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The Gore District Council will be doing everything in its power to ensure the removal of ouvea premix stored in the former Mataura paper mill, Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks said today. The resource consent for the storage of 10,000 tonnes of the oxide residue expires today (11 January). Its owner

Today the Police Dive Squad will be investigating the viability of using sonar equipment to assist with the recovery of the skydiver missing at Lake Wakatipu. Given the nature of the incident and the time that has past the ongoing Police activity is focussed on a recovery operation rather than a res

UPDATE #2:  Wed 10th 6:40pm A Police co-ordinated water and air search for a missing male skydiver on Lake Wakatipu was suspended at about 4.40pm. A shoreline search involving LandSAR and the Coastguard will continue until about 6.30pm tonight. Emergency services are looking for the skydiver who was

Gore District Council 3 Waters staff will be closely monitoring water consumption levels for Gore over the next few days as people return home from holiday. Level 3 water restrictions have been in place since mid-December. Continued dry weather and low river levels mean level 4 restrictions are poss

Queenstown drivers may experience some queuing at the new Kawarau Falls bridge from this week as the heritage bridge, which has taken northbound traffic over the busy holiday period, closes permanently to motorised traffic. From this week, all road users will travel on the new Kawarau Falls bridge,

A suspicious fire was started in the priest residence at St Mary’s Church on Tyne Street, where he lived on the church grounds. Father Christopher O’Neill made a lucky escape Police cordoned the residence off was cordoned off this morning while detectives fire investigators examined the fire scene.

A Lotto player from Wellington will be adding a few extra destinations to their summer holiday this New Year after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at Miramar New World in Wellington. Powerball was not struck this evening and has

This morning two people were extracted from an SUV following a crash with a bus near Te Anau. A police spokeswoman said emergency services were called to the scene on SH94 near Hillside-Manapouri Rd at 9.06am. Bus passengers were unharmed, but two people needed to be extracted from the SUV, she said