The Regions

A man who denied dangerous driving had passed a vehicle in the Cromwell Gorge when oncoming traffic was close, Judge Stephen O'Driscoll has found.

Proposed 7.5% average rate rise next financial year will be considered by the Waitaki District Council on Tuesday, in debate on the draft long-term plan.

Pedestrians who choose to walk on roads at night, whether drunk or sober, ought to carry a light and wear a dayglow or reflective jacket, Otago-Southland region coroner David Crerar says.

A dairy farm worker has died after being trapped underwater by his quad bike near Invercargill overnight.

Why the body of a coalminer showed no sign of damage from the massive explosion that tore through the Pike River Mine was one of two enduring puzzles scrutinised at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the disaster today.

South Otago business owner Joanna Lowery has been named provisional winner of the Clutha District Council by-election for the Bruce ward.