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Southland has just 7 emergency staff for 100,000 people

A map showing where the March 25 quake was situated off Southland and where the 6.8 tremor was...

Southland has just 7 emergency staff for 100,000 people

Southland’s emergency management service is facing serious staffing issues with just seven staff in place for a population of more than 100,000.

Festival mixes spectacle of circus with time travel

Festival mixes spectacle of circus with time travel

Oamaru’s annual Steampunk Festival goes back in time this weekend, boosting the town’s tourism appeal in the process.

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Work on surf club building slated to begin next year

An artist's impression of the new Kaka Point Surf Life Saving Club building. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

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Work on surf club building slated to begin next year

A final wave of activity is bringing a new surf club building safely on to shore next year.

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CCO preferred option for Three Waters

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CCO preferred option for Three Waters

A recommendation for a council-controlled organisation (CCO) to deliver Three Waters services in the Queenstown Lakes district will go out for public consultation on Monday.

Driver caught 'five times over limit' in Oamaru

A man's King’s Birthday Weekend holiday has been cut short - almost before it even started - after he was caught by Oamaru police driving five times over the limit.

Huge haul of West Coast pounamu recovered

Some of the pounamu taken from the Jackson River. Photo: NZ Police

Huge haul of West Coast pounamu recovered

A large amount of pounamu stolen from a West Coast river this week has been recovered, police say.

Council's secret meeting about bad debt

Patrick Ng. Photo: Gregor Richardson/ODT

Council's secret meeting about bad debt

A southern council has released information on what took place behind closed doors this week.

Wānaka disability community 'left out'

A view of the Peninsula Bay subdivision looking back towards the Wanaka township. PHOTO: ARCHIVE

Wānaka disability community 'left out'

Bailley Unahi, who suffered a life-altering disability in the Six60 balcony collapse, says her approaches to the local council about access have fallen on deaf ears.

Duo seeking space for natural burials

Liz Maluschnig (left) and Su Hoskin are looking at ways to speak more openly about death and the...

Duo seeking space for natural burials

Two Wānaka women are continuing their efforts to bring more sustainability to burials, using methods such as removing the casket and wrapping a loved one’s body.

McCaws support youth social media ban

McCaws support youth social media ban

Hāwea Flat’s newest celebrity residents, the McCaw family, are rallying in support of a social media ban for youth.

Helping out in the blood for family

The Anderson family (from left) Rod, Dot, Will and Matt Anderson all geared up at the Luggate...

Helping out in the blood for family

There are those who talk about getting things done, and there are just those who do it.

Climate crisis message shared

James Watson with Polyne in the Solomon Islands. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Climate crisis message shared

A Wānaka teenager is touring New Zealand to encourage other students to help those in need after he spent 40 hours in a cage and kayaked the length of Lake Wānaka to raise funds for World Vision.

Positive signs for Wānaka wayfinding

The wheels are in motion for Wānaka to get updated signage as over $380,000 is set aside to improve poor wayfinding in the region.

Came for a brisk visit, but found home

Robin Brisker has been in Wānaka for 25 years now, breaking his five-year limit.
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Came for a brisk visit, but found home

It was the infamous All Blacks defeat at the 1999 Rugby World Cup against the French that inspired American artist Robin Brisker to move to New Zealand at the start of the new millennium.

Film focuses on joy, fears of motherhood in dream job

Wānaka skier Janina Kuzma on the slopes of the Fox Glacier while filming for Dear Superhero....

Film focuses on joy, fears of motherhood in dream job

Inspired by the ups and downs of motherhood, an acclaimed Wānaka skier tells her story of being pregnant while working as a mountain guide.

Book collaboration reaps grand prize

The front cover of Look Out, the award-winning book by Euan Macleod and Craig Potton. PHOTOS:...

Book collaboration reaps grand prize

Painter Euan Macleod and photographer Craig Potton have won a $2000 grand prize at the New Zealand Mountain Book Festival set to take place in Wānaka and Queenstown next month.

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