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
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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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'
'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’
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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
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
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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
'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.