For the first time females outnumber men studying at Lincoln University, helped significantly by female enrolments at its Telford campus in Balclutha. Hamish MacLean finds women are on the rise on the farming front.
The Southern Scenic Route reopened yesterday after a major slip on the Chaslands Highway in the South Catlins closed it last month.
In its 27th year, the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards will be an emotional one for organisers, this year's main organiser, Wade Paterson, says.
It is regrettable councils will be able to feed back only on ''fringe issues'' at Local Government New Zealand's annual meeting, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says.
Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan has stepped down after two years as the chair of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs to focus on his ''first love and priority'' - the mayoralty of the Clutha district.
Clutha's water quality project ''went live'' this month but without funding support from the Otago Regional Council.
The West Otago Vintage Museum is set to expand even further.
Tokomairiro High School has lost a fixture. Office manager Ruth Robins (73) retired at the end of the term, after 35 years at the school.
Snow in the Catlins is causing headaches after several road closures forced motorists to take detours.
Lowering the speed limit outside the Clutha Valley Primary School will be welcomed by the community, the rural school's principal says.
The Clutha District Council did not award a single cent from its $11,000 biodiversity fund last financial year.
A major slip on the Chaslands Highway could deal a major blow to tourism in the Catlins.
Work on the Beaumont Bridge seems to have been going on forever. What's going on? Why hasn't NZTA simply replaced the bridge? How much has been spent and when is the work going to end? Hamish MacLean finds out.
''Poverty and hunger'' in the world is an issue year 13 Tokomairiro High School pupil Rowan Blackbourn cares about - and now has a chance to learn about.
Two vans crashed minutes apart on icy South Otago roads yesterday morning.
Southern veterinarians believe they have linked the deaths of hundreds of dairy cows in Southland last winter to the use of herbicide tolerant (HT) swedes as feed.
In the five years, two months and 27 days that Beaumont Hotel lease-holder Alison Mills has run the hotel and country pub on the western side of the Clutha River at the Beaumont Bridge, she has seen the bridge undergoing maintenance or repairs roughly every six months.
A year has passed since Steve Hill (53) took the reins of the Clutha District Council as its chief executive. Mr Hill moved to Balclutha from Tauranga, where he was Western Bay of Plenty District Council manager for regulatory and customer services. He and his wife Lana have two adult children and a Newfoundland dog named Maddie. Now that Mr Hill has had time to settle into his role and life in the Clutha, Hamish Maclean finds out his impressions of the people and the place.
The Clutha District Council has bought 8ha of land - the former Rosebank Sawmill site - to promote industrial growth in the area.
A slip near the Otago-Southland boundary in the Catlins has closed the Southern Scenic Route between Papatowai and the Niagara-Tokanui Highway.
