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    Huge Bitcoin summit

    Summit host: Bitcoin Basin founder Nell Hunter. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Huge Bitcoin summit

    New Zealand’s biggest Bitcoin-related conference will be held on Queenstown’s Coronet Peak next April.

    From playing saxophone to property plays

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    From playing saxophone to property plays

    Following a successful career as a sax player, including many summers busking by Lake Whakatipu, Queenstown’s Eliott Allemand’s become a sales agent with Arrowtown-based Luxury Real Estate New...

    Youths charged after stolen vehicle torched near Winton

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    Youths charged after stolen vehicle torched near Winton

    Two youths are due in court after a recent spate of vehicle-related crime around Winton, including one incident in which a stolen vehicle was set on fire.

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    Expansion plan gathers pace

    An artist’s impression of the gondola bottom station in the Doolans Basin area of The Remarkables...

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    Expansion plan gathers pace

    A Queenstown skifield is set to become New Zealand’s largest, as a long-mooted $150 million-plus expansion gathers steam.

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    Call for Ōreti Beach to close at night

    Brothers Elliot, 9 (left), and Angus, 11, Lawrie, of Otatara, inspect the damage caused by...

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    Call for Ōreti Beach to close at night

    Residents calling for an end to night-time access to Ōreti Beach have the ‘‘absolute sympathy’’ of Invercargill Mayor Tom Campbell.

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    New high school for Queenstown greenlit

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    New high school for Queenstown greenlit

    Wakatipu High School’s principal has welcomed government funding for land for a second Queenstown secondary school.

    Man sentenced over sex act in Oamaru public toilet

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    Man sentenced over sex act in Oamaru public toilet

    An Oamaru man performed a sex act while watching a 15-year-old boy using a public toilet, the court has heard.

    Arrowtown restaurant kitchen goes up in flames

    Fire crews at the scene. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh

    Arrowtown restaurant kitchen goes up in flames

    Firefighters from Queenstown and Arrowtown have contained a "heavily involved" kitchen fire at an Arrowtown restaurant.

    'Zebra child': Timaru family's global search for diagnosis

    Nesa Morey with 5-year-old Armani. Photo: Supplied

    'Zebra child': Timaru family's global search for diagnosis

    A Timaru family say they were forced into a worldwide search for a medical diagnosis for their young son after New Zealand doctors initially dismissed his symptoms as autism.

    Whale disentanglement off Bluff a first

    A southern right whale entangled in a blue cod pot line. PHOTOS: DOC

    Whale disentanglement off Bluff a first

    The successful freeing of a southern right whale off the Bluff coast was a ‘‘particularly complex’’ operation, the Doc says, as new details of the first-of-its-kind rescue emerge.

    Teen robbery near Queenstown school leaves victim 'extremely shaken'

    The attack happened near Shotover primary school. Photo: Google Maps

    Teen robbery near Queenstown school leaves victim 'extremely shaken'

    A teenager has been arrested for allegedly robbing another teen in the Queenstown suburb of Shotover Country.

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    Out-of-town youths drove at group on street in Balclutha hit-and-run

    A celebration was taking place at Te Pou Ō Mata-Au — Clutha District War Memorial & Community...

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    Out-of-town youths drove at group on street in Balclutha hit-and-run

    Out-of-town youths drove a vehicle at a group of Clutha Rugby Club members, leaving one person injured.

    Rolling out the carpet

    Land Information New Zealand has started laying about 60,000sq m of hessian matting across...

    Rolling out the carpet

    Enough hessian matting to cover eight rugby fields is being laid in Queenstown’s Kawarau River.
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