It is all right to report domestic
violence, is the message Janice Paterson, the former partner
of Gore district councillor Steven Dixon, is sending to the
community after he was sentenced this week.
It could be a lean Christmas for many families in the region
as Gore and Districts Budget Advice Service is already
extremely busy, co-ordinator Jenny Buchanan says.
Grey Power is concerned a reduction in home-care services
might be adversely affecting some elderly people who
previously received a higher level of service, Grey Power New
Zealand health spokesman Dick Stark, of Gore, says.
A TV3 news report on Mataura's redevelopment
plans which focussed on rundown buildings and the
"pungent smell" from the meatworks could have set
revitalisation plans back 12 months, community leaders say.
When Rosemary Allen was young, her father made her an
elaborate dolls' house but, when the family moved to England
in 1951, the beautiful toy was sold.
Tennis enthusiasts will be stringing up their rackets in
anticipation of the Eastern Southland Tennis Competition,
which is due to start on October 17.
Adventure Development drug and alcohol clinician Madeleine
Peacock is to visit drug and alcohol programmes in
Birmingham, the United Kingdom, as part of a Rotary Club
study exchange.
