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Otago Daily Times
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Lanterns take shape for carnival
REPORT: LAINE PRIESTLEY / PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Espen Lorenz, 10, of Dunedin, holds the lanterns he and his mother made at the Lantern Workshop in the Meridian Mall on Saturday. This past weekend was the last for lantern-making in the mall. The lanterns double as a ticket into the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival. Espen said his favourite part of making the lanterns was "finishing it", not because it took about one to two hours to make, but because he was happy to see the final results. "It was all really fun," he said.
Otago Daily Times
02-06-2025
- Climate
- Otago Daily Times
It's not cold if you're quick
REPORT: LAINE PRIESTLEY / PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Feargal O'Donoghue and Aoife MacSweeney brave the cold southern water at St Kilda Beach on King's Birthday yesterday. People wanting to enjoy a brisk dip at the beach should head out today as the temperature would take a significant plunge later this week, a Metservice meteorologist said. Dunedin could expect a fine day today with some passing cloud overhead, but the weather would take a turn tomorrow. "It will start to get wet from about late morning then it's expected to set in there," he said. The rain clouds would clear on Thursday to a partly cloudy day, before the rain returned for Friday and the weekend. "I must mention the drop in temperature — we're expecting temperature to drop in the South Island ... Dunedin, to be specific, will be dropping to about 7°[C] on Friday and Saturday."
