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Jones hits back at Sam Neill over 'anti-mining views'

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Jones hits back at Sam Neill over 'anti-mining views'

Shane Jones is shrugging off an attempt to paint him as a hypocrite while taking a potshot at New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill.

From children’s tunes to blues, local artist returns for mini fest

Lake Hāwea singer/songwriter Anna van Riel is bringing a mini festival of creativity to the...

From children’s tunes to blues, local artist returns for mini fest

Lake Hāwea singer/songwriter Anna van Riel is returning to the world of "grown up" music, after her 12-year hiatus in the world of children’s music.

Scholars to get hands-on with sustainability

Scholars to get hands-on with sustainability

A group of First Foundation scholars are in Central Otago this week learning what sustainability looks like when it is lived, not just talked about.

Rare find ‘so exciting’

A rare pink grasshopper has been spotted in the Mackenzie Basin. PHOTO: DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION

Rare find ‘so exciting’

Department of Conservation ranger Jen Schori says she could not believe her eyes as colleagues called her over during an annual grasshopper survey near Lake Tekapo in the Mackenzie Basin.

‘Red carpet experience’

The Silverscreen Soiree cast rehearse at the Weston Community Church. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

‘Red carpet experience’

Musical Theatre Oamaru (MTO) is bringing back old Hollywood glamour for its concert-style show Silverscreen Soiree — Songs from the Stage and Screen at the Scottish Hall next month.

New species named after late professor

Researcher Dr Seabourne Rust holds an artistic reconstruction of the newly described Eocene...

New species named after late professor

Ewan Fordyce’s legacy continues to grow.

Kakanui School marking 155 years

Kakanui School principal Ann Roughan in 2019. PHOTO: ALLIED MEDIA FILES

Kakanui School marking 155 years

Kakanui School is celebrating 155 years of learning by the sea this weekend, with education in the North Otago community tracing its origins back to 1870.

Entries due in for second pop-up show

The second place-getter in the Puketapu Radio Pop Up art exhibition last year, Kristen Breet,...

Entries due in for second pop-up show

The Puketapu Radio Pop Up show is back for its second year in Palmerston with art inspired by objects in the Waihemo Museum.

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Cameraman jailed over false GST claims

A photographer using a camera. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Cameraman jailed over false GST claims

A Queenstown cameraman who falsely claimed more than $1.1 million in business expenses had been on the run for 14 months, a court heard.

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Gondola may have two lines

An artist’s impression shows passengers getting on and off a cable car at a Queenstown Cable Car...

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Gondola may have two lines

A gondola system designed to overcome Queenstown’s road congestion could have two lines — connecting the town centre to both the airport and the Ladies Mile.

Region to host largest top-level drift event

Joshua La Rosa, of Invercargill, starts his first season in the D1NZ Drift Championship with a...

Region to host largest top-level drift event

Southland is gearing up to host its largest top-level drift event.

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Board entertains new site for centre rebuild

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Board entertains new site for centre rebuild

Before rebuilding the Roxburgh Entertainment Centre, a new location should be considered, the Teviot Valley Community Board says.

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Infrastructure issue ‘tip of the iceberg’

Wānaka wastewater plant. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Infrastructure issue ‘tip of the iceberg’

Two abatement notices at the Wanaka wastewater treatment plant are the tip of the iceberg and any solution requires a co-ordinated response, a regional councillor says.

Sessions to outline health plan process

Sessions to outline health plan process

A highly anticipated plan for the future of publicly funded health services in the Central Lakes region will be foreshadowed at information sessions in Queenstown, Wānaka and Cromwell next week.

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Officials facing more, worse abuse, says mayor

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Officials facing more, worse abuse, says mayor

Abuse towards elected representatives was "particularly nasty" this local election cycle and increasingly involved threats of violence, an Otago mayor says.

‘Going backwards’: need seen for extra $25m to tackle wilding pines

‘Going backwards’: need seen for extra $25m to tackle wilding pines

The head of Environment Southland has given a blunt assessment on a wilding pine issue which is plaguing parts of the country.

Pair airlifted to Christchurch Hospital after West Coast crash

Pair airlifted to Christchurch Hospital after West Coast crash

Two people were airlifted to Christchurch Hospital in a serious condition, after a crash which left eight people injured on the West Coast this afternoon.