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    Unlikely to extend state of emergency

    Unlikely to extend state of emergency

    It is unlikely a local state of emergency will be extended, Southland District Mayor Rob Scott says.

    Queenstown restaurants on Michelin's radar

    Amisfield restaurant near Arrowtown has been named restaurant of the year by Cuisine. PHOTOS:...

    Queenstown restaurants on Michelin's radar

    For the first time in 125 years the Michelin guide will include restaurants from Queenstown, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

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    New cameras to make roads safer

    A speed camera in Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

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    New cameras to make roads safer

    Drivers with a heavy right foot may soon start receiving speeding tickets from a new type of speed camera being installed around the southern regions.

    Violent incident at court

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    Violent incident at court

    Police rushed to the Queenstown District Court yesterday after a violent incident in the courthouse’s foyer about 2.20pm.

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    Fireworks incidents fuel ban calls

    Used fireworks sit atop a damaged couch in Castle St North yesterday morning. PHOTO: STEPHEN...

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    Fireworks incidents fuel ban calls

    Incidents such as police and fire appliances being shot at by fireworks, which happened in Dunedin this week, does nothing to help those who want them to remain on public sale, an Otago firefighter says.

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    Nurse pleads guilty to morphine theft at rest-home

    Gore District Court. Photo: Gerrit Doppenberg

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    Nurse pleads guilty to morphine theft at rest-home

    A registered nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing morphine, needles and other potent medications from the Gore rest-home where she worked.

    Second unit now operational

    The shotover wastewater treatment plant’s new unit. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Second unit now operational

    A second reactor and clarifier at the Shotover wastewater treatment plant is now fully operational, doubling its capacity and putting an end to wastewater entering the plant’s oxidation ponds.

    Power being restored after Queenstown CBD outage

    Power being restored after Queenstown CBD outage

    Most of the Queenstown CBD has power back after an unexpected fault cut power to about 333 customers earlier this evening. 

    Gear seized from pair caught whitebaiting illegally

    Police have responded to complaints of "anti-social" behaviour at Kairaki Beach, near Kaiapoi,...

    Gear seized from pair caught whitebaiting illegally

    Two men have had their nets, waders and other equipment seized after being caught whitebaiting illegally in Southland.

    Santana secures key permit for Central Otago gold mine

    Santana Minerals chief executive Damian Spring. Supplied photo

    Santana secures key permit for Central Otago gold mine

    Australian mining company Santana Minerals has secured a key permit for a vast gold mine near Cromwell in Central Otago.

    From living on noodles to selling a $6m business

    Dave Brown is selling Wānaka Backpackers Bothy. Photo: ODT Files

    From living on noodles to selling a $6m business

    Thirty years after visiting Wānaka on the cheap as a backpacker, Dave Brown is selling a business in the centre of town worth more than $6 million.

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    Group to look at design, location

    The historic Roxburgh Town Hall and Entertainment Centre was destroyed by fire in February. A new...

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    Group to look at design, location

    Rebuilding the Roxburgh Entertainment Centre on an alternative site is one of the proposals being considered as the insurance settlement is finalised.

    Record number of women elected to council

    Andrea de Vries. Photos: supplied

    Record number of women elected to council

    A record number of women have taken their place around the Invercargill City Council table.

    Proposed new Maccas site more to some people's taste

    Three Parks developer Allan Dippie pointing out the location of the proposed McDonald's...

    Proposed new Maccas site more to some people's taste

    McDonald's latest Wānaka proposal is serving up split opinions - with some residents seeing it as a more palatable offer, and others concerned they will not get a say about it.

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    More unsettled weather forecast for this month

    Photo: file

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    More unsettled weather forecast for this month

    Given the settled conditions over the past few days, it would be easy to think the wild weather of October is well behind us.

    Still state of emergency

    PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

    Still state of emergency

    Southland remains under a state of local emergency following severe damaging winds that struck the region almost two weeks ago.

    Council accepts Crown intervention

    Former minister Amy Adams has been appointed to help the council to resubmit its water plan....

    Waitaki District Council accepts Crown intervention over water plan

    The Waitaki District Council has agreed to accept Crown intervention after its standalone water services delivery plan was rejected last month.

    Two injured in crash

    Two injured in crash

    Two people were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a two-vehicle crash near Invercargill.

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    Family may lose 1938 crib as lease ended

    The Matthews family has approached Doc over renewing a 30-year concession for its 1938 crib built...

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    Family may lose 1938 crib as lease ended

    An old Kinloch crib, used by Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt in his latest movie, may be lost to the family who built it, causing heartbreak and ending a tradition of generations, they say.

    Poets lead protest against open-cast mining

    Poet and barrister Richard Reeve is one of six poets taking part in the "Mining is the Pits"...

    Poets to host reading protest against open-cast mining

    Six poets are protesting "ecological and aesthetic violence" proposed for Central Otago.
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