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Cherie McConville who is doing a doctorate in Business Administration and is looking to develop an adventure hub in Dunedin. Photo: Linda Robertson Young or old, fit or sedentary, and mobile or not - a University of Otago doctoral student is planning an outdoor adventure hub for the city for people from all backgrounds.

St Gerard's School pupils (from left) Lydia Sanders (13), Imojen Constable (13), Olivia Dyson (12), Angus Hanning (12), and Cait Shea (12) make a presentation to the Central Otago District Council asking councillors to declare a climate emergency. Photo: Pam Jones Central Otago district councillors will consider whether to declare a climate emergency after getting a nudge from Alexandra school children.

The Port Otago dredge New Era works in Otago Harbour. Photo: ODT files Recent rough weather has continued to delay dredging at Oamaru Harbour.

Poplar tree felling along State Highway 6 near Cromwell earlier this week. Photo: Adam Burns About a third of poplars near Cromwell are to be permanently lost as the NZ Transport Agency continues a cull of the prominent trees along State Highway 6.

Fifty years on, Dawn Murphy is still a welcoming face at the Oamaru Otago Daily Times office. Photo: Rebecca Ryan Fifty years ago, 17-year-old Dawn Murphy passed her interview with flying colours and started a job at the Otago Daily Times North Otago office.

What to do, what to do, what to do ... first?

Ben Herring. Otago does not have to look far for motivation today.

Dave Hewett Southland coach Dave Hewett knows how much Otago will not want to lose today.

Joel Stevens Joel Stevens is coming home.

Jaymes Todd says his rape and murder of aspiring Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon didn't go as he planned.

Police are investigating a reported suspicious approach to a child near a Dunedin supermarket by a man in a van this afternoon. 

Fire crews are battling a blaze in a large shearing shed about 10km north of Oamaru this evening.

The first test is between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was in the balance at lunch on day three.

Liam Strickland. Photo: NZ Police A suspected hit-and-run driver has been arrested nine days after he allegedly fatally hit a pedestrian in Christchurch.

Properties in the Portobello area are currently without water due to a burst pipe near Broad Bay.

A truck driver who ran a red light in Christchurch and killed two people and injured three more was threatened in court as he pleaded guilty today.

A worshipper at the Pakuranga mosque in Auckland has reported seeing armed police firing six to seven shots as people left after Friday prayers.

theo_spierings_5655666b4d_0.jpg Theo Spierings was Fonterra chief executive for seven years. Photo: ODT files Fonterra's former chief executive Theo Spierings pocketed $43 million in his time in the job, based on a new payment disclosure from the embattled dairy company after NZ Herald inquiries.

bruce_deans_herald.jpg Bruce Deans. Photo: NZ Herald/file Former All Blacks and Canterbury halfback Bruce Deans has died aged 58, after a battle with cancer.