Nick Brook

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nick Brook

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsSouth OtagoFish and chip operator, interpreter and man of the hour — Chik Yin So can do it all. Known in the community as Yin, the Balclutha businessman was called at zero notice to interpret for Chinese tourists caught in a close-call crash late last month. About 10am on April 29, a car was struck and thrown by a southbound locomotive in Balclutha.

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nick Brook

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsSouth OtagoHas your neighbour dropped off firewood, mowed your berm or brought in your wheelie bins? Perhaps you know someone who cooked for the after-match function, swept your chimney or cleaned out your roof gutters?

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nick Brook

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsSouth OtagoSouth Otago high schools continue to impress with the release of National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) attainment rates last month. A selection of Clutha district secondary principals were pleased to comment on their schools’ performances, as recorded by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nick Brook

Strikers took to the street in Balclutha in a wave of May Day industrial protests across the length of the country. About 20 Public Service Association union members who work in home support and their supporters joined the demonstration in central Clyde St last Thursday to show care provider Access Community Health they were serious about their new collective employment agreement.

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nick Brook

Friday, 9 May 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsSouth OtagoAt a whopping 11cm, even the biggest fish were thrown back in a unique Otago wildlife study. The Pomahaka Water Care group (PWC) and Otago Regional Council (ORC) study near Tapanui on Wednesday, April 30, caught, tagged and released scores of tiny native galaxids.