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ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire rates Otago's players after their loss to Bay of Plenty in Mount Maunganui yesterday.

Royalty is next on Wanaka portrait artist Stephen Martyn Welch's to-do list and he is ''pretty confident'' he can make it happen.

When a kea ''photobombs'' a picture, the results can be spectacular.

A steak pie and plenty of pats were just reward for retiring avalanche search dog Milly at Wanaka's Treble Cone skifield.

ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire analyses five key points from Otago's match with Tasman at the weekend.

Hundreds of swimmers turned out to celebrate the reopening of the now structurally reinforced Wanaka Community Pool on Saturday.

ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire rates Otago's players after their loss to Tasman in Nelson yesterday.

New Zealand's provincial rugby championship used to be the gold standard for the game at that level, but in the age of professionalism it is in decline. ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire looks at the reasons why.

Luggate Staffordshire-cross Bohdi was likely celebrating with a dog treat last night, after the Queenstown Lakes District Council decided he was not a threat.

Despite recent Australian claims to the world's woolliest sheep title, record-holder Shrek, of Tarras, has been officially beaten by a fellow New Zealander from just 100km up the road.

A Chinese billionaire is in advanced negotiations to fund a multimillion-dollar stem cell treatment and research centre in Queenstown.

To muzzle or not to muzzle?

ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire looks at five key points from Otago's win over Waikato at the weekend.

Capturing the ''multi-faceted personality'' of New Zealand's most high-profile sheep was a challenge relished by sculptor Minhal Halabi.

Queenstown police have resorted to phoning rental companies to remove unsafe tourist drivers from the road.

The celebratory clink of whisky glasses this week was a sign of good things to come for Wanaka woman Desiree Reid as she toasted the news her proposed Cardrona Valley whisky distillery, perfumery and museum development had been approved.

Up to $75,000 worth of free colonoscopies will be provided to Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes patients this month in response to perceived lingering problems with accessing colonoscopy services in the region.

Queenstown police say drinkers need to accept the strictness of licensing laws after four more bouncers were allegedly attacked in one night.