$10,000 grant to fund pest eradication ‘awesome’
$10,000 grant to fund pest eradication ‘awesome’
A Central Southland catchment group will use a grant to continue its work to reduce feral pig and deer numbers in the Hokonui Hills.
Big search for missing West Coast tramper
Big search for missing West Coast tramper
A West Coast beekeeper who helped to recover bodies after the Erebus air disaster and was later the victim of a drug-smuggling scam has gone missing on a tramp near Greymouth.
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‘Serious’ bullying of teachers alleged at Wānaka school
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‘Serious’ bullying of teachers alleged at Wānaka school
Bullying, harassment and "deeply unsettling" behaviour by Mount Aspiring College students towards staff members has led to the school bringing in outside help to deal with the issue.
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CareerFest response ‘incredible’
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CareerFest response ‘incredible’
Hundreds of Southland secondary school students made their way around a range of interactive displays during the first day of the 2025 Southland CareerFest yesterday.
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Teen in youth court after school stabbing
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Teen in youth court after school stabbing
A stabbing at Greymouth High School has been described as "horrendous", with horror at the incident reverberating throughout the community.
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Accusations, verbal attacks fly at fiery meeting
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Accusations, verbal attacks fly at fiery meeting
"You reckon it was a professional the way you stabbed me in the back three years ago? That wasn’t democracy."
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Locals may fill gap for bus service
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Locals may fill gap for bus service
After plans to extend the Dunedin bus service from Palmerston were rejected, Oamaru locals are planning to fill the gap themselves.
Man fined for harassing sea lion on Catlins beach
Man fined for harassing sea lion on Catlins beach
A Southland man has been fined $400 for harassing a sea lion in an incident that appalled nature lovers in the Catlins earlier this year.
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Arrowtown may get height reprieve
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Arrowtown may get height reprieve
A Queenstown council planner’s recommending proposed new residential height limits be reduced for Arrowtown.
School’s extraordinary benefactor remembered
School’s extraordinary benefactor remembered
Jack McPherson, who has died aged 98, was an extraordinary supporter of Wakatipu High’s outdoor education programme.
New Gibbston music fest on the way
New Gibbston music fest on the way
While Gibbston may have lost the annual Summer Concert Tour, a new music festival’s stepping into the breach.
Arrowtown’s feast finds its feet
Arrowtown’s feast finds its feet
The Arrowtown Long Table is officially back on the calendar.
Huge honour for WHS head girl
Huge honour for WHS head girl
Wakatipu High’s head girl’s been nationally recognised for being a "local leader and climate change trailblazer".
Lake showing signs of recovery
Lake showing signs of recovery
Fix the catchment and you’ll fix the lake.
WHS principal favours open-plan classrooms despite government ban
WHS principal favours open-plan classrooms despite government ban
Wakatipu High School’s principal is vigorously defending open-plan learning despite the government shutting it down.
Boarder, 78, still cutting shapes
Boarder, 78, still cutting shapes
You won’t find many snowboarders on Queenstown’s ski slopes who took up the sport in the 1980s.
Trail’s completion ushers in new goal
Trail’s completion ushers in new goal
The completion of the Buckler Burn Trail between Glenorchy and the Whākaari Conservation Area will be celebrated by the township’s community next month.
Arrowtown rink back from the brink
Arrowtown rink back from the brink
Third time lucky, hopefully.
Pioneering businesswoman in spotlight
Pioneering businesswoman in spotlight
Screeds have been written about Queenstown’s founding fathers, but the township’s pioneering women also have stories worth telling, a new novel’s author says.
Rare bird in the spotlight
Rare bird in the spotlight
A secretive, critically endangered wetland bird is the subject of the Whakatipu Wildlife Trust’s latest ‘Talk on the Wild Side’.