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Dickens character coming to colony (opens the original)
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A Dunedin author will continue the tale of a minor literary character after securing a national research grant. Wendy Parkins is one of four writers across the country to receive $5000 from Tāwhia Copyright Aotearoa and the New Zealand Society of Authors. She will use the funds to search local archives while writing a novel that places a Charles Dickens figure in early Dunedin. Parkins plans to trace the journey of Edith Dombey, who flees a bad marriage in the classic book Dombey and Son. “Edith
Vision loss no sports barrier for Dunedin boy (opens the original)
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A Dunedin boy with a progressive visual impairment is keeping up with his peers on the sports field. Muaaz Asrar, 11, has received backing from the Halberg Foundation to participate in school and after-school activities. The assistance includes adaptive equipment for physical education classes and funding for martial arts training at the Dunedin Taekwondo Association. Muaaz’s father, Dr Asrar Elahi, said his son was diagnosed with a retinal degeneration disease called retinitis pigmentosa three
Cuts around the clock for charity (opens the original)
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Two Dunedin hairdressers are pulling an all-nighter to collect money for charity. Zen Hair co-owners Liana King-Biddulph and Hayley Cron will hold a 24-hour haircut marathon to raise funds for the Otago Community Hospice. The women will be joined by about 15 volunteer hairdressers to operate four salon chairs continuously, starting at 1pm on Sunday, October 3. Miss Cron said she had seen the impact of the support the hospice provided firsthand, including through a friend who died. “I think when
Teacher training under fire as college marks milestone (opens the original)
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Three long-standing Dunedin educators are defending their profession against government attacks as their college marks a major milestone. The University of Otago College of Education Te Kura Ākau Taitoka is celebrating 150 years of teacher training this year amid proposed changes to how the sector operates. Dr Helen Trevethan, a senior lecturer at the college, has worked there for 33 years and said staff were feeling battered by recent political rhetoric. “We’re in the era of teacher education b
Yellow-eyed penguin crisis: How researchers are using live tracking to rescue dying chicks (opens the original)
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Newly fledged yellow-eyed penguins are swimming thousands of kilometres north into depleted fishing grounds to starve. The mainland hoiho population has dropped to 115 breeding pairs. Out of 230 potential chicks from those nests, only about 46 survive to fledge. From that group, just 21% will survive their first year at sea to return as juveniles. A mere 10% of those will subsequently join the breeding population. That means only one bird from the entire past season is expected to survive long e
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