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    Wānaka FC battered by league leaders Cashmere

    A bright start from Wānaka FC was extinguished by a red card last Saturday, resulting in a 9-0 home defeat to Cashmere Technical FC.

    Planting day focuses on conservation and connection

    Kelvin and Fergus Lloyd (then aged 7) of Waitati during a tree planting near Karitane Estuary in...

    Planting day focuses on conservation and connection

    Love Wānaka’s industry planting day returns on April 23, with the event’s third edition set to be the best yet, the event's organiser says.

    Shaw takes another win in 163km race

    The Mackenzie Drover saw riders take on a 163 kilometre course last Saturday, with Wanaka’s Sam...

    Shaw takes another win in 163km race

    Sam Shaw’s win streak continued last weekend with a victory at the 163km Mackenzie Drover bike race.

    Remembering Shrek 22 years later

    Daniel Devine, a musterer on Bendigo Station in Central Otago, hoists Shrek, the hermit merino...

    Remembering Shrek 22 years later

    Twenty-two years ago this week, Shrek the sheep was discovered on Bendigo Station after five years on the run.

    Independent members appointed to committee

    Independent members appointed to committee

    The Queenstown Lakes District Council has appointed three members of the public as independent members of its risk and assurance committee.

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    Serial shoplifter pledges to turn life around

     Gore District Court. Photo: ODT files

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    Serial shoplifter pledges to turn life around

    A Gore woman says a stint behind bars following a spree of thefts and wild driving has ‘‘given me my life back’’.

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    Relocating Wachner Pl clock preferred option

    The Wachner Pl clock in Invercargill in 2024 before it was dismantled to undergo major repair...

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    Relocating Wachner Pl clock preferred option

    A plan to restore the Wachner Pl clock tower in the inner city has been rejected by the Invercargill City Council, with one councillor describing the former city landmark as an ‘‘expensive ornament’’.

    Visitor options open from new Walter Peak zone

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Visitor options open from new Walter Peak zone

    New visitor experiences are being planned for one of Queenstown’s most special pieces of land.

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    Elderly face 'impossible choices' as rates skyrocket

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    Elderly face 'impossible choices' as rates skyrocket

    Older people facing real hardship from skyrocketing rates across the South could be forced out of their homes, an advocacy group has warned.

    Raising money to build suitable homes for elderly residents

    Oban township, Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island / Rakiura. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Raising money to build suitable homes for elderly residents

    Stewart Island resident Bruce Ford reckons there's a problem with getting old on Rakiura - there's nowhere suitable to do it.

    Carpentry apprentices to face-off in Central heat

    Carpentry apprentices to face-off in Central heat

    Carpentry apprentices across the region will be putting their skills to the test in a competition in Wānaka this weekend.

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    Historic rugby club plotting comeback

    Sitting flanked by former players and longtime club supporters are Clyde-Earnscleugh Rugby...

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    Rugby club building towards return to premier grade

    The Clyde-Earnscleugh rugby club is planning a comeback to premier ranks after nearly a decade off the field.

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    'Bastard': Creditors condemn runaway owner of defunct firm

    Regan Williamson. Photo: ODT Files

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    'Bastard': Creditors condemn runaway owner of defunct firm

    Creditors of a now defunct Otago engineering firm have called the runaway owner a ‘‘mongrel’’ and a ‘‘bastard’’ who needs to face up to the situation.

    Calls for panel to decline hydro proposal

    The Morgan Gorge would be impacted significantly by the proposal, Federated Mountain Clubs say....

    Calls for panel to decline hydro proposal

    Outdoors and environmental groups are calling on a fast-track panel to decline a controversial West Coast hydro proposal.

    Arrowtown 'becoming suburb of Auckland'

    Richard Newman. PHOTO: ALLIED MEDIA FILE

    'Status postcode' but Arrowtown risks ‘losing our community’

    Arrowtown is becoming ‘‘a suburb of Parnell’’, a real estate agent says, as its house prices climb to the highest in New Zealand.

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    Hub consent: fast-track a ‘kangaroo court’

    Queenstown Lakes District Councillor Samuel Belk. PHOTO: ALLIED MEDIA FILES

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    Hub consent: fast-track a ‘kangaroo court’

    A Queenstown Lakes district councillor has launched a broadside against the whole fast-track process, calling it a ‘‘kangaroo court’’.

    Contractor 'shocked' at fuel theft from work site

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    Contractor 'shocked' at fuel theft from work site

    A council contractor is ‘‘shocked’’ after 140 litres of fuel was stolen from vehicles at a Waitaki work site.

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    Safety lapses in Queenstown jetboat crash

    Photo: Transport Accident Investigation Commission

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    Safety lapses in Queenstown jetboat crash

    Passengers who suffered deep cuts, bruising and a fracture when a Queenstown jetboat crashed into a canyon wall did not get a proper safety briefing, an investigation has found.

    Angler drowned after head injury: coroner

    Angler drowned after head injury: coroner

    An Invercargill businessman who was rock-fishing died after a wave swept him into the ocean, a coroner has ruled.

    'Pretty scary': 4.3 quake jolts Lake Hāwea

    The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is New Zealand's largest fault because of the area that could move...

    'Pretty scary': 4.3 quake jolts Lake Hāwea

    A 4.3 magnitude earthquake shook Lake Hāwea early this morning, with locals describing a loud noise followed by a heavy jolt. 
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