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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

The missing Manapouri 18-year-old woman has been found. She was found by a member of the public in the Te Anau area. Police would like to thank everyone who helped search for her and provided information as to her whereabouts. https://whatsoninvers.nz/help-sought-by-police-to-locate-missing-southlan

Eleven Fire Trucks and four helicopters with monsoon buckets are fighting the large fire near Rippon Vineyard, Wanaka A nearby camping ground has been told to be ready to evacuate. Fire Service spokesperson John Ditmer said “crews were called to Wanaka-Mount Aspiring Road just before 3pm”. He said t

Police are now in a position to release the name of the man who died on Mt Roy, Wanaka, yesterday, 2 January. He was 54-year-old David Michael Jongsma from Hawea Flat. Police offer their sympathies to Mr Jongsma’s family at this difficult time.