Rescue Feb 9

Three rescued after overnight rafting ordeal in Southland

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DOC 'cautiously optimistic' for New Zealand's rarest bird

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In Today's Friday Edition

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Rescue mission underway in Mount Aspiring National Park

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More than $1m in grants made to Central Lakes community groups

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ORC: QLDC/Veolia did not tell us it was this bad.

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Land at head of Lake Whakatipu becomes official International Dark Sky Sanctuary

196.9 Departures rebuild QUeenstown Airport supplied August 2023

Flight delays in Queenstown after engineering issue with plane

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Sadowski-Synnott lands third slopestyle World Cup win

Meteor Wanaka

Meteoroid over Queenstown causes massive sonic boom

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Govt announces new Dunedin Hospital plans

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Tourism operators lose patience with Milford Sound tourism 'masterplan'

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Tiwai Point scrub fire explodes to cover 250 hectares

Mount Aspiring College Principal Nicola Jacobsen

Strong showing for Mount Aspiring College NCEA results

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Fireworks ban for much of Otago coincides with Lunar New Year celebrations

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Southern region nurse recruitment falls short, new Health Minister quiet on hospital plans

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'Scary as hell': Strong quake jolts lower North Island

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Christopher Luxon hints National will campaign on asset sales in the 2026 election

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Mount Hutt skifield blanketed in mid-summer snow

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Historic Hāwea church to be sold

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Police investigating Queenstown unexplained death

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Medical items stolen from Queenstown air ambulance recovered

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Back Country hut projects fund announced

Tourism operators replace 20 m

Coming up on Today's Friday Edition

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Wānaka Paralympian Adam Hall back on the podium

Piera Hudson NZL Women s FIS ANC Slalom 2024 credit Sean Beale

Winter Games folds due to cost increases, low revenue

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'Not in this day and age': Otago Fish & Game weigh in on QLDC Shotover sewage failures

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Car collides with parked cars in Cromwell

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ORC seeks Court Order to enforce QLDC sewage compliance

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Tourism growth: A 'very serious investment' in infrastructure needed, says mayor

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Rod Drury group pitches for private Queenstown hospital and gondola

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Police appeal again for information on Wānaka brawl

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Police appeal for information on Wānaka brawl

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Lewers to stand for second mayoral term - dismisses sewage breakdown

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Faint stirrings of optimism as McCaw statue saga rumbles on

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Sewage: QLDC knew for four years of “incorrect operation”

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Chief of Clan Matheson to attend Mosgiel gathering.

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Water leaks cost NZ $122m a year - research

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Queenstown Airport runway safety improvements nears half-way point

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Coastguard Queenstown tows swamped boat to shore

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Tourism and Health ministers gone in major Luxon reshuffle

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Over 14,000 celebrate the final Gibbston Valley concert

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Sewage: Deputy mayor and ORC councillor call for halt to Queenstown development

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Labour passes National in new poll

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Queenstown training base a blessing for Ben Campbell's LIV Golf League call-up

Substack Jan 17

QLDC sewage consultants: "It's not looking good."

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Fires prompt burn-off reminder from ORC

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NZTA says support available as Kurt's trees get cut down

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Otago Regional Council complicit in QLDC sewage cover up

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31 year old arrested over Queenstown rescue chopper medical theft

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Wānaka History website launched

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Wānaka company to launch 'World's lightest' e-bike

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Uncertainty surrounds southern Air Ambulance contracts

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Seating and netball courts upgrade for Queenstown Events Centre

Fire hi res

Local fires fanned by strong winds - but under control

John Chrsite Central Campus Director

New campus director looking forward to Cromwell-based role

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St John responded to man's death on Lake Dunstan Cycle Trail.

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Wānaka event to mark World Wetlands Day

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$10k reward offered after supplies stolen from Queenstown rescue helicopter

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Warning over Queenstown air ambulance drugs theft

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Queenstown's Ben Campbell joins LIV Golf League

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PM Luxon to return early to attend slain police officer's funeral

Luggate bore feature

Luggate drinking water upgrade moved forward

Project Shotover Feature

The Crux sewage investigation - now without a paywall

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Dunedin armed offenders squad in Ettrick drug arrest

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Queenstown voted top coffee spot out of Australia/NZ

Glenorchy pop up DOC VC by Fiona Peat

DOC moves visitor centre to Glenorchy for two weeks

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ORC lifts Lake Hāwea swimming ban

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The Queenstown crashed car that nobody can touch

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Marathon man completes 10 Great Walks in nine days

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Investigation underway into Queenstown rental fire

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