Articles by Adam Walker
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National
Meat Workers Union win case over access issues
Friday, 19 February 2016, 5:00pmThe Meat Workers Union feels vindicated after an Employment Authority decision to make Talley's pay the union nearly 150-thousand-dollars...
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Business
Anxious wait for meatworkers after suspension
Thursday, 18 February 2016, 11:23amMeatworkers at Invercargill's Prime Range Meats are still waiting to hear about the fate of their company. The meat processing...
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Crime
Tourist denies deadly driving charges
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 11:57amA tourist from Singapore has pleaded not guilty to a raft of charges relating to a fatal accident near Oamaru last year. Twenty-nine-year-old...
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National
Decision to tramp alone caused death: Coroner
Monday, 7 December 2015, 3:26pmThe Mountain Safety Council believes a tramper's decision to head off alone was a leading factor in his death. This comes...
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Health
Govt criticised over handling of Southern DHB deficit
Friday, 4 December 2015, 7:13amLabour believes little has been done in the past five months to show progress is being made on the Southern District Health...
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Emergency
Unexplained death in Dunedin
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 9:26amPolice are at the scene of an unexplained death in Dunedin. An investigation has been launched.
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Education
Marlborough schools to be co-located
Friday, 27 November 2015, 5:25amUPDATED 11.47am: Marlborough Boys' and Girls' Colleges are to be co-located on a new multi million dollar site. After two...
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Emergency
Australian tourist crashes down steep bank
Monday, 16 November 2015, 5:18pmAn Australian tourist is seriously injured following a crash near Queenstown. Police said the man went down a steep bank...
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National
Court stock photos of gavels a sore point
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 10:21amA frustration from New Zealand's legal community about a picture often used online, when the media covers court stories. The...
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Business
Significant drop in dairy farm price
Monday, 19 October 2015, 12:43pmA significant drop in the price of dairy farms compared with the last year. Latest figures from the Real Estate Institute...
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Business
Harvey Norman price dispute not clear cut
Friday, 2 October 2015, 4:55pmThere's confusion as to who may be in the right after a computer glitch saw heavily reduced items get sold by Harvey Norman. Hundreds...
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Opinion
Adam Walker: Long live the small town Court house
Friday, 18 September 2015, 3:19pmHundreds, perhaps thousands of Kiwis have to do it every day. They wake up with butterflies in their stomach and they put...
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Health
Drug ads lack supporting evidence: study
Friday, 4 September 2015, 6:37amOtago University research is warning of a need for greater monitoring of pharmaceutical advertising. It wants to ensure the...
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Dunedin
Dunedin CBD formerly underwater
Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 1:13pmTwo Dunedin historians have mapped out how much of the CBD was formerly underwater. Paul Pope and Matt Schmidt have been...
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National
Council partially responsible for Stadium Southland collapse
Monday, 24 August 2015, 4:47pmA High Court judge has found the Invercargill City Council partially responsible for the collapse of Stadium Southland's...
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Crime
Husband blackmailed for years by a woman he had sex with
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 6:11pmThe wife of a man involved in a blackmail scheme has told of her distress of learning her husband had been blackmailed by...
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Crime
Police identify woman killed in Dunedin crash
Thursday, 30 July 2015, 6:15pmPolice have released the name of the young woman killed in a crash in Central Dunedin, yesterday morning. She was 18-year-old...
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Business
Whanganui floods to cost insurers big
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 3:25pmThe Insurance Council expects the Wanganui floods to outstrip the Dunedin event in terms of cost to insurers. The Council...
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National
Queenstown Airport pays the price for tourism growth
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 8:02pmQueenstown Airport has had to pay the price for the region's growth as a tourist destination. Hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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Lower South Island
Southern DHB issue counter proposal
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 12:25pmThe Health Minister has received a counter proposal from the Southern District Health Board - over the looming threat of...
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Crime
Tourist driver jailed over deadly crash
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 5:22pmUPDATED 6.24PM: A Chinese tourist who drove on the wrong side of the road, killing a young girl, has been sent to jail for...
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Dunedin
Otago Peninsula cut off by flooding
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 11:51amOtago Peninsula cut off by flooding
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National
NZ 'cat cafe' backers search for funding
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 10:59amBackers of an Auckland based 'Cat Lounge' cafe, are pleading for feline lovers to help them fund their project. They're looking...
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National
Poignant court information tough for young people
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 5:48amA leading psychologist believes it can be an uphill battle to get young people to take on poignant information at court hearings. This...
