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Designer picks holes with The Hills

New look coming: A redesign of Arrowtown’s The Hills private golf course is due to start next week.

Designer picks holes with The Hills

An Aussie golf course architect redesigning Arrowtown’s The Hills has taken a gentle swing at the championship course’s original layout — however, the original designer’s relatively unfazed.

A’town muscles up for character fight

A’town muscles up for character fight

Arrowtown Inc’s gearing up to appeal the removal of design guidelines from the district plan that protect the township’s special character.

A line-up designed to inspire

A powerhouse line-up of inspiring women’s been confirmed for this year’s Westpac Queenstown Women in Business Conference.

Qualmark cuts concern

It is feared cost-cutting by Tourism New Zealand quality assurance organisation Qualmark will reduce the quality of NZ’s tourism product.

Excelsior chasing three in a row

The Citizens Shield will be up for grabs once again as the North Otago club rugby season begins...

Excelsior chasing three in a row

North Otago’ premier men’s rugby competition returns next week with the season kicking off next Thursday night. Reporter Nic Duff checks in with the teams vying for the Citizens Shield in...

‘Big effort’ for championships

Mark Robinson, of Wānaka, tees off during the New Zealand Disc Golf Championships in Waimate last...

‘Big effort’ for championships

The new kids on the disc golf scene have shown they can host national events.

Young boxer makes mark in international competition

Oamaru boxer Francis Taafaki won a silver medal at the 2026 World Boxing Futures Cup in Thailand...

Young boxer makes mark in international competition

2026 is shaping up as a big year for Oamaru boxer Francis Taafaki.

Pianist offering classical music but with twist

Belgian pianist and composer Daniel Verstappen and tour collaborator Kiwi violinist Joe Harrop....

Pianist offering classical music but with twist

With a modern twist on Bach and Vivaldi and a love of re-imagined film music, international pianist and composer Daniel Verstappen returns to New Zealand with a national tour spanning the North and...

’Ava ceremony greets Samoa group

Oamaru Pacific Island Trust chief executive officer mata’aga Hana Fanene Taiti addresses the...

’Ava ceremony greets Samoa group

A traditional ’ava ceremony was part of an official welcome for a special delegation from the Ministry of Health of Samoa last week at the Oamaru Opera House.

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Bridge opened despite weekend theft, damage

Contractors finish off the replacement Kakanui bridge which was opened earlier this week. PHOTO:...

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Bridge opened despite weekend theft, damage

Despite a last-minute delay caused by ‘‘unthinking idiots’’, the new Kakanui Bridge opened this week.

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Jones pulls out of debate, blames media

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Jones pulls out of debate, blames media

Resources Minster Shane Jones has pulled out of a debate on a controversial Otago goldmine, bemusing would-be opponent Sir Ian Taylor.

Concerns aired as miner outlines expansion plans

Millers Flat resident Marion Mewburn was the lone protester, but not sole objector, at a meeting...

Concerns aired as miner outlines expansion plans

Some opposing residents aired their views in Millers Flat last night as a mining company outlined expansion plans that include rerouting a stream and two roads in the township.

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Together again a lifetime later

Celebrating their 80th birthdays and talking about being born at 24 Arthur St, Invercargill, are...

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Together again a lifetime later

Meeting someone who was born on the same day, a room apart and nursed by the same midwife, makes life a little less ordinary for two Southland seniors.

Restored Tiger Moth gets to stretch wings over Taieri

Simon Spencer-Bower, of Wānaka, with his newly rebuilt Tiger Moth, which flew for the first time...

Restored Tiger Moth gets to stretch wings over Taieri

After decades sitting idle, a brilliant-yellow Tiger Moth finally stretched its wings over the Taieri Plain.

Militaries pull out of Warbirds over Wānaka

The US Air Force F-22 Raptor is among the modern aircraft to pull out of the show. File photo:...

Militaries pull out of Warbirds over Wānaka

No modern military will be at the Warbirds Over Wānaka airshow this Easter.

Timaru Girls' High teacher had sexual relationships with two students

A Timaru Girls' High School teacher had a sexual relationship with two students. Photo: Google Maps

Timaru Girls' High teacher had sexual relationships with two students

In his first year of teaching, Sam Bocock had sexual relationships with two students at the same time.

Search turns to Lake Dunstan after sandal found

Police are continuing their search for a missing man in Cromwell after a sandal matching what he was last seen wearing was found on the shore of Lake Dunstan.

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Colour run puts focus on rare disorders

Sophie Young (left) carried her son George through yesterday’s colour-run awareness raiser in...

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Colour run puts focus on rare disorders

Lawrence turned out in force yesterday for a colour run at Goldfields Kindergarten to raise awareness of rare disorders and epilepsy.

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Airshow using contingency funds due to cost pressure

Warbirds Over Wānaka’s lakefront event crowd favourite, the Catalina flying boat, lands on Lake...

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Airshow using contingency funds due to cost pressure

Wānaka's flagship airshow is pushing ahead with a financial safety net in place, as organisers move to shield aircraft owners from rising costs amid the fuel crisis.

Some fishers apparently miss memo on size, quantity rules

Mike Hulleman, of Dunedin, casts his line at Taieri Mouth. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Some fishers apparently miss memo on size, quantity rules

It seems a few anglers in the south were slow to catch up.

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