Otago

Dunedin — In today's digital age, the significance of online presence cannot be overstated.

By Sailcity Locksmith
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Dunedin — Professor Dearden, Otago University, has received $11 million from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Enterprise (MBIE) to engineer wasps using gene drive technology.

By GE Free NZ
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Wanaka — The NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival has announced its 2024 dates and opened competition entries.

By Expert Briefing
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Queenstown — Council contractors and officers are responding urgently to an overflow of partially treated wastewater from one of the oxidation ponds at Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant, after the pond overtopped Monday.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Dunedin — An explosive final day of the 2024 National Surfing Championships has seen Taranaki surfer Daniel Farr claim his second national title by the closest margin in the history of the event.  Another young star has emerged in the Women’s Division with 15-year-old Maya Mateja stunning the field to win the Open Women’s Division.

By Surfing New Zealand Inc
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Wanaka — Police can now release the name of the man whose body was located deceased in Lake Wanaka on New Years Eve.

By New Zealand Police
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Queenstown — Three swimmers had a close call after getting into difficulty in the Kawarau River in Queenstown.

By Expert Briefing
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Wanaka — Police have recovered a body from Lake Wanaka, near Waterfall Creek this morning, and are unable to identify the person.

By New Zealand Police
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Wanaka — The Queenstown Lakes District Council has bought 8.3ha of land in Wānaka, next to its existing refuse transfer station and the Wastebusters site, for $3.36m.

By Expert Briefing
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Otago — The Lakes zone in Otago will enter a restricted fire season, as of 8am on Saturday 9 December, until further notice.

By Fire and Emergency New Zealand
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Dunedin — E tū members working as journalists for Allied Press are walking off the job for a whole day to protest their employer's current offer on the table for their new collective agreement.

By E tu
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Wanaka — Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is calling on the Wānaka and Upper Clutha community to get involved and share their ideas for how they want to use, enjoy and manage Mount Iron Recreation Reserve to meet the needs of residents and visitors now and for generations to come.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Queenstown

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Wanaka — Wānaka is set to be immortalised in a special edition of the world-famous Monopoly board game later this year.

By iSentia
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Wanaka — Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has appointed the former Chief Executive of Environment Southland, Rob Phillips as independent chair of the newly formed Wānaka Airport Liaison Committee.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Wanaka — Snow Sports NZ is stoked to announce that Samantha Corne and Victoria Beattie are joining our team in two of our new and exciting roles.  Samantha (Sami) will be taking on the role of Sport Development Manager.

By Snow Sports NZ
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Wanaka — David Vass, one of New Zealand’s leading mountaineers, has been named as the recipient of the Nankervis/Bamford NZ Mountain Book of the Year for 2023 for his book Not Set in Stone.

By Mountain Film Festival
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Arrowtown — Based on an initial preliminary result, Melissa White has been elected to the Queenstown Lakes District Council in the Arrowtown-Kawarau Ward by-election that closed at midday today.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Wanaka — Winter Games NZ has secured a five-year funding commitment from New Zealand Major Events (MBIE) to support the event annually through to 2027.    Winter Games NZ CEO, Marty Toomey said; “Securing a five-year funding commitment from central government allows us to plan our future with certainty.

By Winter Games NZ
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Queenstown

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Queenstown — Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has notified a variation to rezone land located in Te Pūtahi Ladies Mile Corridor to provide for future housing demand in the district.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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Wanaka — 100 hectares of land on Mount Iron and Little Mount Iron in Wānaka is one step closer to coming into public ownership, with fencing around the site near completion and settlement on the land purchase expected in early May 2023.

By Queenstown Lakes District Council
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