Reduced speeds limits for schools
Reduced speeds limits for schools
More than a dozen Southland schools will have reduced speed limits during school drop-off and pickup times next year.
WDC to cover $500k event centre shortfall
WDC to cover $500k event centre shortfall
Waitaki's "place of dreams" remains on track to be built at Oamaru’s Centennial Park after the council covered a $500,000 fundraising shortfall.
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Longtime WBHS music teacher bows out
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Longtime WBHS music teacher bows out
Stephen Hinds has been fostering a love for music at Waitaki Boys’ High School for nearly four decades.
Alexandra Bailey bridge almost done
Alexandra Bailey bridge almost done
Work on a Bailey bridge to provide a temporary crossing between Rivers St and Graveyard Gully Rd over the Manuherekia River in Alexandra is nearing completion and it will be open before Christmas.
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Concern dam policy could cost farmers
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Concern dam policy could cost farmers
Federated Farmers is concerned a new policy on dams could cost farmers thousands, Environment Southland has heard.
Forest fire brought under control
Forest fire brought under control
Eight fire appliances and two helicopters with monsoon buckets were called to a forest fire south of Balclutha yesterday.
'Highly careless': Companies fined over role in Queenstown slip
'Highly careless': Companies fined over role in Queenstown slip
A major Queenstown tourism operator and two contractors have been sentenced for contributing to a landslip that inundated a residential street, forcing dozens of evacuations during record rainfall.
Adaptive Challenge growing in popularity
Adaptive Challenge growing in popularity
The Wānaka Adaptive Challenge will return to give all athletes the chance to feel the "thrill of the finish line".
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Empty building razed by ‘very intense fire’
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Empty building razed by ‘very intense fire’
A "very intense fire" in Oamaru last weekend has reduced an uninhabited building to ashes.
Dancers wow with moves
Dancers wow with moves
The Victoria Cooper Academy of Dance performers leaped and waltzed across the stage last Sunday in two sold-out sessions of The Nutcracker at the Waitaki Boys’ High School auditorium.
Final beams placed for bridge construction
Final beams placed for bridge construction
Construction of the new Kakanui bridge is ahead of schedule but so is a six-week closure of the old bridge.
'You stole my innocence': Victims confront disgraced ex-Gloriavale leader
'You stole my innocence': Victims confront disgraced ex-Gloriavale leader
The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale stole the innocence and childhood of the girls and young women he abused, a court has heard.
Knitter turns others’ tea leftover to grand design
Knitter turns others’ tea leftover to grand design
After a seeing a shawl made of tea bag strings overseas, an Alexandra woman decided to take a crack at making something "a bit more perfect" herself.
‘Blown away’ by generosity of donors
‘Blown away’ by generosity of donors
Organisers of a fundraiser for a youth road safety course say they were "blown away" by the response to the inaugural Art on the Goldfields this year.
Life bans, suspensions after fighting at U14s league final
Life bans, suspensions after fighting at U14s league final
Three people have been banned for life from the Southland Rugby League club and a finals title revoked following incidents during and after the club's U14s grand final this year.
Mayors give reform ‘fairly guarded tick’
Mayors give reform ‘fairly guarded tick’
Southland's top leaders have given a cautiously optimistic response to major resource management reform.
'I’d say it’ll probably be a bulldozer job'
'I’d say it’ll probably be a bulldozer job'
A massive blaze in an East Gore rental property has shaken neighbours and provided a less than subtle reminder for people to check their smoke alarms.
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Using sale proceeds to pay debt ‘absolute joke’
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Using sale proceeds to pay debt ‘absolute joke’
The widow of a prominent former Queenstown developer is furious the district council is putting money from selling an Arrowtown property into reducing debt rather than restoration projects in the...
Broker always lending a hand
Broker always lending a hand
In a list of unsung Queenstown heroes/heroines, you’d have to put Rebeca Barnes near the top.
Kōhanga dream taking shape
Kōhanga dream taking shape
A group of parents working to establish the Whakatipu’s first kōhanga reo in decades has started a fundraising drive to fit out its building.