While most New Zealanders were at home watching the All Blacks beat Ireland on Saturday morning, a dozen people were helping to create ‘‘a really cool habitat for local birdlife’’.
After watching a car float down the river, a Glenorchy lodge operator says she is "furious" local authorities did not close the eroding road, despite their pleas.
Businesses are worried tourists can't reach them as a main highway connecting West Coast communities is closed north of Haast after damage from severe weather.
A North Otago farmer says he has lost trust in the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) after it supplied his personal data to Meta, the company that owns Facebook.