Regions

Touch down: happy days

Queenstown Airport may have been one of the happiest places on Earth yesterday.
Container mural aims to grab attention for grebes

While they may have left their summer home at the Lake Wanaka marina, two larger-than-life grebes materialised at Wanaka Wastebusters at the weekend.

Search for new St John location to continue

Search for new St John location to continue

St John will restart its search for a new home in Oamaru after the Waitaki District Council voted against leasing Awamoa Park for the town’s new ambulance base.
Jury asked to consider motivation for stabbings

Jury asked to consider motivation for stabbings

A 21-year-old man who admitted stabbing two men in Queenstown in 2019 says he acted in self defence, a jury has heard.
Alpine Fault: 75% of damaging quake in next 50 years

Alpine Fault: 75% of damaging quake in next 50 years

The chances of the South Island's Alpine Fault generating a damaging earthquake in the next 50 years are much higher than previously thought, new research shows.

queenstown

Touch down: happy days

Queenstown Airport may have been one of the happiest places on Earth yesterday.

Welcome to the April sun in Q'town: Joy as first flight arrives

Welcome to the April sun in Q'town: Joy as first flight arrives

After more than a year, the first trans-Tasman bubble flight into Queenstown has arrived.
Rule blocking cycle trail plans, hearing told

Rule blocking cycle trail plans, hearing told

The partial review of a Department of Conservation strategy document holding up progress on new cycling trails in Otago is missing the "root cause" of the problem, a hearing in Queenstown has been told.
Travel bubble hailed as Aussies to arrive in Queenstown today

Travel bubble hailed as Aussies to arrive in Queenstown today

Scheduled international passenger flights to the southern South Island resume today with a single flight from Sydney to Queenstown.

Wanaka

Festival comes to a close

The 8th Count dance troupe from Upper Hutt in Wellington performs as part of the Festival of Colour in Wanaka on Saturday.

Extraordinarily strong performance a highlight

Extraordinarily strong performance a highlight

REVIEW: I was struggling to pick favourites from this, Wanaka’s ninth Festival of Colour. Then came Meremere, writes Nigel Zega.
Container mural aims to grab attention for grebes

Container mural aims to grab attention for grebes

While they may have left their summer home at the Lake Wanaka marina, two larger-than-life grebes materialised at Wanaka Wastebusters at the weekend.
Box office staff ‘run off their feet’

Box office staff ‘run off their feet’

This year it had to look local.

Central Otago

On one occasion more than $600 was spent on flights from Nelson to Auckland and Wellington, and...

Proposed Tarras airport land under survey

A bird's-eye view of Tarras and the wider Cromwell Basin is taking place this week as Christchurch Airport continues to lay the groundwork for a new airport in the area.

Teens ready and raring for orchard work

Teens ready and raring for orchard work

A group of Canterbury teens have forgone Netflix and Xbox these school holidays — lured to Ettrick for orchard work.
Central hopes to reap benefits from Amazon's Lord of the Rings filming

Central hopes to reap benefits from Amazon's Lord of the Rings filming

The mayor of Central Otago says he hopes the region will see some of the benefits of an Amazon Lord of the Rings series that has begun filming in New Zealand.
Power project brings workers south

Power project brings workers south

A high wire act is unfolding high above the Ida Valley as work to rewire the national grid from Roxburgh in Central Otago to Livingstone in the Waitaki district continues.

South Otago

Other affected engines were found in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Photo: Getty Images

Two boys airlifted to hospital

One boy was flown by rescue helicopter to Christchurch Hospital with a suspected major neck injury and another was flown to Dunedin Hospital with a suspected head injury, during a junior seven-a...

‘We couldn’t do anything to help her’

‘We couldn’t do anything to help her’

Thirty years after the violent death of her beloved daughter, Dawn Smith hopes her killer will stay behind bars for the rest of his life.
Skantha death at Otago prison prompts review

Skantha death at Otago prison prompts review

The death of killer Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha has forced a review of how courts communicate with prisons.
Residents angry, fearful amid alleged youth crimes

Residents angry, fearful amid alleged youth crimes

Balclutha residents say they are fed up with what they regard as police inaction over an alleged antisocial youth crime spree in the town.

north otago

UK import to take council reins

The Waitaki District Council has its first international chief executive.

Search for new St John location to continue

Search for new St John location to continue

St John will restart its search for a new home in Oamaru after the Waitaki District Council voted against leasing Awamoa Park for the town’s new ambulance base.
‘Many amazing moments’ over 43 years

‘Many amazing moments’ over 43 years

Aileen Ryan — a mother, a teacher, an inspiration. North Otago bureau chief Rebecca Ryan chats to her mother, who has retired after teaching at Waikaka School for 43 years.
Educational approach about recycling woes

Educational approach about recycling woes

Illegal rubbish dumping at a North Otago recycling centre is being turned into an educational opportunity about waste disposal.

southland

Appeal against conviction lost after teen's death

5.40 pm

An Invercargill man sentenced to life imprisonment over the death of Invercargill teen Jack McAllister has lost an appeal against his conviction.

