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  We last reported to you in March in announcing our interim results, when we already had to consider what the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic might be on the world's economy, on commodities, and on our activities in the various countries in which we operate.  This has remained a consideration as the year progressed, but the impact on the Company has been mitigated by amending our programmes so that they fell within what was permissible and practicable for our local teams. Nowhere were we brought to a complete halt.  Currently a ground geophysics field programme is under way in...

At this ecological crossroads, Central Otago writer Jillian Sullivan seeks a kinder path forward. The Ida Burn is running shallow, the interstitial spaces between pebbles and stones dense with silt, and in the glides a yellow sheen of flowering broom. The wind that whooshed in the trees all morning has quietened to the sound of faraway surf. There’s just birdsong, and the tinkling of water over stones. On a day of torrential rain several years ago, tips of waves surged through the broom bushes, powering the Ida Burn closer and closer to the house. The cane armchair I’d left by the pond bo...

GO NZ: New Zealand's best active adventures Otago to Southland 15 Dec, 2020 02:30 AM 7 minutes to read Be wowed on the Central Otago rail trails. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald CENTRAL OTAGO Super fit: Advanced riders will be wowed by the single track trails in the Naseby Forest with spectacular vistas over the forestry canopy towards Mt Ida. Beginners: Take the 4 Barrels Walking Wine Trail around centrally located wineries in Cromwell. The free walking tour takes an 8km loop of tasting rooms at Misha's, Aurum Wines, Scott Base and Wooing Tree. Enjoy DeVine Cycle, a self-guided e-bike tour arou...