When I asked Hamish Rutherford how @OtagoVolts have gone from two straight wooden spoon @SuperSmashNZ finishes to an elimination final, I got the most Otago answer there is- “oddly enough, probably a trip down to Kaka Point without our cricket gear and a box of Speight’s” 😂🍻
23 year old Ben Bell has finally been sworn in as Gore District Mayor, officially making him the youngest elected mayor in NZ. Tracy Hicks handed over the mayoral chains today following 18 years in the job @1NewsNZ
My first piece solely for digital- it’s a bit of a different process to telly but it was a fun wee challenge and a great way to extend my skills. Also helped that the yarn was about a very cool Dunedin start up doing very cool things 🍸
In a time where our emergency services are so badly stretched, this makes absolutely no sense. The residents of Ōmārama and many other southern regions are hoping this changes soon.
The issue here isn’t ambulance wait times- residents know this is part of being a rural town. It’s the fact there is an incredibly skilled, highly trained FENZ First Response Unit 5 minutes up the road designed to assist St John that currently aren’t able to help those in need.
A year ago today we lost Liv. Some days it still doesn’t feel real, and seeing the pain and loss her family has experienced has been heart breaking. Liv was named after Olivia Newton- John who passed away earlier today. The world has now lost two special Olivia’s on August 9 🤍
Wallaby numbers are growing rapidly across New Zealand.
The national wallaby eradication programme hopes to stop this.
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