Serious fire at Roxburgh Town Hall
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Properties are being evacuated as a serious fire burns in the Roxburgh Town Hall.
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Canterbury residents oppose solar farm near homes
Canterbury residents oppose solar farm near homes
A North Canterbury community is vowing to fight a proposed solar farm near their homes.
‘Crazy’ weekend of picking puts berry on top for harvest
‘Crazy’ weekend of picking puts berry on top for harvest
Bumper crops are expected from New Zealand’s largest blueberry farm in Southland.
Council merger idea ‘wishing, dreaming’
Council merger idea ‘wishing, dreaming’
Southland District Mayor Rob Scott continues to push for the merging of the region’s councils, crossing the border to declare his case in Gore on Tuesday night.
‘Hard’ work gets triathlon ready
‘Hard’ work gets triathlon ready
More than 700 athletes will gather at dawn on the picturesque Roys Bay lakefront on Saturday, February 15, for the 19th edition of the Challenge Wānaka Half.
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Problems continuing at North Otago school
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Problems continuing at North Otago school
Questions remain at the beleaguered Totara School as the roll continues to plummet and the principal remains unseen.
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Woes of deteriorating Queenstown treatment plant laid bare
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Woes of deteriorating Queenstown treatment plant laid bare
The clearest picture of the dire state of a failing Queenstown wastewater treatment plant has been revealed in hundreds of pages of evidence released by the Environment Court, Hamish MacLean...
Man threatened woman, bit neighbour
Man threatened woman with airgun before biting neighbour
A Hampden man involved in a car crash pointed an imitation firearm at a woman from whom he sought help, before biting one of her neighbours.
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Inspector had walk through effluent at troubled Queenstown plant
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Inspector had walk through effluent at troubled Queenstown plant
An investigator has described wading through a river of effluent in her gumboots in a dossier of evidence damning the state of a failing Queenstown wastewater treatment plant.
‘Seeing I’m going to heaven, I’ll be able to do it there’
‘Seeing I’m going to heaven, I’ll be able to do it there’
The term Renaissance man could have been coined specifically to describe Oturehua writer, sportsman, conservationist and environmental activist Brian Turner, who died yesterday, aged 80.
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'Piss-poor': Council, contractor service slammed
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'Piss-poor': Council, contractor service slammed
A southern councillor says ratepayers are justifiably angry with what he has described as ‘‘piss-poor’’ service from the council and its contractors.
Drunk deportee accosted woman with his pants down
Drunk deportee accosted woman with his pants down
A drunk deportee approached a woman in her car with his pants down in Invercargill and demanded she look at him while he touched himself.
Work to start to rid lake of weed
Work to start to rid lake of weed
Work will start next week on controlling lagarosiphon in Lake Dunstan but there is no end goal of getting rid of the weed entirely from the waterway.
Queenstown fuels Otago building boom
Queenstown fuels Otago building boom
Otago is the only region with a rise in homes built last year, bucking a trend of plummeting new builds elsewhere in the country.
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No-show draws mixed response
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No-show draws mixed response
A meeting affecting the future of Otago's environment became a "waste of time" when the minister who organised it failed to show up.
Beloved Otago writer Brian Turner dies
Beloved Otago writer Brian Turner dies
Revered Otago writer and dedicated environmental campaigner Brian Turner has died, aged 80.
Hot, dry conditions prompt Southland fire restrictions
Hot, dry conditions prompt Southland fire restrictions
Fire and Emergency New Zealand has placed Southland into a restricted fire season from 8am this morning until further notice.
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Investigation suggests faulty power lines caused fire
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Investigation suggests faulty power lines caused fire
A preliminary investigation points to faulty power lines triggering the blaze which devastated 1200ha of conservation land on the Tiwai Peninsula.
Plans for plaque to honour local man
Plans for plaque to honour local man
Queenstown man Tom Murdoch, who died in a four-wheel-driving accident in Southland last week, was "into anything outdoors", his mother says.
Warnings as heat goes on in Wānaka, Alexandra
Warnings as heat goes on in Wānaka, Alexandra
Summer looks set to crank up the heat in inland Otago tomorrow, prompting warnings from the MetService.