Heavy rain warning issued for lakes and rivers
Metservice has issued a heavy rain warning for the headwaters of Otago's lakes and rivers tonight advising it could cause hazardous driving conditions with slips and washouts.

Maximise Opportunities with Tourism Macs
Prominent Queenstown tourism businessman John MacDonald has launched a new tourism service company and purchased a service business as he enters a new career phase that reflects his passions for tourism and for rally driving.

Breakingviews.com : Credit crisis hits mergers and acquisitions
As the funding squeeze tightens, other deals could come apart, as did BHP Billiton's hostile bid for Rio Tinto.

Good morning!
Heading back to work and school following the holiday weekend will be a tricky one. Snowfall across the region ranges from a dusting to 6 inches. Road conditions vary from snow covered and slippery to wet with scattered slick spots. Traffic volumes are light.

Confusion Reigns Supreme
?Gold isn?t just another commodity. Gold is money. Some day an international monetary crisis may rudely awaken us to this reality.? ?Mark Skousen, Gold Newsletter, May, 1997, from James U. Blanchard?s Golden Insights.

Putting the green back into nature
What do deerstalkers in the Manawatu, the Coromandel Area School Year Nine class and a group of neighbours in the Far North have in common?

Luna is the next big thing
She's an actor, a model and a singer, with work experience that ranges from posing for a Frito-Lay promotion to appearing in a commercial for a theme park.

Tesco sales halved as chain hit by rivals and financial crisis
Supermarket giant Tesco today reported a halving in UK sales growth in the third quarter after it said like-for-like sales rose by 2%. The 2% figure for the 13 weeks to November 22, excluding fuel, was down from the 4% reported in the previous three months.

It?s not too late! Find a seasonal job
Competition for seasonal work is brutal this year, but jobs are out there if you know where to look. 10 Tips columnist Laura T. Coffey offers advice about part-time and full-time positions that are still plentiful in many parts of the country, despite the crummy economy.

Car makers win lighter CO2 rules
Car companies have won a "green" battle with European regulators over new emission rules, it has been revealed.

Tesco interested in picking up Woolworths despite reduced sales growth
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco today reported a halving in UK sales growth in the third quarter after they said like-for-like sales rose by two per cent. The two per cent figure for the 13 weeks to November 22, excluding fuel, was down from the four per cent reported in the previous three months.

Michelin moves the motor to the tyre
It might sound counterintuitive but if the future of the car is electric, then we could well see the motor move from the front of the car to the wheels. Well, that's what Michelin, Heuliez and Orange have in mind.

Slaughter on the highways
LANDER --The Cowboy State lost more than $7 million worth of deer last year to vehicle collisions, according to state estimates.

C-17s' flight time piles up faster than Air Force expected
In the past seven years, the Air Force has flown its C-17s hard, "burning up" the cargo jets faster than military planners expected, a top Air Force general says.

Top GPS features
So you've decided you're going to get a portable GPS device, but what features should you look out for and which brand is best at what?

Deer collisions on the rise (with link to interactive feature)
Visit The Star's Road Hazard special feature for more on deer collisions The months leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas can get pretty hectic.And that's true for more than human residents in Cleveland County - things are on the wild side for area deer as well.This time of year, deer get a little nutty: they run into the road and into the path of oncoming motorists.

UK Finalists of the Land Rover G4 Challenge announced
Victoria Pendleton, Olympic gold medallist swapped the track for the field this weekend as she supported competitors at the UK National Selections of the Land Rover G4 Challenge.

UT scientist drops research that he says pollutes
Going with his conscience, an astronomy professor at the University of Texas has decided to back out of a NASA project that he spent about a decade working on because he thinks it excessively harms the environment.

Vettori applies kiss principle
A n impressive exhibition of slow bowling from Daniel Vettori kept an otherwise undistinguished New Zealand side alive in a match played on another dead batting track.

Lofty lefty Vettori applies the kiss principle to good effect - keep it slow, spinner
An impressive exhibition of slow bowling from Daniel Vettori kept an otherwise undistinguished New Zealand side alive in a match played on another dead batting track, writes Peter Roebuck.