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Your weather: South Island drops to freezing -10C, but sun set to shine
Even in lockdown the sun is set to shine and you can still go out to fish, walk or ride.
Latest from Twizel
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Proposed mothballing of Hermitage Hotel a blow to Twizel, Mt Cook Village residents
Drop in tourism has put 170 jobs on the line at Mt Cook's Hermitage Hotel.
Coronavirus: School sports events cancelled
Coronavirus throws school winter sports in doubt.
Massive $35m Lotto jackpot: NZ's second-biggest ever prize up for grabs
$30 million was up for grabs in the Lotto draw but Powerball rolled over.
OIO orders rich foreign investors to sell sensitive South Island properties
A foreign investor's buy-up of sensitive land breached the Overseas Investment Act.
Locals believe small town's golden ticket Lotto jackpot won by visitor
"It would have been pretty hard for a local to have kept it real quiet ..."
'I wasn't in a rush to claim the prize': $17.1m Lotto winner found at last
The lucky Lotto winner has been tracked down.
Summer stunner: 30C on the cards for lucky few
It will beach time for most of New Zealand today.
How to find the missing Lotto millionaire: Private investigator explains
Eighteen days have passed since the prize was won but no one has claimed it yet.
$17m search: Lotto eyes private investigator to track down missing winner
You can almost hear James Bond Theme playing - it's time to track down a millionaire.
Lotto's $17m prize: How much the winner loses in interest each day
The massive Powerball First Division numbers were struck on December 28, 16 days ago.
Unclaimed $17m Lotto ticket: Tracking down the winner
Only 2 per cent of winners don't claim their prizes, so it's likely they'll come forward.
Mystery Lotto winner: Could you be sitting on $17.1 million?
Lotto urges people who bought tickets at Twizel's The Market Store to check their tickets.
What a way to start 2020! Aucklander wins $1m in Lotto
A lucky Lotto punter in the City of Sails has won $1 million tonight.
$17.1m Lotto win: 'It's such a big thing for a small town'
Canterbury customers have been checking their Lotto tickets with a touch of apprehension.
Girl who died horse riding named
Eliza-Jayne Coetzee, 13, died after falling from a horse in Omarama.
Think yesterday was cold? Looking back on NZ's coldest day
At -25.6C, New Zealand's coldest day, in 1903, caused frostbite and burst bottles.
Holiday road toll at 3 after fatal crash in Canterbury
The long weekend road toll his risen to three after a fatal crash in Canterbury.
Father-of-three dies in farm accident
"It's crazy how freak accidents can just happen": Friend of dead Twizel farm worker.
Rep rowers win rare victory
Whanganui rowers frank their rep selection form by helping North beat South over Easter.
Aussie air force plane freaks out South Island local
'What in the actual world just happened?'
Seven people injured, one critically, in crash near Twizel
The crash happened at about 7.30am and involved two vehicles.
'Mangled mess': Three Chinese tourists dead, five injured in Tekapo crash
One of the first people at the scene of the triple fatal crash describes the scene.
'Get off the road': Couple's shock at NZ attitude to cyclists
Cyclist couple met with kindness in India and Vietnam - but sworn at in the South Island.
World-record angler - leave me be or I'll hide the mega-fish
It would be the biggest brown trout ever - if it ever emerges.
Mystery surrounds 'monster' trout caught in canal - or was it?
"Monster" 25 kg trout said to have been caught in South Island hydro canal.
Squatter living in remote South Island hut given boot by council
Mackenzie Council has trespassed the man living at the hut with his dog and horse.
'It could have been any of us in that helicopter'
The three men went to work yesterday to make a difference in conservation.
Calls for changes to 'horrendous' intersection following latest death
"Unfortunately it seems like people have to die before anything gets done."