Gerrit Doppenberg

Balfour School is officially "re-opened" at full capacity, and the Southland school looks flash with new buildings and facilities.

The Gore District Council has some room to grow, after a mixed bag of results from their first staff survey.

Former Mayor Tracy Hicks, alongside departing Gore District Councillors were given their flowers at last week’s council meeting.

A three-yearly audit of Gore Health has praised the excellent levels of care provided to its patients.

The future of arts and heritage funding in the Gore district will be in the hands of the new council.

The Gore District Council has had its fair share of press in the past three years.

Two candidate meetings last week were less handshakes and more fist shakes as frustrations boiled over.

A quiz night, bake sale and raffle have the Māruawai College senior basketball team ready to go in their pursuit of national greatness.

The Whiskey Creek Challenge lived up to its name, with competitors battling not only the clock but also the conditions.

A post-war social group might have diminished around New Zealand, but it is still thriving at the Gore RSA.

A veteran of the darts game will once again take to the world stage, with a casual demeanour masking a breadth of experience and competitive spirit.

Is Gore the tourist trap some in the community would purport it to be, or does the town need to reel in big business in order to survive?

Once the crown jewel of a Waikaia resident’s fence line, three sets of stag antlers have been stolen in a brazen heist.

After a late call-up to the nationals, Māruawai College’s senior basketball team need help to get to Palmerston North.

The Balfour Scouts and Cubs have been hard at work, earning a new community badge through charity work and volunteering.

The Mataura Licensing Trust’s (MLT) donation of $60,000 to an Invercargill dementia facility has Gore Health calling for transparency in its decision-making.