Rachel Taylor

A house in Halsey St, Clinton, was destroyed in a suspicious fire early on Saturday.

Efforts to protect Milton from future surface flooding have begun, with the first phase of Milton's new storm water pump station and drainage system under way.

The Clutha District Council is vowing to get tough on farmers who store baleage on road reserves and cause mud, animal waste and ice to build up on road surfaces, endangering motorists.

A Balclutha postie who rescued a 90-year-old partially sighted and deaf man with no sense of smell from his burning house on Saturday believes that had he got there a minute or two later "it would have been really bad".

Clutha Vets in Milton is refitting its offices in response to increased demand for veterinary services in the Tokomairiro, Taieri and Lawrence areas, especially from the dairy sector.

Tucked away behind an unassuming concrete office in High St, Balclutha, is the factory floor of one of the town's best kept secrets: Classic Wood Products.

The 109-year-old Britannia Theatre building in Clyde St, Balclutha, is to be demolished.

The kitchen can be a dangerous place, full of hot and sharp objects, which is bad enough when you can see. How do blind people manage?

Police in Lawrence are concerned at the number of motorists travelling too fast when passing stationary school buses.

Hitching a ride to Dunedin with her best friend's husband inspired Jane Blair to donate a kidney.

A new drug treatment programme that staff describe as "the way forward" began at the Otago Corrections Facility at Milburn this week.

Prisoner aid and rehabilitation society Otago volunteer Rosemary Elder buys books by the arm-load at the fifth annual Rotary and Inner Wheel book sale, being held this week in the Balclutha Memorial Hall.

A four-hour rescue dash early yesterday from Stewart Island to Curio Bay "worked out perfectly", according to the skipper of the boat which towed a fellow Bluff fishing vessel to safety.