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    Wind farm project aired at meetings

    Turbines at a major South Otago wind farm could be turning in just five years, its backer says.

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    Delighted with tomb’s heritage listing

    Project leader Adrienne Shaw at the restored Sam Chew Lain tomb in Lawrence, which has just...

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    Delighted with tomb’s heritage listing

    Lawrence has a new heritage landmark, after a prominent gold rush figure’s tomb received official listing this week.

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    Significant funding boost for club, school

    An architectural drawing of the planned new surf-lifesaving clubhouse for Kākā Point. IMAGE:...

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    Significant funding boost for club, school

    Christmas has come early for two Clutha communities, with news they have received almost half of the Otago Community Trust’s $1.2 million December funding round.

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    Tensions rise in remote Waipori after drug raids

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    Tensions rise in remote Waipori after drug raids

    Officials are battling to quell rising tensions in a remote South Otago hamlet, following police drug raids this week.

    Local Legend: Wendy Miller

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    Local Legend: Wendy Miller

    Silver Fern Farms and The Clutha Leader’s last Local Legend for 2025 is Owaka Christmas cook Wendy Miller.

    Council’s battery recycling scheme hailed a success

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    Council’s battery recycling scheme hailed a success

    More than half a tonne of "dead" batteries had been collected since Clutha District Council’s battery recycling initiative began in July, proving the scheme was already a big success, council waste...

    Alternative view on climate change given

    Emeritus Prof Will Happer’s New Zealand climate awareness tour was well-received in Balclutha...

    Alternative view on climate change given

    About 30 farmers and local people attended a presentation by Emeritus Prof Will Happer at Balclutha Town and Country Club last Friday.

    Owaka hit-and-run killer badly beaten by ex-cellmate

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    Owaka hit-and-run killer badly beaten by ex-cellmate

    Double-bunking in a cell at the Otago Corrections Facility, Dion James Baker and Alun Garth McLachlan forged an unlikely friendship.

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    Christmas to be extra joyous - at home

    Visiting Santa are brothers Ezekiel, 6, and Maverick, 4, and baby sister Niamyah, 5 months, Beel....

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    Christmas to be extra joyous - at home

    For one West Otago family, being able to spend Christmas at home together is a cause for even greater joy than most.

    'Just bloody horrible': Man pleads guilty to causing death of Otago hunter

    Jock Davies. Photo: Supplied

    'Just bloody horrible': Man pleads guilty to causing death of Otago hunter

    A man has pleaded guilty to causing the hunting death of an Otago man Jock Davies in Stewart Island and can now be named. 

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    Resilience group wants to help CDC

    Clinton-Clydevale Community Resilience Group spokesman Chris Comer talks at the Clutha District...

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    Resilience group wants to help CDC

    A sparsely populated part of South Otago is taking steps to ensure it is better able to cope with future civil emergencies in the wake of October’s destructive storms.

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    Show with classic fairground favourites

    Tokomairiro A&P Show talent quest winner 2025 Paige Milburn holds her trophy beside entertainment...

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    Show with classic fairground favourites

    Community spirit once again shone alongside glorious weather as about 2500 people turned out for the Tokomairiro A&P Show in Milton on Saturday.

    Community set to be well fed at Christmas

    Standing by to cook ‘‘Christmas for the Community’’ in Owaka Community Centre are (from left)...

    Community set to be well fed at Christmas

    Honorary elves in Owaka have formed an impromptu Christmas club to make sure as many people as possible have company on Christmas Day.

    Trainees’ achievements recognised

    Deputy mayor Michele Kennedy and Andrew Dalrymple, of Connexis, awarded PowerNet trainee Kane...

    Trainees’ achievements recognised

    Clutha District’s commitment to lifelong learning and improvement was celebrated last month, as 42 trainees from 23 businesses were recognised at an awards ceremony.

    Forest fire brought under control

    A helicopter with a monsoon bucket helps fight a fire in Moffat Rd, south of Balclutha, yesterday...

    Forest fire brought under control

    Eight fire appliances and two helicopters with monsoon buckets were called to a forest fire south of Balclutha yesterday.

    Return to ‘expanded, two-day format’

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    Return to ‘expanded, two-day format’

    Shearing aficionados could find themselves experiencing double vision later this summer as a key event returns to a two-day format in anticipation of top international talent.

    Local Legends: Warrick Thomson, Christine Perkins, Sue Anderson

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    Local Legends: Warrick Thomson, Christine Perkins, Sue Anderson

    The Clutha Leader Silver Fern Farms Local Legend lamb leg is luckily always large.

    Choppers battle Otago forest fire

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    Choppers battle Otago forest fire

    Eight fire appliances and two helicopters with monsoon buckets were called to a forest fire south of Balclutha this afternoon.

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    Fireman proved to be a ‘pretty safe bet’

    Former Waiwera South fire chief Maurice Walter recently received his double gold star for 50...

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    Fireman proved to be a ‘pretty safe bet’

    From furious infernos to cunning cats, South Otago fireman Maurice Walter has seen it all during his 50 years of service.

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    Monitoring part of ‘Great Matuku Muster’

    An Australasian bittern pauses in a drainage ditch by Catlins Lake. Photo: Jim Young

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    Monitoring part of ‘Great Matuku Muster’

    Australasian bittern numbers in the Catlins are "heartening", as monitoring wraps up for this year’s breeding season.
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