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Excelsior chasing three in a row

The Citizens Shield will be up for grabs once again as the North Otago club rugby season begins...

Excelsior chasing three in a row

North Otago’ premier men’s rugby competition returns next week with the season kicking off next Thursday night. Reporter Nic Duff checks in with the teams vying for the Citizens Shield in...

‘Big effort’ for championships

Mark Robinson, of Wānaka, tees off during the New Zealand Disc Golf Championships in Waimate last...

‘Big effort’ for championships

The new kids on the disc golf scene have shown they can host national events.

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Bridge opened despite weekend theft, damage

Contractors finish off the replacement Kakanui bridge which was opened earlier this week. PHOTO:...

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Bridge opened despite weekend theft, damage

Despite a last-minute delay caused by ‘‘unthinking idiots’’, the new Kakanui Bridge opened this week.

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Jones pulls out of debate, blames media

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Jones pulls out of debate, blames media

Resources Minster Shane Jones has pulled out of a debate on a controversial Otago goldmine, bemusing would-be opponent Sir Ian Taylor.

Concerns aired as miner outlines expansion plans

Millers Flat resident Marion Mewburn was the lone protester, but not sole objector, at a meeting...

Concerns aired as miner outlines expansion plans

Some opposing residents aired their views in Millers Flat last night as a mining company outlined expansion plans that include rerouting a stream and two roads in the township.

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Together again a lifetime later

Celebrating their 80th birthdays and talking about being born at 24 Arthur St, Invercargill, are...

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Together again a lifetime later

Meeting someone who was born on the same day, a room apart and nursed by the same midwife, makes life a little less ordinary for two Southland seniors.

Restored Tiger Moth gets to stretch wings over Taieri

Simon Spencer-Bower, of Wānaka, with his newly rebuilt Tiger Moth, which flew for the first time...

Restored Tiger Moth gets to stretch wings over Taieri

After decades sitting idle, a brilliant-yellow Tiger Moth finally stretched its wings over the Taieri Plain.

Militaries pull out of Warbirds over Wānaka

The US Air Force F-22 Raptor is among the modern aircraft to pull out of the show. File photo:...

Militaries pull out of Warbirds over Wānaka

No modern military will be at the Warbirds Over Wānaka airshow this Easter.

Timaru Girls' High teacher had sexual relationships with two students

A Timaru Girls' High School teacher had a sexual relationship with two students. Photo: Google Maps

Timaru Girls' High teacher had sexual relationships with two students

In his first year of teaching, Sam Bocock had sexual relationships with two students at the same time.

Search turns to Lake Dunstan after sandal found

Police are continuing their search for a missing man in Cromwell after a sandal matching what he was last seen wearing was found on the shore of Lake Dunstan.

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Colour run puts focus on rare disorders

Sophie Young (left) carried her son George through yesterday’s colour-run awareness raiser in...

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Colour run puts focus on rare disorders

Lawrence turned out in force yesterday for a colour run at Goldfields Kindergarten to raise awareness of rare disorders and epilepsy.

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Airshow using contingency funds due to cost pressure

Warbirds Over Wānaka’s lakefront event crowd favourite, the Catalina flying boat, lands on Lake...

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Airshow using contingency funds due to cost pressure

Wānaka's flagship airshow is pushing ahead with a financial safety net in place, as organisers move to shield aircraft owners from rising costs amid the fuel crisis.

Some fishers apparently miss memo on size, quantity rules

Mike Hulleman, of Dunedin, casts his line at Taieri Mouth. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Some fishers apparently miss memo on size, quantity rules

It seems a few anglers in the south were slow to catch up.

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Share funds fairly: tourism advocate

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Share funds fairly: tourism advocate

‘‘Absolutely disheartening.’’

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130 years since deadliest industrial disaster

Pupils from Lake Brunner, Runanga, Paparoa Range and John Paul II schools gather at the Brunner...

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130 years since deadliest industrial disaster

It was a quintessential West Coast day as young and old gathered under ominous skies to mark a very sombre occasion — 130 years to the day since New Zealand’s deadliest industrial incident — the...

Rowi Kiwi released to make return to West Coast

A rowi kiwi. Photo: Supplied/Department of Conservation

Rowi Kiwi released to make return to West Coast

Seventeen Okarito rowi kiwi have been brought home after rearing on a predator-free island off the North Island.

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Expansion won’t encroach on town: miner

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Expansion won’t encroach on town: miner

Driven by a surging gold price, a company mining at Millers Flat is looking to expand, while "100%" guaranteeing it will not touch the township.

Trips to sister cities approved despite cost concerns

Voting documents in Southland will include fewer names this time around. Photo: Matthew Rosenberg...

Trips to sister cities approved despite cost concerns

Overseas trips to Invercargill’s sister cities have been approved by the city council despite concerns about how they will be paid for.

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Fast-track Act slammed as dictatorial

A projected view of the Slopedown wind farm near Wyndham in Southland. Photo: Contact Energy

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Fast-track Act slammed as dictatorial

The Fast-track Approval Act has been described as undemocratic and dictatorial, opponents of projects saying they have no hope because of the way the legislation is framed.

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Region top of the GDP growth class

Southland Mayor Rob Scott. Photo: supplied

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Region top of the GDP growth class

Southland may be at the bottom of the country geographically speaking but its increase in regional gross domestic product (GDP) puts it at the top.

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