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New polls show centre-left bloc could form government
Two new political polls show the left bloc has the numbers to form a government
Central Otago wines now have NZ's highest organic certification
'Horrendous' Ladies Mile traffic down to slow drivers, NZTA says
Video: Wānaka's Luca Harrington scores silver at Big Air world cup
Queenstown stormwater replacement works resume, and so does traffic disruption
Community LINK recruit swaps Mexico City for Upper Clutha
ORC: QLDC/Veolia did not tell us it was this bad.
Rescue mission underway in Mount Aspiring National Park
Three rescued after overnight rafting ordeal in Southland
DOC 'cautiously optimistic' for New Zealand's rarest bird
In Today's Friday Edition
More than $1m in grants made to Central Lakes community groups
Land at head of Lake Whakatipu becomes official International Dark Sky Sanctuary
Flight delays in Queenstown after engineering issue with plane
Sadowski-Synnott lands third slopestyle World Cup win
Meteoroid over Queenstown causes massive sonic boom
Out now - The Friday Edition.
Govt announces new Dunedin Hospital plans
Tourism operators lose patience with Milford Sound tourism 'masterplan'
Tiwai Point scrub fire explodes to cover 250 hectares
Strong showing for Mount Aspiring College NCEA results
Fireworks ban for much of Otago coincides with Lunar New Year celebrations
Southern region nurse recruitment falls short, new Health Minister quiet on hospital plans
'Scary as hell': Strong quake jolts lower North Island
Christopher Luxon hints National will campaign on asset sales in the 2026 election
Mount Hutt skifield blanketed in mid-summer snow
Historic Hāwea church to be sold
Police investigating Queenstown unexplained death
Medical items stolen from Queenstown air ambulance recovered
Back Country hut projects fund announced
Coming up on Today's Friday Edition
Wānaka Paralympian Adam Hall back on the podium
Winter Games folds due to cost increases, low revenue
'Not in this day and age': Otago Fish & Game weigh in on QLDC Shotover sewage failures
Car collides with parked cars in Cromwell
ORC seeks Court Order to enforce QLDC sewage compliance
Tourism growth: A 'very serious investment' in infrastructure needed, says mayor
Rod Drury group pitches for private Queenstown hospital and gondola
Police appeal again for information on Wānaka brawl
Police appeal for information on Wānaka brawl
Lewers to stand for second mayoral term - dismisses sewage breakdown
Faint stirrings of optimism as McCaw statue saga rumbles on
Sewage: QLDC knew for four years of “incorrect operation”
Chief of Clan Matheson to attend Mosgiel gathering.
Water leaks cost NZ $122m a year - research
Queenstown Airport runway safety improvements nears half-way point
Coastguard Queenstown tows swamped boat to shore
Tourism and Health ministers gone in major Luxon reshuffle
Over 14,000 celebrate the final Gibbston Valley concert
Sewage: Deputy mayor and ORC councillor call for halt to Queenstown development
Labour passes National in new poll
Queenstown training base a blessing for Ben Campbell's LIV Golf League call-up
QLDC sewage consultants: "It's not looking good."
Fires prompt burn-off reminder from ORC
NZTA says support available as Kurt's trees get cut down
Otago Regional Council complicit in QLDC sewage cover up
31 year old arrested over Queenstown rescue chopper medical theft
Wānaka History website launched
Wānaka company to launch 'World's lightest' e-bike
Uncertainty surrounds southern Air Ambulance contracts
Seating and netball courts upgrade for Queenstown Events Centre
Local fires fanned by strong winds - but under control
New campus director looking forward to Cromwell-based role
St John responded to man's death on Lake Dunstan Cycle Trail.
Wānaka event to mark World Wetlands Day
$10k reward offered after supplies stolen from Queenstown rescue helicopter
Warning over Queenstown air ambulance drugs theft
Queenstown's Ben Campbell joins LIV Golf League
PM Luxon to return early to attend slain police officer's funeral
Luggate drinking water upgrade moved forward
The Crux sewage investigation - now without a paywall
Dunedin armed offenders squad in Ettrick drug arrest
Queenstown voted top coffee spot out of Australia/NZ
DOC moves visitor centre to Glenorchy for two weeks
ORC lifts Lake Hāwea swimming ban
The Queenstown crashed car that nobody can touch
Marathon man completes 10 Great Walks in nine days
Investigation underway into Queenstown rental fire
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The Friday Edition - now published for paid Crux subscribers
Gibbston Village opposition mounts: 'This was snuck in'
CODC consults lawyers over $300m Cromwell endowment land
Dunedin get its own Monopoly board game
Ombudsman forces release of QLDC's Theelen emails
Last minute Parliamentary moves put kibosh on ORC vote
Crux to cease publication – for now
Three ORC councillors support complaints over 35.8% Lakes rates increase
Debbie Knowles: 'Crux will rise again'
Roads remain closed in South Island after floods, snow