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    Penguin sightings prompt renewed dog control calls

    Two recent penguin finds have sparked renewed calls for dogs to be kept on leashes on Oamaru beaches.

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    Victoria’s remarkable opportunity

    These next six weeks or so loom as a career highlight for Queenstown-born screenwriter and director Victoria Boult.

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    Keep Wānaka airport’s local routes open: survey

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    Keep Wānaka airport’s local routes open: survey

    Wānaka wants its airport open with connections to nearby cities — but flights to Auckland or Australia have been roundly rejected in a new community survey.

    Trio injured after serious crash involving truck and trailer

    Trio injured after serious crash involving truck and trailer

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    PM celebrates opening of sporting facility

    Mixing and mingling with students and staff in Gore yesterday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon...

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    PM celebrates opening of sporting facility

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was the surprise guest at Gore’s Māruawai College yesterday as the school celebrated the opening of its new covered sports facility.

    ‘Significant’ amounts of asbestos still to be removed

    Ocean Beach, located about 2km from Bluff, has a new rock seawall. PHOTO: DOC / SUPPLIED

    ‘Significant’ amounts of asbestos still to be removed

    Further work could be required to protect a Bluff beach from old waste such as asbestos, despite tonnes of material already having been removed.

    Signs vandalised as council weighs road’s fate

    Road closure signs in Beach Rd were damaged last week. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Signs vandalised as council weighs road’s fate

    Vandalism to road closure signs on Beach Rd is disappointing and frustrating, Waitaki District Mayor Melanie Tavendale says.

    Antarctic trip success

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    Antarctic trip success

    Southern Lakes helicopter pilot Toby Morris returned yesterday after another successful trip to Antarctica.

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    Power supplies in ‘good position’

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    Power supplies in ‘good position’

    A top power company executive says the country is in a good position supply-wise heading into the year.

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    Funding for Wakatipu school expansion expected

    Wakatipu High School principal Oded Nathan. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

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    Funding for Wakatipu school expansion expected

    Wakatipu High School should receive initial funding this year for its long-awaited expansion, its principal says.

    Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

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    Tramping, climbing fatalities prompt police warning

    Police are urging people to be better prepared when heading outdoors after a horror summer of large-scale back-country search operations and numerous fatalities.

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    ‘Something different’ on offer

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    ‘Something different’ on offer

    A chance to enjoy "great food" and dress in traditional costume will be part of the Oamaru Chinese Association celebrations of the Chinese New Year next weekend.

    Golf course sells

    Golf course sells

    The nine-hole Lake Hawea golf course has sold after more than a year on the market.

    Running of Lambs ‘great spectacle’

    Lambs hoof it during the Running of the Lambs at the Southern Field Days at Waimumu yesterday....

    Running of Lambs ‘great spectacle’

    Watching nearly 300 lambs run almost a kilometre made quite a spectacle for the thousands of people attending the Southern Field Days.

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    Farming industry 'on fire'

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon takes a selfie with Mackenna Anderson and Sophie Dolton, of...

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    Farming industry 'on fire'

    A successful Southern Field Days at Waimumu wrapped up with a not-so-successful sheep shearing attempt from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.

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    Not easy being council boss, but ‘real privilege’

    "I’ll miss the staff the most", retiring Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Mike...

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    Not easy being council boss, but ‘real privilege’

    Outgoing Queenstown council chief executive MikeTheelen leaves with no regrets.
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