Regions

Neighbours fighting bid to gain water permits

Sir Russell Coutts and a former Queenstown tourism identity are facing a battle with their neighbours, who include an English aristocrat, over plans to take water from two Wakatipu creeks.
Street walker a corker porker

You could be forgiven for thinking a Silver Fern Farms employee was telling porkies with his tale of a late-night, main street encounter with a wild boar.
Passion for space brings pupil second win

The New Zealand Space Agency says it needs to up its game to keep pace with the good work Southland Girls’ High School pupil Sophie Ineson is doing in promoting the space industry as a career.
Football ground damaged by vehicle

Oamaru’s main football ground, Awamoa Park, was damaged after a vehicle was driven on it at the weekend, leaving muddy tyre tracks in its wake.

Gas leak in Wanaka

Gas leak in Wanaka

A potentially dangerous situation was averted in Wanaka’s Lakeside Rd yesterday afternoon after an on-site gas strike at the Marina Terrace Apartments.
Wild pig seen in main street after midnight

Wild pig seen in main street after midnight

While heading home from work on Monday night, Balclutha resident Carwyn Macaulay met an unusual sight on the town’s main street.
Roads and bridges shortfall hits rates

Roads and bridges shortfall hits rates

A million-dollar shortfall in funding for the Southland District Council’s roading and bridges programme will not result in an immediate rates increase.

queenstown

Jef Desbecker, with wife Robina Bodle, argued granting a permit to take water from two Arrow...

Neighbours fighting bid to gain water permits

Sir Russell Coutts and a former Queenstown tourism identity are facing a battle with their neighbours, who include an English aristocrat, over plans to take water from two Wakatipu creeks.

Philanthropist ‘led by example’

Philanthropist ‘led by example’

Leading businessman and philanthropist Sir Eion Edgar is being remembered as a man who amplified his impact by inspiring other people.
Helicopter broke up while in flight, coroner informed

Helicopter broke up while in flight, coroner informed

A Robinson R44 helicopter "fell apart in midair" on a perfect day for flying, a coronial inquest in Queenstown was told yesterday.
Driver charged 10 months after fatal Arrowtown crash

Driver charged 10 months after fatal Arrowtown crash

Almost a year after Arrowtown teenager Allanah Walker was killed in a car crash, a woman will appear before the court on multiple charges.

Wanaka

Gas leak in Wanaka

A potentially dangerous situation was averted in Wanaka’s Lakeside Rd yesterday afternoon after an on-site gas strike at the Marina Terrace Apartments.

Wanaka road closed after gas pipe pulled up

Wanaka road closed after gas pipe pulled up

A ‘‘potentially dangerous’’ situation was averted on Wanaka’s Lakeside Rd this afternoon when a small onsite gas strike occurred at the Marina Terrace Apartments.
Performing arts centre idea

Performing arts centre idea

A new Wanaka group wants to gauge community support for a new multimillion-dollar performing arts centre that would attract larger events to town.
Skifield dodges fog for opening

Skifield dodges fog for opening

Wanaka has been blanketed by a creeping grey fog for more than a week — but the skifields have been bathed in sunshine.

Central Otago

Missing man case to be reported to the coroner

An Alexandra mother hopes the mystery of her son’s disappearance will be solved one day but also realises she is unlikely to see ever see him again.

Case of missing Alexandra man passed on to coroner

Case of missing Alexandra man passed on to coroner

The case of an Alexandra man who went missing four years ago is being passed on to the coroner.
Jab plan put into action

Jab plan put into action

A whanau-centred approach to Covid-19 vaccinations for Maori and Pasifika communities was rolled out in Alexandra yesterday.
Homes’ stormwater going into wastewater system

Homes’ stormwater going into wastewater system

Hundreds of homes in Alexandra and Cromwell could face a $1000 bill after their properties were identified as discharging stormwater into the towns’ wastewater systems.

South Otago

A wild pig was caught on camera roaming the streets of Balclutha this week. PHOTO: CARWYN MACAULAY

Wild pig seen in main street after midnight

While heading home from work on Monday night, Balclutha resident Carwyn Macaulay met an unusual sight on the town’s main street.

Street walker a corker porker

Street walker a corker porker

You could be forgiven for thinking a Silver Fern Farms employee was telling porkies with his tale of a late-night, main street encounter with a wild boar.
Four generations flock together for cage birds show

Four generations flock together for cage birds show

Birds, birds, and more birds.
Car crash prompts callout of armed offenders squad

Car crash prompts callout of armed offenders squad

Four people were arrested following a single-car crash, which led to the armed offenders squad being deployed on State Highway 1, near Clinton, in South Otago, yesterday.

north otago

Football ground damaged by vehicle

Oamaru’s main football ground, Awamoa Park, was damaged after a vehicle was driven on it at the weekend, leaving muddy tyre tracks in its wake.

Council pausing SNA identification work

Council pausing SNA identification work

The Waitaki District Council is pushing pause on its work to identify significant national areas (SNAs).
Dairies slammed as kids as young as 11 sucked in by vaping

Dairies slammed as kids as young as 11 sucked in by vaping

Waitaki youth are being sucked in by vaping and the district’s principals want to prevent another generation from succumbing to nicotine addiction.
Native species planting day a family affair

Native species planting day a family affair

Connecting her mokopuna with their land is important to Marlene Skeet.

southland

The Giant Gate Falls on the Milford Track. PHOTO: DOC

Tourism hopes as Great Walks in demand

The coming Great Walks season will be make or break for many Fiordland tourism operators.

Keeping busy key to living 100 years

Keeping busy key to living 100 years

There was good money to be made from rabbit skins in the days when Nora Larking left school.
Roads and bridges shortfall hits rates

Roads and bridges shortfall hits rates

A million-dollar shortfall in funding for the Southland District Council’s roading and bridges programme will not result in an immediate rates increase.
Choir adds new dimensions to Big Sing

Choir adds new dimensions to Big Sing

Rehearsing yesterday afternoon for last night’s Big Sing concert at First Presbyterian Church in Invercargill is the Southland Boys’ High School Dimensions choir, accompanied by the school’s head...

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