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Santana application ‘a permit milestone’: More than $8m spent to date

Santana application ‘a permit milestone’: More than $8m spent to date

Santana Minerals has formally lodged a fast-track application for New Zealand’s biggest new gold project in more than four decades.

One in serious condition after car-bicycle crash

One in serious condition after car-bicycle crash

One person was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after a collision between a car and bicycle on State Highway6 in the Gibbston Valley.

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Departing owners won’t miss everything

Roxburgh Supermaket owners Ian Cahill, left, and Chris Toms celebrate the sale of the business...

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Departing owners won’t miss everything

Incredible staff and customers will be missed but the 5.30am alarm will not be, one of the Roxburgh supermarket owners said as he prepared to leave the business he has run for 13 years.

Fire destroys Mataura house

Fire crews outside the house that was destroyed in Mataura this morning. Photo: Gerrit Doppenberg

Fire destroys Mataura house

A house has been destroyed by a fire in Mataura this morning.

27-year-old tramper found dead on West Coast

27-year-old tramper found dead on West Coast

A woman has been found dead on the West Coast after failing to return from a tramping trip.

‘Gardening guru’ celebrates 20 years

Yvonne Laukens has spent 20 years on the garden shop floor at Mitre 10. PHOTO: OLIVIA CALDWELL

‘Gardening guru’ celebrates 20 years

When Yvonne Laukens was deciding what career to embark on as a young woman back in the Netherlands, she wanted plants, gardens and agriculture.

Otago rivers to lure trout anglers

Aotearoa Anglers guide Jeff Forsee says sight-fishing for trout in New Zealand’s high country is...

Otago rivers to lure trout anglers

The trout fishing season has begun on Otago’s high-country rivers.

Auction raises $11k for young players to compete in Asia

Rising tennis stars Noa Milburn (left) and his brother Dan pictured at a special fundraising...

Auction raises $11k for young players to compete in Asia

Members of the Queenstown Tennis Club have again swung in behind two of their most talented players.

Fewer than 700 still without power after wild winds

The winds that tore through the South on October 23 downed trees and power poles, leaving many...

Fewer than 700 still without power after wild winds

Fewer than 700 customers remain without power across Southland and South Otago after wild winds battered the region late last month.

US tourist seriously injured in Gibbston crash

Emergency services at the scene of the crash in Gibbston Valley today. Photo: Still Vision...

US tourist seriously injured in Gibbston crash

A United States tourist aged in her 60s was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after she was struck by a car while pushing her bicycle across State Highway 6 in the Gibbston Valley...

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Commodore ain’t Brock but Jack still going to fix it

Balclutha panel beater Jack Soper plans to transform his 1984 Holden VK Commodore Executive into...

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Commodore ain’t Brock but Jack still going to fix it

There are two ways to stand out at a car show, and Balclutha panel beater Jack Soper reckons he’s got one of them taped.

Seventh literary festival ‘most successful yet’

University of Otago vice-chancellor and former deputy prime minister Grant Robertson discusses...

Seventh literary festival ‘most successful yet’

Queenstown Writers Festival chairwoman Tanya Surrey says she’s overwhelmed by the response to this year’s event, which finished yesterday, describing it as "without doubt our most successful yet".

Average Central house price hits $1.6m

House-hunting in Queenstown just got even more expensive.

Visitor attraction

Visitor attraction

Geoff Henderson (left) and friend Ron Thornley, both of Pukerau, take visitors to the Lawrence Heritage Day on a town tour, heading out of Gabriel’s Gully in Mr Henderson’s steam-driven 1910...

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