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    Highlands Motor Sport volunteer Pete Simmons, with the green flag, celebrates 100 days of helping...

    Flag flies for park’s 100-days volunteer

    Scoring a century usually involves cricket but a Highlands Motor Sport park volunteer was surprised yesterday to find out he had racked up 100 days at his happy place.

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    Scam warning for Warbirds patrons

    Warbirds over Wanaka organisers are warning of scams in the leadup to the hugely popular event....

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    Scam warning for Warbirds patrons

    Warbirds Over Wānaka bosses are warning fans to be on the lookout for scammers duping would-be patrons into buying fake tickets.

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    Accord ‘fantastic result’ for school, community

    A land covenant on a 9231sqm section owned by the Mount Aspiring College Foundation has been...

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    Accord ‘fantastic result’ for school, community

    A land covenant has been lifted in a deal between the QLDC and the Mount Aspiring College Foundation, unlocking $5.4m in value and clearing the way for future hostel development in Wānaka.

    Obituary: A life building Clutha community

    Two thumbs up for the Clutha community from then mayor Juno Hayes. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Obituary: A life building Clutha community

    Juno Hayes was a builder.

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    Volunteer fire brigade left in limbo

    Weston Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Richard Cranston (left) and fellow members (from...

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    Volunteer fire brigade left in limbo

    The Weston Volunteer Fire Brigade has been left in limbo about the future of its water tanker.

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    Worker stole $10k of gold from mine site

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    Worker stole $10k of gold from mine site

    An employee stole almost $10,000 of gold from a Rimu mine site.

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    Mine’s impacts on lizards would be ‘significant’

    A jewelled gecko. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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    Proposed gold mine’s impacts on lizards would be ‘significant’

    The Santana Minerals gold mine would have an unprecedented impact on lizards, killing up to 650,000 of them, the Department of Conservation has warned.

    Lou’s Foundation set up to fund therapy

    The late Louise Scott-Gallagher pictured with husband Craig Gallagher and daughter Lily last year...

    Lou’s Foundation set up to fund therapy

    A fund to pay for unfunded treatment for breast cancer for women in Queenstown and Cromwell has been set up in memory of a young Queenstown mum.

    Take a leaf out of my book

    Take a leaf out of my book

    Hopefully, as you read this, we have not been struck by rain from the low-pressure system that is threatening us.

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    Wastebusters supplies island with expertise on managing rubbish

    Reset director Garth Falconer (centre) presents his agency’s Waste Minimisation Plan, developed...

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    Wastebusters supplies island with expertise on managing rubbish

    If you have some rubbish in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Wastebusters.

    Penguin statues draw attention to hoiho plight

    Frank Gordon's hoiho sculpture, What the Hoiho’s Dreams Are Made Of, is one of 10 penguin statues...

    Penguin statues draw attention to hoiho plight

    An endangered penguin has been spotted outside Puzzling World.

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    Rural fuel theft likely to increase, Fed Farmers says

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    Rural fuel theft likely to increase, Fed Farmers says

    Thieves striking under the cover of darkness stole 1000 litres of diesel from a Southland truck yard as the country grapples with skyrocketing fuel prices.

    New-look Rams chase third consecutive title

    Upper Clutha rugby club team members Caleb Dixon, Samuel Masterton and Jack East.

    New-look Rams chase third consecutive title

    The Upper Clutha Rams rugby team is gearing up for a tough season in preparation for a defence of their back-to-back titles in the Central Otago Premier Rugby Competition.

    Record-holder helps revive bike race

    Dougal Allan setting the Hawea Epic course record in 2012. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Record-holder helps revive bike race

    After a five-year hiatus, the Lake Hawea Epic mountain bike race marks its triumphant return this weekend.

    Less-mobile visitors have opportunity to scoot about

    Jody Mowat and Paul Hoffman demonstrate their rental scooters.

    Less-mobile visitors have opportunity to scoot about

    When Jody Mowat and Paul Hoffman sustained injuries, the Queenstown pair each realised how difficult it was to move around and enjoy the area.

    ‘Southbase here for long haul’

    ‘Southbase here for long haul’

    Ahead of Queenstown-Lakes’ estimated $3-to-$4 billion infrastructure build-out in the next nine years, one company’s getting the jump on expansion.

    Developer fuels food security

     KiwiHarvest boss Gary Hough, right, and James Clarke Property founder James Clarke with the...

    Developer fuels food security

    A Queenstown property developer has dug in to support local food rescue charity Kiwi-Harvest.

    Going the distance for health charity

    Jemima Tennekoon.

    Going the distance for health charity

    By aligning herself with a charity, a Queenstown runner on the comeback trail has an extra spring in her step.

    Kiwi artist’s tiki tour de force

     This Dick Frizzell oil painting, originally produced as a watercolour for akids’ charity, will...

    Kiwi artist’s tiki tour de force

    A Queenstown exhibition by influential Kiwi artist Dick Frizzell featuring the iconic Māori tiki is being touted as nationally significant.

    Contract wrangle over

    Two purchasers of FCL CL Ltd’s Clubhouse Lane development have taken the developer to the High...

    Contract wrangle over

    A Queenstown developer’s run out of legal road in his bid to cancel two off-the-plan apartment sales in his Clubhouse Lane development in Jack’s Point.
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      Volunteer fire brigade left in limbo

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