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    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.

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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.

    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.

    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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    Share funds fairly: tourism advocate

    Lydia Stoddart

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    Share funds fairly: tourism advocate

    ‘‘Absolutely disheartening.’’

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    130 years since deadliest industrial disaster

    Pupils from Lake Brunner, Runanga, Paparoa Range and John Paul II schools gather at the Brunner...

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    130 years since deadliest industrial disaster

    It was a quintessential West Coast day as young and old gathered under ominous skies to mark a very sombre occasion — 130 years to the day since New Zealand’s deadliest industrial incident — the...

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    Jones pulls out of debate, blames media

     Shane Jones

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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.

    Rowi Kiwi released to make return to West Coast

    A rowi kiwi. Photo: Supplied/Department of Conservation

    Rowi Kiwi released to make return to West Coast

    Seventy Okarito rowi kiwi have been brought home after rearing on a predator-free island off the North Island.

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    Expansion won’t encroach on town: miner

    Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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    Expansion won’t encroach on town: miner

    Driven by a surging gold price, a company mining at Millers Flat is looking to expand, while "100%" guaranteeing it will not touch the township.

    Trips to sister cities approved despite cost concerns

    Voting documents in Southland will include fewer names this time around. Photo: Matthew Rosenberg...

    Trips to sister cities approved despite cost concerns

    Overseas trips to Invercargill’s sister cities have been approved by the city council despite concerns about how they will be paid for.

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    Fast-track Act slammed as dictatorial

    A projected view of the Slopedown wind farm near Wyndham in Southland. Photo: Contact Energy

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    Fast-track Act slammed as dictatorial

    The Fast-track Approval Act has been described as undemocratic and dictatorial, opponents of projects saying they have no hope because of the way the legislation is framed.

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    Region top of the GDP growth class

    Southland Mayor Rob Scott. Photo: supplied

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    Region top of the GDP growth class

    Southland may be at the bottom of the country geographically speaking but its increase in regional gross domestic product (GDP) puts it at the top.

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    Ministers' U-turn on Lake Onslow power plan

    Lake Onslow, a man-made lake on the Teviot River about 20km east of Roxburgh. PHOTO: STEPHEN...

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    From white elephant to nationally significant: Ministers' U-turn on Lake Onslow

    Government ministers appear to have done a rapid U-turn over support for the Lake Onslow power project.

    Hydrologists flock to Hokitika Gorge

    Photo: West Coast Regional Council

    Hydrologists flock to Hokitika Gorge

    The Hokitika Gorge has hosted hydrologists from all over New Zealand this week for a "gauging regatta".

    KiwiRail staff supported after Souhland train crash

    Photo: Google Maps

    KiwiRail staff supported after Souhland train crash

    An early morning collision between a train and a car at a rural level crossing near Gore has left one person injured.

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    Fuel prices threaten school trips, camps

    Dave Bagwell. File photo: Richard Davison

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    Fuel prices threaten school trips, camps

    School trips and camps are under threat from skyrocketing fuel prices as the Ministry of Education considers reviving distance learning.

    Entertainment centre to be rebuilt on existing site

    The former Roxburgh Town Hall and Entertainment Centre was destroyed in a fire last year. Photo:...

    Entertainment centre to be rebuilt on existing site

    The Roxburgh Entertainment Centre will be rebuilt on its existing site.

    Endangered whio return to Rees Valley after decades

    The two whio spotted by Southern Lakes Sanctuary staff. Photo: Supplied / Southern Lakes Sanctuary

    Endangered whio return to Rees Valley after decades

    Conservationists in Otago are celebrating the return of whio to the Rees Valley after more than 50 years.
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    • The creation of a large hydro-storage lake at Lake Onslow, east of Roxburgh, is being...

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