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Lawyer calls for minister to resign after being 'duped' by Gloriavale

Social Development Minister Louise Upston has announced that people coming on to Jobseeker...

Lawyer calls for minister to resign after being 'duped' by Gloriavale

Senior government minister Louise Upston was duped by Gloriavale leaders on a visit to the West Coast Christian community and should resign, a leavers' lawyer says.

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Miners seek to take out gold from the bank

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Miners seek to take out gold from the bank

Hopeful gold miners are having another crack at it in the Upper Clutha — this time on the banks of the river rather than in it.

Fire crews battle Arrowtown vegetation blaze

A helicopter with a monsoon bucket dumps water on the blaze. Photo: Guy Williams

Fire crews battle Arrowtown vegetation blaze

Crews of firefighters and two helicopters with monsoon buckets are fighting a large vegetation fire near Arrowtown.

Otago fisher killed Hector's dolphin, then lied about it

The camera on-board FV Emma Jane recorded images of a net being cut and a dead Hector's dolphin...

Otago fisher killed Hector's dolphin, then lied about it

The small fine meted out to an Otago fisher who killed a Hector's dolphin underscores the failure to protect endangered species, a conservation group says.

House badly damaged in Southland fire

Six fire crews were called to the house fire in Riverhead Lane, Mataura. Photo: Gerrit Doppenberg

House badly damaged in Southland fire

A home was seriously damaged after a fire in Southland overnight.

Ultra-wealthy jet into Queenstown to snap up $5m-plus homes

Properties like this one at 27 Edinburgh Drive, Queenstown, are in the sight of foreign buyers....

Ultra-wealthy jet into Queenstown to snap up $5m-plus homes

Ultra-rich buyers arriving in private jets are zeroing in on Queenstown's priciest properties as new foreign house-buyer rules come into force.

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Santana expects locals to fill jobs

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Santana expects locals to fill jobs

Santana is suggesting its controversial Bendigo gold mine could reverse Central Otago’s brain drain.

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Fire ban for district amid hot conditions

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Fire ban for district amid hot conditions

Hot and windy weather has raised the fire risk in the Queenstown Lakes District to extreme, prompting Fire and Emergency New Zealand to suspend all fire permits in its Lakes zone for the next three...

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Alarm over mental health field staffing

Mental health for older persons specialist Dr Yoram Barak is worried about the lack of staffing...

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Alarm over mental health field staffing

Mental healthcare for older people in the South is ‘‘dangerously under-resourced’’ at a time when demand is at its highest, a senior clinician says.

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Bye bye to free parking in central Wānaka

Wānaka business owners had a range of reactions to the change, with some happy they could operate...

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No more free parking in central Wānaka

Parking in the heart of Wānaka will soon come with a price, but community board chairman Simon Telfer says there has never been ‘‘free parking’’ in the resort town.

New $1.4m Queenstown homes arrive on back of truck

These homes were built in Christchurch before being trucked down then craned on to steep sections...

New $1.4m Queenstown homes arrive on back of truck

Heralding a new type of construction for Queenstown, four adjacent, elevated homes have been trucked down from Christchurch.

Marathon guru samples 5km run

Peter Ciaccia, left, catches up again with Queenstown Parkrun organiser Chris Seymour

Marathon guru samples 5km run

A recent Queenstown Parkrun participant played a major role in developing the world’s largest marathon into what is today.

As good as gold

Bruce Patton, left, Chenin Madden and Mike Ramsay with their gold medal hauls from the recent NZ...

As good as gold

Three Queenstowners each hauled in four golds at the recent New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin — Mike Ramsay, 75, Chenin Madden, 47, and Bruce Patton, 83.

Ex-pro’s new Arrowtown coaching gig

New Arrowtown Prems assistant coach Tony Ensor

Ex-pro’s new Arrowtown coaching gig

A longtime former pro rugby player is enjoying reconnecting with the game by helping coach the Arrowtown Premiers.

Ex-Qtown pro’s pride and joy

Amateur winner Yuki Miya with the Bledisloe Cup and his coach, Ben Guilford, after Sunday’s...

Ex-Qtown pro’s pride and joy

Former Queenstown golf teaching pro Ben Guilford coaches the Christchurch amateur who made a splash at the New Zealand Open at Arrow-town’s Millbrook Resort late last week.

Cancer survivor’s comeback run

Bresita Paton gets ready for a run with her ‘‘training buddy’’— border collie Shelby — before...

Cancer survivor’s comeback run

After going ‘‘to hell and back’’, Bresita Paton is treating Saturday’s Motatapu Miners Trail Run as her comeback.

Axis relocates to Park

At the new clinic are Axis Sports Medicine staff, from left, Jo Joyce, Amy Neal, Julia Coleman,...

Axis relocates to Park

Growing demand and a need for more space are behind Axis Sports Medicine’s move to a new, purpose-built clinic in Frankton’s Remarkables Park.

Sherwood’s unique room refurb

Since the Queenstown Lakes district’s last revaluation in 2021, the value of residential housing...

Sherwood’s unique room refurb

A globally-recognised Melbourne-based architecture and interiors studio’s leading a room refurb at Queenstown’s Sherwood Hotel.

Hotel’s youthful new GM

Stoked with first GM appointment: New Crowne Plaza Queenstown hotelier Eloise Green

Hotel’s youthful new GM

When you’re 32 and your whole hotel experience has been in Australia, Queenstown’s Crowne Plaza’s not a bad place for your first GM gig.

Calling actors and directors

Remarkable Theatre president Sophie Kennedy tries a pint for size ahead of her drama society’s...

Calling actors and directors

Queenstown's Remarkable Theatre’s holding auditions this weekend for actors and directors for its annual Pint-Sized Plays, being performed in Frankton on May 6 and 7 and in Bannockburn on May 9.

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