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QueenstownAugust 14

NZ Open drives nearly $34m impact

This year’s NZ Open hit an above par result in economic returns for Queenstown and New Zealand tourism as a whole.
Tracey Roxburgh
    NZ Open drives nearly $34m impact
    NZ Open drives nearly $34m impact
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    WānakaAugust 14

    Kānuka cut down for campfire reinforces freedom camping risks: campaigner

    The use of native vegetation for a campfire reinforces environmental and fire concerns around freedom camping at Beacon Point Road, a campaigner has said.
    Ruairi O'Shea
    Kānuka cut down for campfire reinforces freedom camping risks: campaigner
    Kānuka cut down for campfire reinforces freedom camping risks: campaigner
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    North OtagoAugust 14

    Waitaki welcomes ‘the ears and eyes of Unesco’

    Duntroon’s Museum of the Vanished World played host to two Unesco officials this week.
    Nic Duff
    Waitaki welcomes ‘the ears and eyes of Unesco’
    Waitaki welcomes ‘the ears and eyes of Unesco’
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    North OtagoAugust 14

    Otematata brigade keeps tanker after Fenz reversal

    The Otematata Volunteer Fire Brigade’s tanker will live to fight another fire.
    Nic Duff
    Otematata brigade keeps tanker after Fenz reversal
    Otematata brigade keeps tanker after Fenz reversal
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    WānakaAugust 14

    Cellphone tower wipes $160k from property value, resident says

    A Wānaka woman believes a cellphone tower has wiped $160,000 off the value of her property, and warned it can happen to anyone.
    Ruairi O'Shea
    Cellphone tower wipes $160k from property value, resident says
    Cellphone tower wipes $160k from property value, resident says
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    Central OtagoAugust 14

    Bar staff forced to pay drunken molester after vigilante street scuffle

    Two bar workers involved in a tussle with a patron who groped a woman have been ordered to pay the man $1500.
    Felicity Dear
    Bar staff forced to pay drunken molester after vigilante street scuffle
    Bar staff forced to pay drunken molester after vigilante street scuffle
    QueenstownAugust 14

    Lizard lifeline on Peninsula Hill

    Four hectares of farmland on Peninsula Hill has been fenced off, cleared of predators and replanted in native plants to create a sanctuary for the region’s precious lizards.
    Guy Williams
    Lizard lifeline on Peninsula Hill
    Lizard lifeline on Peninsula Hill
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    QueenstownAugust 14

    ‘If Queenstown succeeds NZ succeeds’: Gondola backers welcome PM’s support

    The time has come for innovative solutions to relieve Queenstown’s transport and congestion issues, two separate proponents say.
    Matthew Littlewood
    ‘If Queenstown succeeds NZ succeeds’: Gondola backers welcome PM’s support
    ‘If Queenstown succeeds NZ succeeds’: Gondola backers welcome PM’s support
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    Central OtagoAugust 14

    Largest population of irreplaceable, nationally critical plants set to be disturbed by gold mine

    The Department of Conservation has warned the Santana Gold mine is going to disturb the largest population in the world of a threatened–nationally critical plant species, said to be irreplaceable.
    Steve Hepburn
    Largest population of irreplaceable, nationally critical plants set to be disturbed by gold mine
    Largest population of irreplaceable, nationally critical plants set to be disturbed by gold mine
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    WānakaAugust 14

    New plans for bigger, taller resort submitted

    A new resource consent application for a resort in Three Parks has revealed a bigger, taller and denser development than previously approved by the council.
    Ruairi O'Shea
    New plans for bigger, taller resort submitted
    New plans for bigger, taller resort submitted
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    QueenstownAugust 14

    Drink-driver’s final warning after head-on crash

    A company director who caused a head-on crash while driving drunk in Speargrass Flat was also distracted by his phone, his lawyer says.
    Guy Williams
    Drink-driver’s final warning after head-on crash
    Drink-driver’s final warning after head-on crash
    QueenstownAugust 13

    Queenstown gondola might be a goer, National says

    If re-elected National will tackle traffic congestion in Queenstown, including possibly backing a gondola-based mass transit system, party leader Christopher Luxon says.
    Mike Houlahan
    Queenstown gondola might be a goer, National says
    Queenstown gondola might be a goer, National says
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    QueenstownAugust 13

    High school students caught up in Queenstown traffic woes

    Traffic congestion in Queenstown is doubling or tripling students’ travel time to high school.
    Philip Chandler
    High school students caught up in Queenstown traffic woes
    High school students caught up in Queenstown traffic woes