Waihola

A Waihola man has admitted he set fire to one car and tried to burn eight others and the local publican after being thrown out of a bar in June because he was drunk.

Waihola Coco Loco Espresso owner Churchill Walls (left) and friend Ross Menzies enjoy a cup of coffee at the town's newest coffee shop.

Debate surrounds drainage issues plaguing the Waihola camping ground, and its owners are frustrated with a lack of action.

An Invercargill man whose close friend has died in Dunedin Hospital three days after the powerboat they were racing in crashed on Lake Waihola, says she had been rapt to finally crew in a race.