The Otago Regional Council is prosecuting for incidents that do not warrant a criminal conviction and a different approach is needed, a Clutha District Council councillor says in the wake of three prosecutions for effluent ponding on Clutha properties.
Balclutha Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Graeme Ferguson (left) takes the keys to the Balclutha brigade's new rural fire tanker from Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan.
West Otago Health will represent the Clutha district at the 2015 Trustpower National Community Awards, in Dunedin next March.
The search for two Owaka fishing friends missing since last Wednesday officially ended yesterday.
Rosebank School year 7 and 8 pupils (from left) Kyle Morado, Fyn Edwards, Jeremy Chaplin, Leo Koyama, and facilitator Jacob Martin experiment with light at the South Otago Museum in Balclutha yesterday.
Security cameras could be installed on Balclutha's main street before the end of the year.
A lifejacket found in Dunedin belongs to one of the two missing Owaka fishers, police say.
A ''not fully laden'' moving van which overturned on State Highway 1 just north of Balclutha yesterday was probably blown over, police say.
The sunny days of spring will bring large numbers of cyclists back to the Clutha Gold Trail, and the fine weather will allow contractors in to repair ''a major slip'' near Beaumont along the trail, Clutha Gold Trail chairman Rod Peirce says.
Stopping Tuatapere's only grocery store from going up in flames was ''the save of a lifetime'', the local fire chief says.
The search and rescue team is part of the lifeblood of Owaka, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says.
Tapanui's popular October beer festival is moving away from its original Bavarian theme this year.
A ''curious'' critically endangered New Zealand sea lion has been exploring the Esplanade at Kaka Point.
The Clutha District Council yesterday created an eight-member group to push for ultra-fast broadband in the district.
Two weeks of delays are expected at the Deborah overbridge on State Highway 1 south of Oamaru as work on the highway takes place later this month.
Main street retailers in Balclutha are feeling the pinch of lost parking and reduced pedestrian access to their shops, but as the town's $3.2million makeover nears the halfway point, many are pleased with how the work has gone.
It was third time lucky for the Lawrence Area School netball team last week.
A child playing with matches caused the fire that tore through this Milton home on the morning of August 29.
The fire that burned through the back bedroom of a Heriot shearers' quarters on August 18 is the subject of a police investigation.
Hart's Black Horse Brewery and daffodil fields are not being opened to the public this year.