Planners recommend Winton dump consents be rejected

Planners recommend Winton dump consents be rejected

A Southland landfill's controversial plan to become the premier dump for the South has hit a hurdle after a planner recommended it be declined.
Young and old enjoy new slides

Young and old enjoy new slides

Invercargill residents Aston Gilbert (left) with friend Cairo Mcdonald, who tried a hydroslide for the first time since recovering from breaking both legs - one of them twice.
Jury asked to consider motivation for stabbings

Jury asked to consider motivation for stabbings

A 21-year-old man who admitted stabbing two men in Queenstown in 2019 says he acted in self defence, a jury has heard.

Alpine Fault: 75% of damaging quake in next 50 years

Mt Cook in the Southern Alps looking over Lake Matheson on the West Coast. Photo: Getty Images

Alpine Fault: 75% of damaging quake in next 50 years

The chances of the South Island's Alpine Fault generating a damaging earthquake in the next 50 years are much higher than previously thought, new research shows.

Planners recommend Winton dump consents be rejected

A Southland landfill's controversial plan to become the premier dump for the South has hit a hurdle after a planner recommended it be declined.

Container mural aims to grab attention for grebes

Wanaka Wastebusters retail assistant Anna Ferens, grebes project founder John Darby and Dunedin...

Container mural aims to grab attention for grebes

While they may have left their summer home at the Lake Wanaka marina, two larger-than-life grebes materialised at Wanaka Wastebusters at the weekend.

Search for new St John location to continue

Councillors Bill Kingan (left) and Colin Wollstein voted against leasing part of Awamoa Park to...

Search for new St John location to continue

St John will restart its search for a new home in Oamaru after the Waitaki District Council voted against leasing Awamoa Park for the town’s new ambulance base.

Proposed Tarras airport land under survey

A bird's-eye view of Tarras and the wider Cromwell Basin is taking place this week as Christchurch Airport continues to lay the groundwork for a new airport in the area.

Jury asked to consider motivation for stabbings

Jack Harrington appears on the first day of his jury trial in the Invercargill District Court,...

Jury asked to consider motivation for stabbings

A 21-year-old man who admitted stabbing two men in Queenstown in 2019 says he acted in self defence, a jury has heard.

Appeal against conviction lost after teen's death

Appeal against conviction lost after Invercargill teen's death

5.40 pm

An Invercargill man sentenced to life imprisonment over the death of Invercargill teen Jack McAllister has lost an appeal against his conviction.

Touch down: happy days

Queenstown Airport may have been one of the happiest places on Earth yesterday.

UK import to take council reins

The Waitaki District Council has its first international chief executive.

Festival comes to a close

The 8th Count dance troupe from Upper Hutt in Wellington performs as part of the Festival of Colour in Wanaka on Saturday.

Extraordinarily strong performance a highlight

REVIEW: I was struggling to pick favourites from this, Wanaka’s ninth Festival of Colour. Then came Meremere, writes Nigel Zega.

Rule blocking cycle trail plans, hearing told

Rule blocking cycle trail plans, hearing told

The partial review of a Department of Conservation strategy document holding up progress on new cycling trails in Otago is missing the "root cause" of the problem, a hearing in Queenstown has been told.

Young and old enjoy new slides

Young and old enjoy new slides

Invercargill residents Aston Gilbert (left) with friend Cairo Mcdonald, who tried a hydroslide for the first time since recovering from breaking both legs - one of them twice.

Pair pipped at post but not hosed off

Mossburn volunteer firefighters Stephen Trusler and Jeff Manson take part in the United Fire...

Pair pipped at post but not hosed off

They were one point off winning.

Thousands of tyres catch fire in Southland blaze

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews were called to the scene of the blaze in Omaui Rd,...

Thousands of tyres catch fire in Southland blaze

A fire at a rural Southland property where thousands of tyres were ablaze has been extinguished.

Welcome to the April sun in Q'town: Joy as first flight arrives

The plane makes its way under the water arch on arrival to Queenstown Airport. Photo: RNZ

Welcome to the April sun in Q'town: Joy as first flight arrives

After more than a year, the first trans-Tasman bubble flight into Queenstown has arrived.

Bangers journey from Auckland in name of charity

Invercargill auction winner Donna Parker (centre) with team Bad Bananas drivers Barbara and...

Bangers journey from Auckland in name of charity

The air conditioning on some may not work, while others are almost as good as new — whatever their condition the vehicles have successfully travelled 2400km in the name of charity.