Samuel White

Whether the "Lamb Cutters Nutters" raft sinks or swims in tomorrow’s  Big River Raft Race, the crew steering the ship on its maiden voyage just want to have fun.

Bev's Allen’s kitchen was a "mess" yesterday as she rushed to finish making 1000 pikelets to feed the hungry competitors in tomorrow’s  annual Papatowai Challenge.

A grant of $500,000  from the Government is the latest shot in the arm for a natural heritage centre at Curio Bay,  construction of which will begin this month.

An increase in freedom campers leaving behind mess in the Catlins has dismayed and frustrated locals.

A South Otago woman is one of 20 recognised for services to netball at an annual meeting in the weekend.

The South Otago Theatrical Society is on the hunt for hundreds of past members as its jubilee performance approaches.

An Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter takes off from the scene of a single-vehicle crash about 27km south of Beaumont in Clutha River Rd yesterday afternoon.

With  the future of Telford still uncertain as discussions continue, South Otago reporter Samuel White steps on to the grass to see what the mood is like for students and staff at the...

They are here. They are there. They are everywhere.

A pair of candlestick holders from the Surat shipwreck of 1873, in the Catlins, have been given to the Owaka Museum by a descendant of survivors of the wreck.

Kaka Point Surf Life Saving Club members carried the club's newly arrived double-hull catamaran-style canoe into the surf at Kaka Point on Tuesday.

A  rise in domestic violence in Clinton is of concern,  police say.

Clutha residents have less than a week to submit their views on several proposals aimed at improving the Balclutha area, including a $5.4 million overhaul of the War Memorial Hall.

Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan had a "good look around" as a potential buyer at an open day for the developing Plantation Heights subdivision in Balclutha recently.

A West Otago resident will be running a marathon for the first time next month —  to raise money and awareness to help families, like his own, who have been affected by neurological diseases.

A pair of kayakers had to be winched away by rescue helicopter after they became trapped on some rocks at Nugget Point yesterday.

Tenants living in a group of council-owned housing units in Balclutha will soon be able to park their cars off the street  for the first time.

A significant section of development beachfront land, with resource consent in place to be subdivided into several lots, has come on the market in the Catlins.

The Owaka playground will be replaced  later this year if all goes according to plan.