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All Otago and Southland ANZAC services are printed in the ODT this Wednesday. Find your local service and honour the memory of those who served.
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Big prefabricated homes may be NZ’s largest: Despite the challenges of delivering a home about as long as an Airbus A320 aircraft by truck ...
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Big prefabricated homes may be NZ’s largest
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Son fought to stay with his family and farm: War has deprived thousands of southern families of loved ones, but not every war story involves a battlefield ...
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Son fought to stay with his family and farm
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Bereft after injuring mate: A Dunedin kickboxer is reassessing his future in the sport after his opponent and friend ended up in intensive care with a serious ...
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Bereft after injuring mate
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Secret lake encourages contemplation: There’s a lake, an actual lake, between Balclutha and the coast. Lake Tuakitoto feels like a secret brother from another ...
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Secret lake encourages contemplation
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Clutha rates see massive increase: Clutha ratepayers can expect compounded rates increases of 49% to 80% during the next three years ...
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Clutha rates see massive increase
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Exchange with stranger ends in punch to face: An innocuous meeting in a Balclutha street earned a man a vicious beating, a court has heard ...
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Exchange with stranger ends in punch to face
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The all-important opener kicks off in Rotorua on Saturday 🏍️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/25atr6u6
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Fishermen find kea in Balclutha: Fishermen at a popular spot on the Balclutha river mouth were shocked to see a kea wandering a long way from its mountain home ...
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Fishermen find kea in Balclutha
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Plea to return Barbies sold at market: An oddly familiar toy story began after a local vet sold his daughter’s dolls at the Balclutha Boot Market ...
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Plea to return Barbies sold at market
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Firefighters praised for ‘saving school’: A South Otago principal is hailing firefighters for "saving our school" following a blaze in a boiler room ...
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Firefighters praised for ‘saving school’
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When charity begins at the farm: Giving back is part of his DNA, South Otago farmer Lyndon McNab says. Lyndon and Jade McNab farm run more than 6000 ewes and 700 ...
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When charity begins at the farm
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Telford graduates celebrate success: Gown and gumboots were the favoured ensemble for a graduation parade in Balclutha yesterday. Organisers said 51 students ...
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Telford graduates celebrate success
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'Kevin Costner' scammer targets Balclutha woman: Relatives of a Balclutha woman being scammed online — by someone posing as Kevin Costner — want to ...
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'Kevin Costner' scammer targets Balclutha woman
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‘Blessed’ to be named beauty salon of year: The South has a new "beauty spot", after a Balclutha salon’s efforts were recognised by its peers during an ...
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‘Blessed’ to be named beauty salon of year
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‘Raw potential’ heads to Wahs junior team: A Balclutha youngster with "raw potential" has gone up to the Wahs. Kairus Booth, 16 ...
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‘Raw potential’ heads to Wahs junior team
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Plans announced for large South Otago wind farm: Plans for what would be one of New Zealand’s largest wind farms, located between Clinton and Balclutha ...
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Plans announced for large South Otago wind farm
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'Selfless, heroic actions saved a life today': Emergency services are hailing a "selfless, heroic" rescue by a South Otago resident who saved ...
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'Selfless, heroic actions saved a life today'
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Facebook scammer avoids jail after refunding victims: A man who scammed dozens of people on social media, including victims in Balclutha and Invercargill ...
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Facebook scammer avoids jail after refunding victims
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Family forgive Balclutha woman's killer: The family of a Balclutha woman strangled to death on her honeymoon say they have forgiven the killer and accept ...
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Family forgive Balclutha woman's killer
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Cafe refused boy with diabetes spoon of sugar: A 10-year-old Balclutha boy with diabetes was left scared and crying after a local cafe refused to let him have a ...
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Cafe refused boy with diabetes spoon of sugar
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Dad killed in Balclutha workplace accident named: The father killed in a Balclutha workplace accident has been named. He was Mark Hardie Bennett ...
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Dad killed in Balclutha workplace accident named
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One dead in Balclutha workplace incident: A person is dead following a workplace incident in Balclutha this afternoon. Police said emergency services were called ...
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One dead in Balclutha workplace incident
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Putting the pedal to the metal in my first rally ride: The ODT's Richard Davison had never ridden in a rally car before the weekend ...
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Putting the pedal to the metal in my first rally ride
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Knitters using skills to help Ukraine refugees: A team of southern knitters are using their sharp skills to aid Ukrainian refugees. Operation Cover Up is a New ...
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Knitters using skills to help Ukraine refugees
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Police not amused by Clutha Bridge trolley prank: Police are seeking three young men in Balclutha after a shopping trolley was put on top of the town's main ...
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Police not amused by Clutha Bridge trolley prank
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Sentenced drink-driver blames designated driver’s arrest: A Balclutha man who rolled his car into a residential garden claimed he was only behind the wheel ...
