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• $3.5m rebuild under way to resurrect historic Banks Peninsula jetty

  Work to rebuild a 148-year-old jetty at Governors Bay has started.

• 'Dream come true': $52m Langlands hotel opens

  The Langlands, Invercargill's newest hotel, has been compared with staying in the Big Apple.

• Clinton teacher farewelled

  A pleasing ceremony took place at the Clinton School, when the chairman, members of the committee and parents assembled to say good-bye to Miss McIntyre, who was leaving to take up another position in the St Clair School.

• Mix-up may sink reopening of water park

  A stoush is brewing over the over whether Kiwi Water Park can operate its inflatable amusement park on Lake Dunstan this summer.

• A rather remarkable NZ native

  Nestled atop native forest trees and occasionally rocks throughout the North Island to the tip of the South Island lives a species of Pittosporum endemic to New Zealand with quite a unique habit — its ability to cling and survive on the surface of other plants (otherwise known as an epiphyte).

• Fraser passionate about giving back all she's learned

  Elyse Fraser started out in a boat, moved to a pursuit bike and has now graduated to coaching. The former Dunedin woman tells Adrian Seconi about a journey that has had a few bumps.

• Mix-up may sink water park reopening

  A stoush is brewing over whether the Kiwi Water Park can operate its inflatable amusement park on Lake Dunstan this summer.

• 'Waste of time': Dairy owner faces 13yo ram-raider at family group conference

  The owner of a Canterbury dairy targeted four times by youths believes a family group conference was a waste of time.

• Mother of dead teen 'shattered' by crime

  A mother whose son was killed in a high-speed crash says she is "shattered" to hear the driver responsible is back in court.

• Breakers concentrating on defensive end

  The New Zealand Breakers open their Australian National Basketball League campaign on the road against Melbourne United on Sunday afternoon.

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