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    • Photo: Samuel White

      No serious injuries in crash

      Scaffolding is scattered around a ute which rolled and came to rest upside down in a ditch in Clutha Valley Rd about 11km from Balclutha yesterday.
    • Kakanui trio (from left) Koru Parry, Ella Nelson and Leah Morrow (all 12) are making a film for...

      Short films to help cultural project

      A short-film festival at the Oamaru Opera House next month will celebrate the Waitaki's ``taonga and special stories'' and raise funds for the district's Cultural Facility Development Project.
    • Organiser of the Winter Wonderland at Wanaka airport’s Warbirds & Wheels cafe, Shane Skobie,...

      Snow at airport for day of fun

      It was a bluebird day at Wanaka Airport on Saturday morning, following a huge dump of snow the night before, although not from the sky.
    • Sledding through snow and near white-out conditions is Aimee Stoeckel, of Australia, and her...

      First time playing in fluffy stuff

      You can forgive a 3-year-old for getting a little overexcited experiencing snow for the first time.

    queenstown

    Two people were injured in a head-on crash early yesterday in Malaghans Rd, near Coronet Peak skifield. Photo: Clive Manners.

    Reaction was 'just adrenaline'

    A Queenstown man seriously injured in a head-on smash says his immediate reaction was to help the driver who collided with him.

    Wanaka

    ORC evaluating lake snow report

    The results of Landcare research commissioned by the Otago Regional Council into whether the organism that produces lake snow is endemic to New Zealand or a recent introduction from overseas has...

    Central Otago

    Queensland farmer Glenn Duncan and dog Bloke need some training before taking on the Chatto Creek...

    Speak up, Bloke!

    If you think it is easy to make a farm dog woof on cue, you might be barking up the wrong tree.

    South Otago

    An aerial view of water from the flooded Tokomairaro River spreading over the plains south of...

    Signage an area to work on

    Concerns about delays erecting flood warning signs during last month's flooding in the Clutha district and a lack of signs highlight two things that could be done better in the future, a report says.

    north otago

    southland

    Welcome sight

    Photo: Gavin Conroy.

    Welcome sight

    One of nine Polikarpov fighter aircraft (pictured) restored by Sir Tim Wallis in the 1990s will appear at the 2018 airshow.

    Teen avoids conviction

    Teen avoids conviction

    A teenager who admitted stealing cash and interfering with a vehicle earlier this year was told not to be a ``loser'' by Judge Nevin Dawson in the Queenstown District Court yesterday.
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