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![New app shows breastfeeding friendly spots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New app shows breastfeeding friendly spots
Some new software released in Dunedin yesterday will be a breath of fresh air for breast-feeding mums.
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Hundreds of tourists dodging $200 fines
Hundreds of overseas tourists caught freedom camping illegally in the Queenstown Lakes area are leaving the country without paying the $200 fine.
![$50k bounty for fugitives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
$50k bounty for fugitives
A fugitive couple on the run from police sold their getaway vehicle in Dunedin, the man offering a $50,000 bounty for their capture says.
![Man 'critical' after van fall at 100kmh](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Man 'critical' after van fall at 100kmh
A young man is in critical condition after falling from a van on a "joy ride" travelling at 100 kmh through the Cromwell Gorge.
![Trainer dies after horse ramp drops](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Trainer dies after horse ramp drops
Horse racing trainer Steve Anderton has died in hospital after a freak accident at the family stables near Mosgiel yesterday.
![Room check: Kinloch Lodge, Glenorchy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Room check: Kinloch Lodge, Glenorchy
Shandelle Battersby checks into a remote Central Otago lodge that's worth the journey.
![Dead puppy in suitcase 'suspicious'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dead puppy in suitcase 'suspicious'
The death of a puppy found inside a suitcase in a Milton cemetery is being treated as suspicious, a SPCA Otago inspector says.
![Trouble-plagued ship's new woes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Trouble-plagued ship's new woes
Trouble has again hit the Melilla 201. It's been tied up at a Dunedin wharf for two years, and nearly ran aground as it tried to leave yesterday.
![21 days to get rid of 22 cats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
21 days to get rid of 22 cats
'The time has come for reality to sink in,' said a judge as he ordered an Invercargill woman to dispose of 22 of cats.
!['Explosive' fire risk for South Island](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Explosive' fire risk for South Island
Department of Conservation gives warning as ground crews launch another onslaught against a large scrub fire ripping through more than 300ha at Arthurs Pass.
![Tourist who had keys confiscated fined](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Tourist who had keys confiscated fined
An Australian tourist driver who had his car keys taken from him by a member of the public while driving on the Lindis Pass earlier this month has been fined.
![Hot time down on the farm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hot time down on the farm
A teenage farmhand became an accidental hero after keeping a potentially disastrous scrub fire at bay.
![Electricity settlement win for 'wee guy'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Electricity settlement win for 'wee guy'
He spent 18 months without power after his electricity supplier refused to reconnect him after a storm. Now he's won an out-of-court settlement - and an apology.
![Invercargill 'cat lady' denies charges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Invercargill 'cat lady' denies charges
An Invercargill woman went to great lengths to hide her face yesterday during a court hearing over the 25 cats she keeps on her property.
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Search underway for missing swimmer in Cromwell
A search is underway for a swimmer who went missing in Cromwell in Central Otago this afternoon.
![German tramper feared missing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
German tramper feared missing
A search and rescue operation is underway near Queenstown after a German tourist failed to return a locator beacon by his "panic date".
![Deadly object to remain a mystery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Deadly object to remain a mystery
The object that flew through a windscreen, killing a young driver, has never been found - and now a coroner has said, it's unlikely that it ever will be.
![Key-taking driver unapologetic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Key-taking driver unapologetic
'Would you rather have distressed kids in the back of the car, or dead kids splattered across the windscreen?' A man defends taking keys off a tourist driver.
!['Severe' thunderstorm warning for Otago](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Severe' thunderstorm warning for Otago
Severe thunderstorms may hit Dunedin, North Otago and Clutha this afternoon bringing heavy rain and hail as large as 20mm to some areas, MetService warns.
![Driver confiscated tourist's keys](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Driver confiscated tourist's keys
A member of the public stopped a tourist driving a rental car on the Lindis Pass and took the vehicle's keys, after narrowly avoiding a head-on collision.
![Gust blows boy 1km across lake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Gust blows boy 1km across lake
"He had the wind up him, so to speak." A 5-year-old was found clutching on to reeds after being blown across Lake Waihola on an inflatable toy this afternoon.
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'Always in my heart. Love, Mum. xx'
She still thinks of them every day. Katharine Webb has penned a touching memoriam for her two children, killed at the hands of their father.
![Driver's speeding excuse after pursuit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Driver's speeding excuse after pursuit
A driver who stole a car and drove it 28km at speeds of up to 160kmh told police he didn't stop, because he had no licence and had been drinking.
![Overpaid caretakers to cough up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Overpaid caretakers to cough up
Two men employed by a high school in Otago have been ordered to repay the school's board following a Novopay error.
![Barbed wire laid across beach access](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Barbed wire laid across beach access
''It's pretty disappointing and done by a sick mind," says a man who discovered dozens of pieces of barbed wire across an accessway to a Dunedin beach.