to get a lay of the land, taking photos of the area and sending them back to the Civil Defence bunker so they too could see how the city was being affected by the heavy rain. But most of his time was spent helping to fill sandbags until about 2am.
'It was very loud': Slips shake house and cut access
WEB5 days ago · An Otago Peninsula family heard a loud rumble and felt their house shake at 3am when a slip smashed fences and cut access to their rural property. The landslip followed a previous slip on the other side of the property yesterday afternoon. Sophie Potter said the lifestyle block on Sandymount Rd was now effectively cut off from Dunedin with ...
Surrey St residents evacuated | Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB5 days ago · South Dunedin residents were preparing to leave their homes as rain continued to fall on Dunedin last night. Residents of Surrey St in Caversham were instructed by Civil Defence to evacuate about 9.30pm. About 10pm, people could be seen packing their cars in preparation to leave their homes. A stormwater drain bubbles in the middle …
Hydro lake levels a silver lining to the recent rain clouds
WEB5 days ago · Hydro lake levels a silver lining to the recent rain clouds. If there is a positive side to September’s wetter-than-usual weather, it should be that it has helped refill the southern regions’ highly depleted hydro lake levels. Niwa climate scientist Gregor Macara said the month was characterised by lower-than-normal mean sea level pressure ...
Man dead after Christchurch workplace accident
WEB5 days ago · A man has died at a Christchurch workplace this morning after a tyre is understood to have exploded. A police spokesperson said emergency services were called to the workplace about 9.15am on Friday. It is understood the man died after a tyre exploded at Smith Crane & Construction on Johns Rd in Harewood, …
Fame in a flash | Otago Daily Times Online News
WEB5 days ago · Central Otago school kids with a passion for the performing arts get their chance to shine this weekend in a family fun musical, Fame Jr. Forty-three 10 to 18 year olds are devoting the first week of their school holidays to a fast-track programme run by Stage Antics, which culminates in three live shows this weekend — it’s the first time ...