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Greyhounds to enter Canterbury league premiership

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 09:16
The Papanui Tigers and Greymouth Greyhounds have agreed to share players next season. Photo: Kirsty Wilson Photography LPSNZ QPSA The Greymouth Greyhounds will become the first team from the West Coast to play in the Canterbury league premiership next season.
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Smokefree legislation would have driven black market - Luxon

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 09:05
Christopher Luxon will be sworn in as New Zealand's 42nd prime minister today. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The new government is committed to reducing tobacco use, despite plans to repeal smokefree legislation, incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon says.
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$100,000 bike park opens

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:57
Bike Wanaka president Ewan Mackie said more than 100 people showed up for the celebration and informal jump jam.
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BurgerFuel pulls cars after Christmas parade crash

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:55
Ambulance staff tend to an injured person after a BurgerFuel car swerved into a crowd at the Avondale Santa Parade. Photos: NZ Herald The BurgerFuel cars that have featured in Christmas parades and other events for nearly three decades are being put on immediate hold after one rolled into two people at the Avondale Santa Parade on Saturday.
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$40k effort to protect town’s rural character

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:43
Some Arrowtown residents are concerned about the incremental housing development spilling on to semi-rural land (top right) outside the township’s urban growth boundary. PHOTO: ODT FILES A crusader for Arrowtown’s green belt may have lost two legal bids to keep land rurally zoned, but believes his efforts — and the $40,000 it cost him — have not been wasted.
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Teen in court after allegedly stabbing younger girl

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:42
An 18-year-old female has appeared in court over the alleged stabbing of another teenage girl in Christchurch last week.
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Woman in court after allegedly stabbing teenager

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:39
An 18-year-old woman has appeared in court over the alleged stabbing of a teenage girl in Christchurch last week.
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Teacher shortage set to worsen

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:24
Official figures show secondary schools are relying more than ever on foreign-trained teachers and teachers over the age of 65. Photo: RNZ Secondary school principals warn they are struggling to find enough good teachers to staff their classrooms next year.
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Post-apocalyptic novel raising awareness about climate change

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:19
Melanie Dixon receiving a Storylines notable young adult fiction award on November 4. ​Photo: Supplied A Governors Bay author hopes to create climate change awareness with her award-winning novel set in a future Lyttelton.
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New government eyes RMA, Three Waters reforms for scrap heap

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:06
Act leader David Seymour (L), incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon (centre) and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ The freshly passed Resource Management Act (RMA) reforms look set to be first on the chopping block as the new coalition government settles into power.
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Young boy called terrorist as Islamophobia surges in Australia

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 08:01
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at a rally in front of Sydney's Town Hall last week. Photo: Getty A Christian primary school student has been called a terrorist for being Palestinian, reflecting rising Islamophobia across Australia.
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New government eyes RMA, Three Waters reforms for scrap heap

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 07:30
Act leader David Seymour (L), incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon (centre) and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ The freshly passed Resource Management Act (RMA) reforms look set to be first on the chopping block as the new coalition government settles into power.
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Celebrations receive warm welcome

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 05:15
Dreich weather was the only thing missing from the Scottish atmosphere at the inaugural Strath Taieri St Andrew’s Day celebration in Middlemarch yesterday.
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All not lost after failed bids to protect town’s rural character

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 05:00
Some Arrowtown residents are concerned about the incremental housing development spilling on to semi-rural land (top right) outside the township’s urban growth boundary. PHOTO: ODT FILES A crusader for Arrowtown’s green belt may have lost two legal bids to keep land rurally zoned, but believes his efforts — and the $40,000 it cost him — have not been wasted.
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Students call review ‘racist’

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 05:00
University of Otago students are set to fight any possible move by the new government to limit Māori and Pacific Island special entrance pathways into medical school.
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Letters to the Editor: greed, ideology and extinction

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 04:30
A dredge works the Clutha River below Beaumont. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the well-trodden path of career politicians, the ecological vandalism of dredging, and a critically endangered bird.
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No regrets taking on ‘utterly beautiful’ farm life

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 04:30
Royalburn Station’s Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie outside their farm shop in Arrowtown. PHOTO: JAMES ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHY Challenging and enthralling.
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Carson ton leads Clutha into final

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 04:30
The Clutha Comets have made their intentions clear a week out from the final of the South Otago T20 competition.
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Leader St Kevin’s forced to fight

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 04:30
Borton Cup leaders St Kevin’s had to fight for a two-wicket win over Albion on Saturday.
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Appleby claim low-scoring game

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 04:30
Appleby narrowly beat Marist in a low-scoring match in the Southland one-day competition on Saturday.
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