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City liquor ban 'being flouted'
Police are fighting a pitched battle against booze on Invercargill streets at weekends as Friday and Saturday-night revellers blatantly flout the CBD liquor ban.Hospital staff urge public input
By GRANT BRYANT in Queenstown - The Southland Times
Lakes District Hospital doctors and nurses say planned changes to Wakatipu healthcare services lack clarity and need more public input.
Man rescued after jetski sinks
The Southland Times
A 40-year-old Arrowtown man was pulled out of the Kawarau River just below the Kawarau Falls bridge yesterday afternoon after his jetski sank.
Couple beeched on road to wedded bliss
By DEBBIE JAMIESON - The Southland Times
An Invercargill couple found an unusual impediment to wedded bliss when a massive red beech tree blocked their path to Milford Sound last week.
Wanaka St John on target
By CRIS JOHNSTON in Wanaka - The Southland Times
After nearly 12 months of fundraising, Wanaka St John has reached its $180,000 target for a new four-wheel-drive ambulance.
P lab accused makes third appearance
One of two Christchurch men charged in relation to a P lab found in an Invercargill motel on March 2 made a brief appearance in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.
Pair's assault 'blots good record'
Previous good character and no criminal history were taken into account at the sentencing in the Invercargill District Court yesterday of two men for an assault and burglary.
It was arson: police
City hire firm fined $3000
Queenstown woman savours life at sea
Working on a superyacht owned by a top European financier sounded like a dream job – and for 24 year old Queenstown woman Sophie Gibbs, it was.
Laptop learning
A pupil at Salford Primary is typing in "Crazy disco man cartoon" into Google on his laptop.
The bucket and beyond
Hornets to make flying visit at airshow
Hall or nothing
Adam Hall is on top of the world after dramatically winning the standup slalom skiing gold at the Winter Paralympics but it's been one heck of a battle to get there for the disabled and inspirational Otago athlete, as Daryl Holden explains.
People felt pressured
No one drowned. No one was electrocuted. No one succumbed to disease. But people did die from the 1984 floods.
Your say: The 1984 floods
The floods of 1984 had a wide impact throughout Southland, cutting Invercargill in half and causing devastating damage around the province.
If it's this bad now, what's still to come?
Watching as your life washes away
Flood of memories
Twenty-five years ago today, at 4am on a Friday, Invercargill declared a state of emergency.
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Gallipoli service awes Southlander
KELLY BURDON, of northern Southland, writes from overseas on the experience of being in Gallipoli on Anzac Day.
'Disregard of safety' praised
Captain John Ward MC may have served in the Australian Army, but he is recognised as New Zealand's most decorated serviceman.
The pipes call memories back
Recalling The March (audio)
Anzac services stir emotions
They may have been going to Anzac services for decades yet the emotion that stirs in southern veterans every Anzac day is still palpable.
Severe gales cancel flights
One thousand airline passengers have had their travel plans disrupted as severe gales lashed the lower North Island and east coast of the South Island.
US agreement 'won't be derailed'
Prime Minister John Key doesn't think opposition from a group of United States senators to a free trade agreement with New Zealand will derail negotiations.
New navy ship breaks down
Mining leaks on the button
Charges delayed in fatal crash
A Blenheim woman who allegedly killed a driver after speeding off from a police checkpoint and crashing will not be charged for weeks, police say.
400 homes destroyed by Tomas
Three people died, almost 400 homes were destroyed and more than 400 damaged by cyclone Tomas when it swept across Fiji last week.
Google leaving China: so what?
With speculation swirling that Google Inc will soon announce the closure of its China-based Internet portal, the reaction from some Chinese has been hurry up and leave, or simply: so what?
Obama's health reform passes
Sandstorm whips across China
Warning of maritime attacks
The United States has warned ships sailing off Yemen's coast of the risk of al Qaeda attacks similar to a suicide bombing of the USS Cole.
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City liquor ban 'being flouted'
Police probe Tweed St house fire
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Kylie's family vow to fight on
Authority aware of stood-down officers
Fraudster went to school in city
Bluff nets raw talent for special calendar
Let us sell at Easter: retailers
South's cow cockies cleaning up act
City liquor ban 'being flouted'
Queenstown woman savours life at sea
Couple beeched on road to wedded bliss
Man runs length of NZ in just 28 days
Highlanders rookie Robinson rues errors
Police probe Tweed St house fire
Whack to Wells leaves Midlands reeling
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