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Otago And Southland Patients To Access Advanced Cancer Imaging For The First Time

Scoop 26 Apr 2026
The new Pacific Radiology Group (PRG) clinic in central Dunedin introduces the region’s first permanent PET-CT scanner, alongside expanded MRI, CT, breast imaging, interventional procedures, ultrasound, and X-ray imaging services ....
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Super Rugby Pacific live: Otago Highlanders v Moana Pasifika

RNZ 26 Apr 2026
Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action as the Otago Highlanders take on Moana Pasifika at Te Kaha Stadium in Christchurch. Former All Blacks Julian Savea and Ngani Laumape remain sidelined for Moana ... Kick-off is 2pm. Highlanders. 1 ... Mitch Dunshea, 5 ... 1.
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Fire ban lifted in three Otago areas

Otago Daily Times 23 Apr 2026
People in the Otago Central, Lakes and Upper Waitaki areas don't need to apply for a permit to light outdoor fires from today. Photo. Getty Images. A ban on lighting outdoor fires has been lifted in three Otago areas as the weather cools ... .
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Armed police raid South Otago property

Otago Daily Times 23 Apr 2026
Police at the scene in Clarendon. Photo. Nick Brook. Armed police descended on a rural property in South Otago in a pre-planned raid this morning ... .
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Ooh la la: Chanel buys stake in Central Otago farm

Otago Daily Times 23 Apr 2026
Lammermoor Station. Photo. ODT Files. French luxury fashion house Chanel has bought a stake in a Central Otago high country station ... .
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Fallen Otago soldier's remains lost for over 100 years

Otago Daily Times 23 Apr 2026
Lance Corporal Patrick Duffy. Photo. NZDF. An Otago soldier killed in action just weeks before the end of World War 1 has finally been laid to rest in France ... .
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Central Otago arrests after alleged pounamu ring cracked

Otago Daily Times 22 Apr 2026
The size of the pounamu taken amounted to "large-scale theft", Inspector Jacqui Corner said. Photo. NZ Police. Three people have been arrested in Central Otago and the West Coast after the recovery of about a tonne of stolen pounamu, police say ... .
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Gold mine proposal divides Central Otago community

NewstalkZB 15 Apr 2026
A community split in Central Otago as the fast-track panel considers a gold-mine proposal from Australian company, ...
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High-flying Otago academic entwined in $4m drug bust

Otago Daily Times 10 Apr 2026
Drugs were hidden inside an exercise slam ball. Photo. NZ Customs Services. A Dunedin duo — featuring a high-flying academic — became entwined in a crime syndicate’s importation of at least $4m of party drugs, a court has heard ... .
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Local Community Group Files 16 Expert Reports With Fast-Track Panel Re Controversial Central Otago Mine

Scoop 09 Apr 2026
Santana spent two years and a reported $8 million preparing their application. Community groups were given 20 working days to prepare theirs, with very limited resources available to them ....
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Otago Rally revving up for its 50th year

RNZ 09 Apr 2026
The Otago Rally is revving and ready to hit the gravel for its 50th year in Dunedin with a bumper crop of competitors ... He first competed in the Otago Rally back in 2016 ... When the Otago Rally picked it ...
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Unlicensed Central Otago plumber's illegal work posed safety risk

Otago Daily Times 08 Apr 2026
Ben DeClifford was sentenced in the Invercargill District Court. Photo. ODT Files. A shonky plumber has been fined $8000 for illegal work at five Central Otago properties, a court has heard ... .
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