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    Drug testing to return to Rhythm & Alps

    Drug testing units will return to next week’s Rhythm & Alps festival in the Cardrona Valley.

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    Rāhui in place for Moeraki to allow shellfish to recover

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    Restricted fire season, fireworks ban begin

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    Oamaru straight proves too tempting for drivers

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    Oamaru straight proves too tempting for drivers

    Oamaru's long, wide and straight section of State Highway 1 continues to tempt speeding motorists, helping the town’s only speed camera remain one of the busiest in the country.

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    Crashed car cuts power

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    Twice as many surf rescues so far this year

    Surf Life Saving New Zealand has performed more than twice as many rescues so far this season compared with the same time last year.
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