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Travel bubble hailed as Aussies to arrive in Queenstown today

Travel bubble hailed as Aussies to arrive in Queenstown today

Scheduled international passenger flights to the southern South Island resume today with a single flight from Sydney to Queenstown.

Multisport event raises $10,900 for charities

Oamaru’s Tim Rush (left) and Kaleb Hayes won the 2021 Whitehorse Big Easy team challenge. PHOTO:...

Multisport event raises $10,900 for charities

If every cloud has a silver lining, organisers of the Whitehorse Big Easy certainly found theirs yesterday.

Doing their bit

Doing their bit

Helping out at a Wakatipu Reforestation Trust planting day near Arrowtown on Saturday are (from left) Maggie (9), Ollie (13) and Tim (11) Browne, of Lake Hayes Estate.

Councillor criticises stickering of buildings

Councillor criticises stickering of buildings

Stickering a building if its owner refuses to carry out earthquake strengthening is not going to protect pedestrians in the event of a natural disaster, attendees at a meeting heard last week.

Central hopes to reap benefits from Amazon's Lord of the Rings filming

Central hopes to reap benefits from Amazon's Lord of the Rings filming

The mayor of Central Otago says he hopes the region will see some of the benefits of an Amazon Lord of the Rings series that has begun filming in New Zealand.

Badly injured officer ‘so brave’

Badly injured officer ‘so brave’, wife says

A Te Anau police officer faces a long and painful recovery after an accident involving a gas bottle left him with severe burns.

Watching loved ones struggle a world away hurts

Joao Pedro Evangelio and Louise Webster experienced the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil firsthand...

Watching loved ones struggle a world away hurts

Agony, hopelessness and guilt - those are some of the emotions Invercargill’s Brazilian community described to ODT reporter and Rio de Janeiro native Luisa Girao.

Educational approach about recycling woes

General waste has been dumped among recycling at the Enfield Recycling Centre again. PHOTOS:...

Educational approach about recycling woes

Illegal rubbish dumping at a North Otago recycling centre is being turned into an educational opportunity about waste disposal.

Boat mast brings down power lines

Police have arrested a 54-year-old man following a burglary at a bakery in Greymouth. Photo: NZ...

Boat mast brings down power lines

Boating incidents on dry land usually cause less distress than those at sea.

Southland iwi meet with officials over Tiwai clean-up

Southland iwi meet with officials over Tiwai clean-up

Southland iwi have met for the first time with officials trying to ensure the contaminated Tiwai Point aluminium smelter gets cleaned up.

Decision on arterial route ‘marvellous’

A long-mooted arterial route for Queenstown has been approved for a fast-tracked consent and work could start on the multi million-dollar project before the end of the year.

Survey suggests older people want to stay put

Where to spend your golden years in Central Otago? Most are happy to stay right where they are, a survey shows.

House saved from hedge fire near Mataura

House saved from hedge fire near Mataura

Volunteer firefighters backed by four fire appliances and a support vehicle have extinguished a 30m-long fire burning in a hedge near a rural Southland house.

‘Wilfully blind’ farmer fined $30k

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‘Wilfully blind’ farmer fined $30k

A Southland dairy farmer who was ‘‘wilfully blind’’ to his obligations as an employer has been fined $30,000.

‘Many amazing moments’ over 43 years

After 43 years at Waikaka School near Gore, Aileen Ryan taught her last class yesterday. PHOTO:...

‘Many amazing moments’ over 43 years

Aileen Ryan — a mother, a teacher, an inspiration. North Otago bureau chief Rebecca Ryan chats to her mother, who has retired after teaching at Waikaka School for 43 years.