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Eleven injured in hot air balloon crash near Arrowtown Newshub 4 hrs ago Replay Video Eleven people are injured after a hot air balloon crashed near Arrowtown. St John has confirmed to Newshub eight people have minor injuries, one person has moderate injuries, and two people have serious injuries. Police have confirmed there have been no fatalities. Those in a serious condition are being transported by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital while the others are being taken to Lakes District Hospital ...

Newsroom Landowners say if better control measures are not introduced immediately an ecological disaster is just around the corner. A new breed of rabbit has arrived on the scene in Central Otago: the ‘lifestyle rabbit’. With the growth in new multi-million dollar homes and subdivisions comes a headache for landowners. Ihug co-founder Tim Wood now avoids some parts of his 10-acre rural Wakatipu idyll because it’s too depressing to see his plantings and landscaping trashed by rabbits yet a...

Rabbits march on Queenstown © Provided by Newsroom Watch: Part 2 - A new breed of rabbit has arrived on the scene in Central Otago: the ‘lifestyle rabbit’. With the growth in new multimillion homes and subdivisions comes a headache for landowners. Ihug co-founder Tim Wood now avoids some parts of his 10-acre rural Wakatipu idyll because it’s too depressing to see his plantings and landscaping trashed by rabbits yet again. “It looks beautiful from a distance, but when you get up close...

Drivers are warned to avoid the Gibbston Highway, near Queesntown, after a 5-kilometre-long fuel spill caused several crashes.

A fuel spill has caused four crashes on State Highway 6 near Queenstown on Monday. (File photo) A person was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a truck rolled near Gibbston – one of four crashes caused by a 5-kilometre-long fuel spill near Queenstown. The incident happened on the Gibbston Highway (State Highway 6) about 5pm on Monday. The spill was roughly between the Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge and Arrow Junction – a distance of about 5 kilometres. Stuff

Mountain Scene April 9, 2021 By GUY WILLIAMS The Wakatipu Reforestation Trust will celebrate a major milestone this weekend when its 50,000th native plant goes into the ground. The moment will come tomorrow morning at Whitechapel Reserve, near Arrow Junction, where the trust’s holding the first of four planting days this autumn. Operations manager Karen O’Donahoo says the trust and its volunteers have been planting natives throughout the Wakatipu Basin since 2015, and the mi...

Press Release – NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising that resurfacing works on State Highway 6 in Central Otago will resume from Monday 25 January. The work at Arrow Junction, Ladies Mile and between Lakeside Estate and Kingston was due to be completed in the … Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising that resurfacing works on State Highway 6 in Central Otago will resume from Monday 25 January. The work at Arrow Junction, Ladies Mile and between Lakeside Estat...

Lucky escape: Trapped driver freed after truck rolls off Crown Range road 7 Jan, 2021 10:47 PM 2 minutes to read Emergency services were called to the scene at 10am. Photo / Otago Daily Times Otago Daily Times By: Mike Houlahan, Matthew Mckew Police say a young truck driver has had a lucky escape, after his vehicle wound up 50 metres down a bank off the Crown Range. Emergency services were called to the crash site near Arrow Junction about 10am today. Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews from ...

• Source:  1 NEWS A truck driver was “very, very lucky” to escape with moderate injuries after crashing off the road on the Crown Range and falling several metres down the bank. Your playlist will load after this ad A small truck coming down the Crown Range Rd lost control and went over the steel barrier and several metres down the bank, Constable Phil B...

Another main highway blocked off today is the latest in a spate of truck crashes over the past 24 hours