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Mt Cargill tower emergency lifeline
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (354+ words) The 105m Mt Cargill transmission tower was constructed in the 1970s for New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, the precursor to TVNZ, to deliver television into people's homes. Today, while it still serves as a transmitter of free to air broadcast channels, as well…...
Services left "hamstrung
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (431+ words) Emergency Management Otago adviser (Clutha) Jason Michie attended both West Otago and Lawrence-Tuapeka community board meetings last week, to answer concerns raised by the boards following last October's destructive storms. Mr Michie said a review of communication resilience was under…...
Youth to reshape internet safety
2+ week, 3+ day ago (703+ words) Netsafe's Otago Young Digital Leaders Pilot aims to empower teenagers in Dunedin, Central, North and South Otago to shape internet safety. Three teenagers from the Dunedin area are among those who will begin their journey as digital advocates, looking at…...
Phone cable laid across strait
4+ week, 2+ day ago (539+ words) Otago Daily Times Phone cable laid across strait You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Yesterday morning found the sea wonderfully quietened, with a light northerly breeze blowing. At…...
Data centre means more turbines: Mercury
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (517+ words) Datagrid New Zealand announced yesterday the signing of a 140 MW long-term power purchase option agreement (PPOA) with Mercury Energy, securing electricity price certainty for Datagrid's next-generation AI data centre platform. The data centre is a 280 MW hyperscale data centre campus…...
Far from home and fearing for her family's safety
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (739+ words) Farah keeps her phone nearby with the ringtone turned up at all hours, waiting for the rare calls that might come from her family in Iran. Using only her first name out of fear for her family's safety, she says…...
'He gave me a full story about how he was going to Christchurch the next day"
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (461+ words) A woman scammed out of $2000 when attempting to sell a phone is warning others about the dangers of online marketplaces. Rachel Barclay said in April last year she attempted to sell her brand-new smartphone on Facebook Marketplace, only for the…...