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    Power being restored after Queenstown CBD outage

    Power being restored after Queenstown CBD outage

    Most of the Queenstown CBD has power back after an unexpected fault cut power to about 333 customers earlier this evening. 

    Gear seized from pair caught whitebaiting illegally

    Police have responded to complaints of "anti-social" behaviour at Kairaki Beach, near Kaiapoi,...

    Gear seized from pair caught whitebaiting illegally

    Two men have had their nets, waders and other equipment seized after being caught whitebaiting illegally in Southland.

    Santana secures key permit for Central Otago gold mine

    Santana Minerals chief executive Damian Spring. Supplied photo

    Santana secures key permit for Central Otago gold mine

    Australian mining company Santana Minerals has secured a key permit for a vast gold mine near Cromwell in Central Otago.

    From living on noodles to selling a $6m business

    Dave Brown is selling Wānaka Backpackers Bothy. Photo: ODT Files

    From living on noodles to selling a $6m business

    Thirty years after visiting Wānaka on the cheap as a backpacker, Dave Brown is selling a business in the centre of town worth more than $6 million.

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    Group to look at design, location

    The historic Roxburgh Town Hall and Entertainment Centre was destroyed by fire in February. A new...

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    Group to look at design, location

    Rebuilding the Roxburgh Entertainment Centre on an alternative site is one of the proposals being considered as the insurance settlement is finalised.

    Record number of women elected to council

    Andrea de Vries. Photos: supplied

    Record number of women elected to council

    A record number of women have taken their place around the Invercargill City Council table.

    Proposed new Maccas site more to some people's taste

    Three Parks developer Allan Dippie pointing out the location of the proposed McDonald's...

    Proposed new Maccas site more to some people's taste

    McDonald's latest Wānaka proposal is serving up split opinions - with some residents seeing it as a more palatable offer, and others concerned they will not get a say about it.

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    More unsettled weather forecast for this month

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    More unsettled weather forecast for this month

    Given the settled conditions over the past few days, it would be easy to think the wild weather of October is well behind us.

    Still state of emergency

    PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

    Still state of emergency

    Southland remains under a state of local emergency following severe damaging winds that struck the region almost two weeks ago.

    Council accepts Crown intervention

    Former minister Amy Adams has been appointed to help the council to resubmit its water plan....

    Waitaki District Council accepts Crown intervention over water plan

    The Waitaki District Council has agreed to accept Crown intervention after its standalone water services delivery plan was rejected last month.

    Two injured in crash

    Two injured in crash

    Two people were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a two-vehicle crash near Invercargill.

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    Family may lose 1938 crib as lease ended

    The Matthews family has approached Doc over renewing a 30-year concession for its 1938 crib built...

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    Family may lose 1938 crib as lease ended

    An old Kinloch crib, used by Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt in his latest movie, may be lost to the family who built it, causing heartbreak and ending a tradition of generations, they say.

    Poets lead protest against open-cast mining

    Poet and barrister Richard Reeve is one of six poets taking part in the "Mining is the Pits"...

    Poets to host reading protest against open-cast mining

    Six poets are protesting "ecological and aesthetic violence" proposed for Central Otago.

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    Pick me: competition stiff for seasonal jobs

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    Pick me: competition stiff for seasonal jobs

    Central Otago orchards are fielding thousands of applications for upcoming harvest work, tertiary students being particularly eager for a bite at the cherry.

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    Southland man jailed for abusing children

    Invercargill District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Southland man jailed for abusing children

    A Southland man has been locked up for nearly 11 years after subjecting two girls to years of abuse.

    320 still without power; support crew checking in on families

    The support team of about 50 people gathered at the Clutha District Council carpark this morning...

    320 still without power; support crew checking in on families

    The number of customers without power after last month's storm battered the South has dropped to 320 today, as a support crew checks on rural families still picking up the pieces.

    Unoccupied house gutted by fire in Mataura’s main street

    PHOTO: GERRIT DOPPENBERG

    Unoccupied house gutted by fire in Mataura’s main street

    A house on Mataura’s Main St was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.

    Consent puts cycle trail closer to completion

    A completed section of the Lake2Lake Trail at Te Anau. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Consent puts cycle trail closer to completion

    A cycle trail connecting two Fiordland towns is one step closer to completion.

    Weather event resilience issues: Council seeks govt changes as backups, networks fail

    Photo: Supplied

    Weather event resilience issues: Council seeks govt changes as backups, networks fail

    Otago's regional council is calling on the government to strengthen telecommunications, and back local radio, in the wake of the infrastructure breakdowns in last month’s wind event.

    Highway reopens after crash near Invercargill

    Highway reopens after crash near Invercargill

    A highway that was closed following a two-vehicle crash near Invercargill has reopened late this afternoon.
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