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Spot the eclipse

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Sat, 03/23/2024 - 03:30
This month’s full moon occurs in the constellation of Virgo.
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Planet gobblers

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Sat, 03/23/2024 - 03:30
At least one in a dozen stars show evidence of planetary ingestion according to a paper published in Nature.
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Rekindling an ancient flame

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Sat, 03/23/2024 - 03:30
Photo: Getty Images Over the summer holidays, I climbed a mountain.
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Dealing with those garden monsters

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Sat, 03/23/2024 - 03:30
Sublime zucchini-flour chocolate cake, a seriously delicious way to use your burgeoning crop. Photo: Hilary Rowley It is the season of the annual zucchini tsunami, so I have found a seriously delicious way to use a whole shipload of these prolific beasts.
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Things hotting up

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Sat, 03/23/2024 - 03:30
Photo: Reuters A report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) shows that we smashed previous records for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and our glaciers retreating in 2023.
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Woman jailed for disrespecting judge

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 20:00
Megan Gordon (facing camera) outside the Nelson District Court last year. Photo: Tracy Neal A woman who showed utter disrespect for a judge - calling her a liar, using her first name and speaking over her during a defended hearing - has been sent to prison to think about her actions.
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Dozens of opposition members arrested in India

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 19:53
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal being driven away by police. Photo: Getty Images Dozens of members of the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have been detained by police in New Delhi as they gathered in protest against the arrest of their leader for graft, weeks before India holds general elections.
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403,000 people's info taken in MediaWorks hack

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 18:22
People's data has been stolen from MediaWorks and published online, the company says. Photo: RNZ More than 400,000 people have had their information taken in a cyber attack on MediaWorks.
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Man charged over young Kiwi lawyer's death

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 17:17
Mitch East, 28, died after being hit by a car in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Photo: Supplied A man will face court after allegedly hitting a young New Zealand lawyer with his car and leaving him to die on a Sydney street.
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Trade Aid to close physical stores nationwide

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 16:35
Trade Aid on George St, Dunedin. Photo: Google Maps A mainstay of sustainable and ethical trade in New Zealand is closing its doors because of rising costs.
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'Goon Squad' cops sentenced to decades for torture

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 16:16
A federal judge in Mississippi has wrapped up sentencing of six white former law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to the "Goon Squad" torture and sexual abuse of two Black men, leaving the defendants each facing from 10 to 40 years in prison.
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Councillors weigh in on mayor's 'train wreck' interview

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 15:44
Invercargill councillors have not held back in their assessment of Mayor Nobby Clark’s use of racially charged language, with one saying she was "absolutely disgusted".
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Fire crews investigate reports of smoke on Port Hills

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 15:29
The aftermath of the December fire. Photo: Geoff Sloan Fire crews are investigating reports of smoke on the Port Hills this afternoon.
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SailGP: Peter Burling gains fresh perspective after becoming a dad

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 15:24
Peter Burling and his wife, Lucinda Nelson, welcomed their first child into the world last month. Photo: Getty Images After taking time to celebrate the miracle of life, Peter Burling returns to SailGP having seen his team perform from a new perspective.
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Rock Tenors

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 15:21
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Christchurch teen Connor Whitehead's killer before Parole Board

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 15:07
A convicted killer who shot a teen dead at a party has been declined parole at his first appearance before the board.
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'Kick in the guts': Rural cops face losing allowances

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 14:54
File photo Police in rural locations face having their subsidised rents hiked to market rates and allowances trimmed as part of government cost-cutting.
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Man who smeared dog poo over woman’s face sentenced

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 14:49
A Roxburgh dealer convicted of 20 drug charges says he was in the throes of addiction when he smeared dog faeces on a woman’s face.
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Young children hospitalised with 'horrific' family harm injuries

Otago Daily Times News Feed - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 14:44
Two small children in Lower Hutt have sustained “horrific” injuries including brain bleeds and broken bones in what police believe is a family harm incident.
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