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    Towing company owner tickled pink with community’s response

    Apolline Faye is ready for business with her Madam Towing truck. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Towing company owner tickled pink with community’s response

    Wānaka’s newest towing company is bringing a touch of pink to the traditionally male-dominated industry.

    Wao’s strategy looks to future wellbeing of mokopuna

    The Wao Aotearoa operations team (from left) Babu Blatt, Aaron Thule, Monique Kelly, Arna Craig...

    Wao’s strategy looks to future wellbeing of mokopuna

    A Wānaka charity says it will focus on the town’s growing sustainability and protecting "the wellbeing of our mokopuna 100 years from now".

    Kickboxers represent on world stage

    At the WAKO Kickboxing World Championships in Abu Dhabi last month are (from left) Pheline Rosin,...

    Kickboxers represent on world stage

    Wānaka martial artists have chased their kickboxing dreams all the way to Abu Dhabi by attending the world championship late last month.

    Proposed cap on rates ‘will bring clarity’: mayor

    Melanie Tavendale. PHOTO: ALLIED MEDIA FILES

    Proposed cap on rates ‘will bring clarity’: mayor

    A government-imposed district rates cap will bring "clarity" to future planning but some fine details still need to be worked out, Waitaki Mayor Melanie Tavendale says.

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    Zonta saying no to violence towards women

    Zonta president Rebecca Koberstein (front left) and advocacy committee member Delia Baskerville...

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    Zonta saying no to violence towards women

    Visible and invisible violence against women is being highlighted in Oamaru this week as part of an international "Zonta Says No" campaign with "Orange Ladies" throughout the town.

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    ‘We made it’: new classrooms officially opened

    Waimate District Mayor Craig Rowley (far right) cut the ribbon to open the new classrooms at...

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    ‘We made it’: new classrooms officially opened

    Glenavy School students and community this week celebrated the official opening of new modernised and upgraded classrooms for teaching and learning support at the burgeoning rural school.

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    Mixed emotions to be leaving school

    St Kevin’s College deputy principal and teacher in charge of cricket Craig Smith is leaving the...

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    Mixed emotions to be leaving school

    Friday was Craig Smith’s last day at St Kevin’s College — again.

    Crucible artist residents mix art, metalwork

    Hynds Foundation chair John Hynds (second from left) with artists Paula Collier and Zac Whiteside...

    Crucible artist residents mix art, metalwork

    A reimagined childhood game and inspiration from an electric testing method were the basis for the Crucible Artist residents Paula Collier and Zac Whiteside’s work showcased at a public exhibition...

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    Wastewater options put at $44m to $203m

    Queenstown Lakes District Mayor John Glover. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Wastewater options put at $44m to $203m

    The most expensive option for disposing of wastewater from Queenstown’s troubled Shotover treatment plant could cost more than $200 million, councillors have been told.

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    Running of unit ‘serious public safety issue'

    Southland Hospital. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Running of unit ‘serious public safety issue'

    The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is demanding changes in a mental health ward at Southland Hospital be made by 3pm today or its members may not carry out any unsafe work.

    Day on building nitrate-busting wet lands

    Farmer and certified nutrient management adviser Lee Baldwin and dairy farmer Murray Wards in...

    Day on building nitrate-busting wet lands

    A Gore dairy farmer says the $5000 wetlands built on his property have lowered nitrates in its creek by 30%.

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    ‘Thrown in a hole’ by sudden closure

    Acupuncturist Jingying Jazmin Woo is struggling for work after the abrupt closure of Queenstown...

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    ‘Thrown in a hole’ by sudden closure

    A Queenstown acupuncturist, originally from China, says she has been "thrown in a hole" by the sudden closure and subsequent liquidation of Queenstown Health.

    Fallen trees close roads and hit powerlines

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    Fallen trees close roads and hit powerlines

    Windy conditions around the Otago and Southland regions have brought trees crashing down, affecting powerlines and closing a state highway.

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    Omission from process irks farmer

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    Omission from process irks farmer

    A farmer who works on her husband’s family property — second-closest to the proposed Slopedown wind farm — is questioning why she has been left off the consultation list while others much further...

    Scorching South leads way

    Sasha Cherkasor, of Auckland and her friends, sisters, Nimrit, 12 and Kiran Kaur, of Dunedin at...

    Scorching South leads way

    Oamaru was the hottest place in the country this afternoon, with Dunedin not far behind, as a forecast heatwave hit the east coast of the South Island.

    New Otago Regional Councillor faces axe

    Matt Hollyer’s term on the ORC may be very short term. PHOTO: ALLIED MEDIA FILES

    New Otago Regional Councillor faces axe

    Matt Hollyer is Queenstown’s second ever Otago Regional Council (ORC) councillor, but there’s a good chance he’ll be our last.

    Refugee camp doco screening

    Cinematographer James Holman making friends in an Iraqi refugee camp. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Refugee camp doco screening

    A Queenstown filmmaker’s short doco capturing the construction of the world’s first concrete skatepark inside a refugee camp screens next Sunday at Arrowtown’s Dorothy Browns Cinema.

    President Paddy’s happy pad

    New NZ Cricket president Mark Greatbatch. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

    President Paddy’s happy pad

    Who knew NZ Cricket’s new president lives in Queenstown?

    Covid legacy powers conservation

    AJ Hackett Bungy NZ boss David Mitchell, left, with Southern Lakes Sanctuary’s Paul Kavanagh and...

    Covid legacy powers conservation

    A unique conservation project delivery agency, born from Covid, will begin its next era under the Southern Lakes Sanctuary (SLS) umbrella.

    Garden for the senses

    Wakatipu High teacher in charge of biology and earth and space science Rose Kidd and local Mitre...

    Garden for the senses

    Wakatipu High’s plan for a sensory garden has been given the green thumbs-up.
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