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A couple's been charged with defrauding a person over two years - with bogus cancer treatment bills to the tune of more than one-million-dollars

14 August 2025

A couple's been charged with defrauding a person over two years - with bogus cancer treatment bills to the tune of more than one-million-dollars

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Central Otago's troubled Shotover wastewater treatment plant is going to be checked on less regularly
	14 Aug: Central Otago's troubled Shotover wastewater treatment plant is going to be checked on less regularly... more

Christian Lio-Willie returns to the Otago side for their NPC match away to Wellington this weekend
	13 Aug: Christian Lio-Willie returns to the Otago side for their NPC match away to Wellington this weekend... more

A coroner has found failure to wear seatbelts contributed to the deaths of four men in a Canterbury crash
	13 Aug: A coroner has found failure to wear seatbelts contributed to the deaths of four men in a Canterbury crash... more

Another two men have been charged with murder in relation to a 20-year-old's death after a brawl in Hamilton last month
	12 Aug: Another two men have been charged with murder in relation to a 20-year-old's death after a brawl in Hamilton last month... more

Queenstown's benefiting from another influx of winter tourists
	12 Aug: Queenstown's benefiting from another influx of winter tourists... more

Belief that our trans-Tasman friends are keeping tourism strong in Queenstown
	12 Aug: Belief that our trans-Tasman friends are keeping tourism strong in Queenstown... more

Feedback is open on a new draft Traffic and Parking Bylaw for the Queenstown Lakes District
	11 Aug: Feedback is open on a new draft Traffic and Parking Bylaw for the Queenstown Lakes District... more

Delight for Northland replacement hooker James Mullan after his second-half hat-trick steered the Taniwha to a 22-17 NPC win over Southland in Whangarei
	9 Aug: Delight for Northland replacement hooker James Mullan after his second-half hat-trick steered the Taniwha to a 22-17 NPC win over Southland in Whangarei... more

Northland prop Marcel Renata is relishing his new home up north for the NPC rugby campaign, ahead of tonight's round-two contest against Southland in Whangarei
	8 Aug: Northland prop Marcel Renata is relishing his new home up north for the NPC rugby campaign, ahead of tonight's round-two contest against Southland in Whangarei... more

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