Southland

Assessor Lance Nicholas (left) poses with the winners of the 2013 Tautuku Cup for land-based search and rescue, a Dunedin LandSAR team made up of (from second left) Nick Wells, Dave Robertson, Juliette Parsons, Sharna Klyne, Stefan Torst, John Gilbert and Sonia Evers (front), on Stewart Island at the weekend.

The Gore District Council has received 28 submissions to its 2013-14 draft annual plan.

Veteran broadcaster Peter Williams will be guest speaker at the 2013 Gore District Community Awards on November 1.

A teenage runaway has been taken into the care of Child, Youth and Family.

Nine young people from the Gore district will vie for the title of the Gold Guitar young ambassador.