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Egdon Resource says extending its drilling plans could provide valuable onshore oil reserves.

Two days after a report by the Associated Press detailing a meeting Governor Kristi Noem had with the head of an appraisal regulatory program, her daughter, and other top officials, the governor says she did not ask for special treatment.

Chris McKeen/Stuff The main clearance of pine trees and surrounding natives has been completed in Western Springs Forest. He said it was decided that moving away from Visser’s advice provided a better outcome than spreading the felling and removal of trunks over several years. “That would have been more damaging than doing it once.” Clearing a wider area, chipping logs on site and then replanting with natives across the whole area would get the full regeneration underway sooner, he sai...

The creation of a targeted rate for improving Timaru's CBD is a step closer with councillors voting to include consultation for a Business Improvement District in this year’s Long Term Plan.

The creation of a targeted rate for improving Timaru's CBD is a step closer with councillors voting to include consultation for a Business Improvement District in this year’s Long Term Plan.