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Almost £3,000 raised for repair work at Ballakilpheric Chapel

Community rallies to raise money to carry out repairs at Ballakilpheric Chapel

Two white rhinos who survived a poaching attack nine years ago were killed on the Schotia Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape last week.

Waitaki District Libraries is going from strength to strength. Over the past year, there has been a 150% increase in in the number of people attending events held at the library – from 322 people in March last year to 805 people in March this year. Manager Jenny Bean was thrilled with the turnouts for events, which ranged from talks and meetings to book launches. “We are quite deliberate about the sorts of activities we’re running and people seem to be really responding to that, which is ...

Sometimes the smallest things can have the most significant impact on our lives. For Jenny Bean, who was the guest speaker at Enfield’s Anzac Day service on Sunday, small things collected during her childhood – such as her grandfather’s medals and scarab beetle ring, her grandmother and great-grandmother’s lockets containing pictures of the men they loved, war games and books that contained snippets of war-like experiences – were all subconscious influences on her life and her values....

"Its not our crime, but its still our sentence": Pillars founder Verna McFelin 11 minutes to read By: Joanna Wane Pillars founder Verna McFelin talks to Joanna Wane about her life inside and outside the prison wire. People have long memories in a small town like Ōamaru. Not everyone is prepared to forgive the past, even four decades on, or willing to forget it. Verna McFelin was born in Ōamaru, like four generations before her on both sides of the family. Its where she met h...

Gloria Kong kidnap book launch at Oamaru Library cancelled after complaints 7 Apr, 2021 06:39 PM 3 minutes to read Gloria Kong is taken from the Oamaru Police Station by her father Jimmy Kong after being freed after a massive manhunt. Photo / New Zealand Herald, File Gloria Kong is taken from the Oamaru Police Station by her father Jimmy Kong after being freed after a massive manhunt. Photo / New Zealand Herald, File Otago Daily Times By: Ruby Heyward A book detailing the impact one of North ...

KIRK HARGREAVES/Stuff Verna McFelin’s North Otago launch of her book, The Invisible Sentence, was cancelled after complaints were received.(File photo) A North Otago launch for a book referencing one of the regions most high-profile crimes has been cancelled after complaints were received. Verna McFelin, founder of the charity Pillars, which advocates for the rights of the children of prisoners, was to launch her book at the Ōamaru Public Library on Friday. The Invisible Sentence is about h...