Allison Rudd

Resident paid $25,000 race 'rights fee'

Resident paid $25,000 race 'rights fee'

The Bluff resident who put forward the idea of an Auckland to Bluff international yacht race is to be paid a $25,000 ''rights fee'', the budget for the inaugural race shows.

Easy Rider skipper slammed in report

Easy Rider skipper slammed in report

The failings and poor decision-making of Easy Rider skipper Rewai Karetai are highlighted in a damning report into the sinking of the fishing vessel in Foveaux Strait last year, which left eight people dead.

Hurt husky saved by acts of kindness

Hurt husky saved by acts of kindness

How a young purebred husky came to be wandering lost and injured in the Catlins remains a mystery, but the kindness of strangers has seen the dog saved from death.

Quest for semi-rural playground

The organisation which runs most of Southland's kindergartens wants to buy a back yard for urban children who have no access to a semi-rural playground.

Council not backing route without assurances

Council not backing route without assurances

Southland District councillors have decided they do not have enough information to indicate support for a proposed highway linking Haast to Milford Sound via the Hollyford Valley.

Debate recommended on Haast-Milford road

Debate recommended on Haast-Milford road

A controversial proposal to build a highway linking Haast to Milford Sound via the Hollyford Valley should be supported in principle by the Southland District Council, council chief executive Dave Adamson recommends.

Support for new council system

The Local Government Commission ''substantially supported'' the new representational structure for the Southland District Council, which the council itself proposed, chief executive Dave Adamson said this week.

'Hobbit' release spurs visitor preparations

'Hobbit' release spurs visitor preparations

Just a minute is enough to get Fiordland tourism promoters excited.

Call for collective water storage focus

Call for collective water storage focus

It is time for Southlanders collectively to think about building water storage reservoirs to prepare for future dry spells such as the one being experienced, Federated Farmers Southland provincial president Russell MacPherson says.

'Severe low flows' in some rivers

'Severe low flows' in some rivers

More Southland rivers have reached severe or significant low flows, but Environment Southland has held off convening its water shortage response group.