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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 by ambulance. © Newshub / Garth Dawson. Watch footage from the scene. "We have dispatched two hel...

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 again. “It looks beautiful from a distance, but when you get up close, it’s an absolute ecologic...

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, it’s an absolute ecological disaster. It’s out of control. We’re back at the late eighties a...

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