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• ODT quiz: September 5. 4 Sep 2025  

• McGlashan out of proposed competition. 4 Sep 2025  

  John McGlashan College. PHOTO: ODT FILES Another southern school has dropped out of the South Island Boys' Schools First XV competition.

• Practice key when stringing power lines. 4 Sep 2025  

  It may have been another day in the office for Heliventures owner and pilot Craig McMillan yesterday but his office was in the air and involved threading the needle.

• Growing pains dominant issue. 4 Sep 2025  

  Queenstown. PHOTO: ODT FILES Queenstown will be a good place when it is finished, someone once quipped. Growing pains tend to dominate when discussions about the district are aired. Queenstown reported Guy Williams looks at the issues around the council table.

• Shell requires further work to fix cracks. 4 Sep 2025  

  The shell stands more than 4m tall at Kohikohi Park in Riverton/Aparima, about 40 minutes from Invercargill. PHOTO: MATTHEW ROSENBERG/LDR A Southland town icon which underwent major refurbishment requires further repairs for small cracks and peeling, just one year on.

• Toyworld returning soon to Meridian Mall. 4 Sep 2025  

  Toyworld is set to make its return to Dunedin next month with a new store opening in the Meridian Mall.