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Sentenced drink-driver blames designated driver’s arrest
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Man who drowned at Clutha swim hole named: A man who drowned at a swimming hole in the Clutha River at Balclutha last month has been named ...
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Man who drowned at Clutha swim hole named
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Couple to open cinema in new community hub building: A husband and wife team plan to bring new drama to Balclutha. Kaitangata residents Chris and Grace ...
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Couple to open cinema in new community hub building
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Regulations hit local egg producer: New Zealand’s egg shortage is attributed to the phase-out of battery-cage egg production, but a local producer said ...
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Regulations hit local egg producer
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Water incident unfolding at Balclutha: Emergency services are responding to an incident in the Clutha River near the Balclutha Aerodrome this evening ...
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Water incident unfolding at Balclutha
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Man drowns at Balclutha swimming hole: A body has been pulled from the Clutha River.
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Man drowns at Balclutha swimming hole
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Man dies in Balclutha water incident: Police have confirmed that one man has died in a water incident in Balclutha.  A police spokesperson said they were called ...
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Man dies in Balclutha water incident
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Crews called to hay baler fire: A hay baler caught fire between Clinton and Balclutha this evening. Firefighting crews were called to Fleming Rd in the Clutha ...
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Crews called to hay baler fire
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Clutha River drowning: Warnings after third drowning in the South in two weeks: Balclutha man’s death follows the deaths of two men at the same spot in Glenorchy ...
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Clutha River drowning: Warnings after third drowning in the South in two ...
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Car plunges off Milton Highway, one person injured: Emergency services are responding after a car plunged off the Milton Highway near Balclutha ...
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Car plunges off Milton Highway, one person injured
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Subdivision in works may create 89 sections in Clutha: Families tempted to migrate southwards this year may soon have plenty of options. Yesterday ...
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Subdivision in works may create 89 sections in Clutha
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Council consultation down at the pub: A southern council is hoping for a fermentation of ideas when it heads for the pub this month. The Clutha District Council ...
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Council consultation down at the pub
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Health journey about improving lives of staff and patients: Richard Davison discovers how a marital connection led a boy from Iraq on a circuitous journey ...
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Health journey about improving lives of staff and patients
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Dairy plant powered by biomass fuel: French-owned food company Danone fired up New Zealand’s first dairy spray-drying plant powered exclusively by biomass fuel ...
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Dairy plant powered by biomass fuel
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Man arrested after car spiked twice: A driver who had his car spiked twice by police was finally caught after trying to drive up Saddle Hill on the ...
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Man arrested after car spiked twice
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Emergency helipad lights vandalised: Officials say they are "appalled" by the recent vandalism of emergency helipad landing lights ...
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Emergency helipad lights vandalised
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Serious crash in Balclutha: Emergency services have been called to a serious crash after a car hit a power pole near Balclutha. A police spokeswoman said police ...
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Serious crash in Balclutha
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Taking stock of the driver shortage: The Government allowing more migrant truckers into New Zealand may not address a shortage of stock truck drivers ...
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Taking stock of the driver shortage
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Man killed in crash near Milburn named: Police have confirmed the name of a Balclutha man who died in a two-vehicle crash in South Otago earlier this month ...
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Man killed in crash near Milburn named
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Year-long driving ban after collision narrowly missed: A Balclutha man who was caught on dashcam narrowly avoiding a head-on collision has been banned from ...
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Year-long driving ban after collision narrowly missed
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Triple daily paua limit: A Balclutha man has been stripped of his new diving gear after he was caught with more than triple the daily paua limit. Lual Filo ...
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Triple daily paua limit
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Ten injured in Owaka school blaze: Ten people needed medical attention after a kitchen fire at Catlins Area School yesterday. Owaka Volunteer Fire Brigade deputy ...
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Ten injured in Owaka school blaze
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Otago beauty clinics win awards: Beauty is in the eye of Balclutha. Face Body and Beauty won a host of awards at the recent Dermaviduals clinic awards ...
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Otago beauty clinics win awards
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Submarine coal washes up on beach: A massive wash-up of submarine coal is due to natural erosion, a local expert says. Clutha Leader was contacted on Thursday by ...
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Submarine coal washes up on beach
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Strong winds buffet South, fire crews busy: Strong winds have lifted roofs in Southland and are making driving conditions hazardous between Waihola and Balclutha ...
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Strong winds buffet South, fire crews busy
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Public rumblings a challenge for Clutha councillors: Traditionally taciturn and small-c conservative in its mien, the great Clutha public has been stirred to ...
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Public rumblings a challenge for Clutha councillors
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Honeymoon strangler Rodney Fallowfield expresses remorse at first parole hearing: Rodney Fallowfield 'snapped' and killed his new wife in a Te Anau ...
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Honeymoon strangler Rodney Fallowfield expresses remorse at first parole ...
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Strangler expresses remorse: A Balclutha man who strangled his partner to death on their honeymoon says he is "truly sorry" and will live with the ...
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Strangler expresses remorse