The Red Velvet Showcase

Glamorous dancers, spectacular circus and smooth, velvety music. The Red Velvet Showcase is the unveiling of Dunedin's slinkiest performance troups, The Velvet Ladies. The Velvet Ladies is a collaborative project ...

Dunedin | Friday, 24 May 2013

Hot deals: Sicily, Australia, Hawaii, France

Intrepid My Adventure Store has an 11-day tour of Sicily.

Designer takes stock as success spreads

Fingerless gloves designer Kate Watts' new styles are a hit in shops around the country, as she continues to pick up new stockists of her hand-printed range.

Legal fraternity 'shattered' by sudden death of senior judge

The legal fraternity has been "shattered" by the sudden death of one of the country's most senior judges. Justice Robert Chambers sat on the Supreme Court and died peacefully in his sleep last night at his home in Wellington aged 59. A good friend - Auckland Crown Solicitor Simon Moore QC - described Justice Chambers as "an extraordinary talent"who had so much more to give. "His strengths were his ability to connect to people using his humour, his charm and his gregarious nature ... He leaves the legal profession, quite frankly, shattered." Among others who paid tribute to Justice Chambers…