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gingerbread replica of Christ Church Cathedral
This magnificent gingerbread replica of Christ Church Cathedral has been painstakingly created by the US-born lodge owners of Oamaru’s Pen-y-bryn Lodge.James Boussy (L) and James Glucksman (R) spent more than 100 hours designing, baking, putting together and icing their gingerbread version of the 130-year-old Christchurch icon.
Read the full postSouth lauded over performance of stadium as sporting venue
The organisation behind the 2011 Rugby World Cup has praised the South for its involvement in the tournament. Rugby New Zealand 2011 tournament services general manager Nigel Cass, who was had been involved with the project since late 2004, visited Dunedin on Monday to thank those behind the event.
Read the full postRestructure for Tourism Dunedin
Tourism Dunedin chief executive Hamish Saxton has told the Otago Daily Times that a restructuring of the RTO is under way, with three roles disestablished, including a parttime public relations consultant, a part-time Auckland-based trade sales rep and a fulltime domestic and conference marketing manager.
Read the full postTourism degree dropped
The University of Otago has deleted the bachelor of tourism from its roster of conferred degrees, and the ualification will revert to a major subject in the bachelor of commerce degree.
Read the full postKingston Flyer Fires Up
The Otago Daily Times reports that the historic steam train Kingston Flyer’s engine “blew off two year’s worth of steam” the other day as the train’s operations team fired it up for the first time since 2009.
Read the full postIrish win ends Italian dream
DUNEDIN, 2 Oct. - Captain Brian O'Driscoll believes Ireland showed great composure to ease into the quarter-finals with a 36-6 Pool C victory over Italy at Otago Stadium on Sunday.
Read the full postExplosive England just getting started
DUNEDIN, 24 Sept. - England manager Martin Johnson said his team's Rugby World Cup was only just about to start after 10 tries against Romania left little to criticise at Otago Stadium on Saturday. A raucous crowd of 25,687 enjoyed an explosive 67-3 win, which puts England top of Pool B with 14 points ahead of their final match against Scotland.
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