From living on noodles to selling a $6m business
Thirty years after visiting Wānaka on the cheap as a backpacker, Dave Brown is selling a business in the centre of town worth more than $6 million.
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Group to look at design, location
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Group to look at design, location
Rebuilding the Roxburgh Entertainment Centre on an alternative site is one of the proposals being considered as the insurance settlement is finalised.
Record number of women elected to council
Record number of women elected to council
A record number of women have taken their place around the Invercargill City Council table.
Proposed new Maccas site more to some people's taste
Proposed new Maccas site more to some people's taste
McDonald's latest Wānaka proposal is serving up split opinions - with some residents seeing it as a more palatable offer, and others concerned they will not get a say about it.
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More unsettled weather forecast for this month
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More unsettled weather forecast for this month
Given the settled conditions over the past few days, it would be easy to think the wild weather of October is well behind us.
Still state of emergency
Still state of emergency
Southland remains under a state of local emergency following severe damaging winds that struck the region almost two weeks ago.
Council accepts Crown intervention
Waitaki District Council accepts Crown intervention over water plan
The Waitaki District Council has agreed to accept Crown intervention after its standalone water services delivery plan was rejected last month.
Two injured in crash
Two injured in crash
Two people were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a two-vehicle crash near Invercargill.
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Family may lose 1938 crib as lease ended
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Family may lose 1938 crib as lease ended
An old Kinloch crib, used by Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt in his latest movie, may be lost to the family who built it, causing heartbreak and ending a tradition of generations, they say.
Poets lead protest against open-cast mining
Poets to host reading protest against open-cast mining
Six poets are protesting "ecological and aesthetic violence" proposed for Central Otago.
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Pick me: competition stiff for seasonal jobs
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Pick me: competition stiff for seasonal jobs
Central Otago orchards are fielding thousands of applications for upcoming harvest work, tertiary students being particularly eager for a bite at the cherry.
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Southland man jailed for abusing children
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Southland man jailed for abusing children
A Southland man has been locked up for nearly 11 years after subjecting two girls to years of abuse.
320 still without power; support crew checking in on families
320 still without power; support crew checking in on families
The number of customers without power after last month's storm battered the South has dropped to 320 today, as a support crew checks on rural families still picking up the pieces.
Unoccupied house gutted by fire in Mataura’s main street
Unoccupied house gutted by fire in Mataura’s main street
A house on Mataura’s Main St was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.
Consent puts cycle trail closer to completion
Consent puts cycle trail closer to completion
A cycle trail connecting two Fiordland towns is one step closer to completion.
Weather event resilience issues: Council seeks govt changes as backups, networks fail
Weather event resilience issues: Council seeks govt changes as backups, networks fail
Otago's regional council is calling on the government to strengthen telecommunications, and back local radio, in the wake of the infrastructure breakdowns in last month’s wind event.
Highway reopens after crash near Invercargill
Highway reopens after crash near Invercargill
A highway that was closed following a two-vehicle crash near Invercargill has reopened late this afternoon.
Santana application ‘a permit milestone’: More than $8m spent to date
Santana application ‘a permit milestone’: More than $8m spent to date
Santana Minerals has formally lodged a fast-track application for New Zealand’s biggest new gold project in more than four decades.
One in serious condition after car-bicycle crash
One in serious condition after car-bicycle crash
One person was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after a collision between a car and bicycle on State Highway6 in the Gibbston Valley.
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Departing owners won’t miss everything
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Departing owners won’t miss everything
Incredible staff and customers will be missed but the 5.30am alarm will not be, one of the Roxburgh supermarket owners said as he prepared to leave the business he has run for 13 years.