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Clutha Leader, 15 Oct 2026

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The Clutha Leader has been delivering quality community news to homes in the Clutha district since 1874, and continues to be a trusted source of local stories that matter most to you. We’re always on the lookout for the next great story and committed to showcasing the best of local business, all while remaining firmly at the heart of our community.

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ArticleOwaka shearer wins Merino Shears

Owaka’s Duncan Leslie was a sur­prise vic­tor in the open shear­ing at the recent New Zea­l­and merino shears at Alex­an­dra. His win secured a place in the New Zea­l­and tran­st­as­man shear­ing and wool­hand­ling team. It was Leslie’s first open...

Owaka shearer wins Merino Shears

ArticleClutha crushes recyc­ling project

Clutha has another ini­ti­at­ive to make recyc­ling easier, as New World Bal­clutha becomes the first South Island Food­stuffs store to trial a com­munity soft­plastics com­pacter. The three­month trial enabled any­one to put clean, dry, soft­plastic...

Clutha crushes recyc­ling project

Article‘Acci­dental’ long ser­vice

A reluct­ant hero of local gov­ern­ment, who has rep­res­en­ted Lawrence and sur­rounds for the past 37 years, may be New Zea­l­and’s longest­serving com­munity board mem­ber. Cur­rent Lawren­ceTuapeka Com­munity Board chair­man Geoff Dav­id­son was...

‘Acci­dental’ long ser­vice

ArticleSun­shine short­fall defen­ded

South Otago res­id­ents are say­ing a sunny wel­come may count for more than sunny con­di­tions, fol­low­ing new fig­ures put­ting Bal­clutha at the bot­tom of the national table for sun­shine hours. Stats NZ fig­ures released recently placed the...

Sun­shine short­fall defen­ded