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About 14% of New Zealand's land is currently considered "highly productive" for primary industries. Photo: ODT files The Government has proposed new rules to limit urban development on highly productive farm land.

In July the most expensive homes in Otago were in Wanaka. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY The average home in Otago will now cost you half a million dollars. You can add $700,000 to that if you feel like owning a house in Wanaka.

Uenuku Fairhall. Photo: NZ Herald/file A former school principal slept in the same bed as a student while naked, engaged in sexualised talk with students and was partially clothed in front of students.

Anti-government demonstrators sit in a designated area of the arrival hall of the airport. Photo: Reuters Hong Kong's airport has resumed operations, rescheduling hundreds of flights that had been disrupted over the past two days as protesters clashed with riot police in a deepening crisis in the Chinese-controlled city.

About 14 percent of New Zealand's land is currently considered "highly productive" for primary industries. Photo: Getty The Government has proposed new rules to limit urban development on highly productive farm land.

Dunedin's outgoing mayor Dave Cull fronts up to Ian Telfer about his nine years in the job, the intense workload and his disappointment about not landing a five-star hotel in Episode 1 of Rattling the Chains by Otago Access Radio.

Des McEnaney has been whitebaiting since he was 11. Photo: RNZ The National Party's claims a new bill would lead to whitebaiting being banned in New Zealand are "absolutely untrue", the Government says.

Paula Bennett will continue to represent Upper Harbour until the election, but moving to the list will free her of campaigning for that seat during the 2020 campaign. Photo: Getty Images National Party deputy leader Paula Bennett will vacate her Upper Harbour seat in 2020, move to the party list and concentrate on running the 2020 election campaign.

The Haast Pass, connecting Otago to Westland, is expected to reopen at midday today after a significant rockfall closed the road on Monday afternoon at Clarke Bluff.

Investigators are yet to interview a man who allegedly slashed a woman to death and stabbed another during a terrifying rampage in Sydney's CBD.

o-glenavycordon.jpg Armed police near the cordon at the Glenavy rest area. Photo: Daniel Birchfield A police cordon remains in place around a rest area at the South Canterbury town of Glenavy, north of Oamaru, this morning after reports shots were fired last night.

amanaki_mafi_online.jpg Amanaki Mafi in Dunedin District Court last month. Photo: Rob Kidd An international rugby player accused of beating his teammate will stand trial next year.

eight_col_snow.jpg Mount Cook. Photo: Unwin Lodge, Mt Cook A mountain guide was dragged hundreds of metres downhill after getting caught in an avalanche near Aoraki Mount Cook.

Crossvallia waiparensis was a monster penguin that lived between 66 and 56 million years ago. Image: Canterbury Museum Move over, mega parrot: scientists have just revealed a giant species of penguin – about 1.6m tall – once lived in New Zealand.

australian_pm_scott_morrison_nov2018_0.jpg Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Getty Images Australia's migration programme is set to go under the microscope at a new parliamentary inquiry.

British adverts showing a male para athlete juxtaposed with a woman caring for a baby and an incompetent new dad doing the washing have been banned under new rules cracking down on sexist stereotypes.

A woman received moderate injuries in a crash on Dunedin's Northern Motorway this morning.

A 22-year-old Australian woman was hit by a car in Queenstown early on Monday after the driver became distracted at a pedestrian crossing.