Ella Scott-Fleming

Robert Brash says his home is full of his wife Marta’s paintings.

A photo of a Blue Mountain College head boy doing kapa haka during last year’s Matariki celebrations has been chosen as part of an international photography competition.

Twenty-five years after more than 150 jobs were lost at the closing of the Mataura paper mill, two retired boilermen are holding a reunion to reconnect.

In pointing out the gap in price between butter and margarine, a Southland MP has reminded people that dairy alternatives are a cheaper option.

A Gore meat processing plant that closed due to financial woes appears to have been bought back by one of its previous co-owners and there are signs of life on the property.

A mum and new volunteer at Gore’s toy library says she can see how much the service does for the community, and it could do with some help.

From Wednesday next week, a police officer will be available alongside Neighbourhood Support, in Mataura and Gore, fortnightly, to hear the concerns of the public.

Despite another district’s shock last-minute withdrawal, the Gore District Council has passed the southern water plan partnership with a near-unanimous vote.

A Balfour woman has been recognised for helping to bring a smile to the faces of her small rural hamlet for 25 years.

A Gore GP says a lack of beds for difficult dementia patients means they are being sedated to bring them down to a lower level of care.

A Gore 16-year-old selected to go harness racing in Brisbane this week is hoping to follow in her family’s footsteps.

Kom Haryani’s dad was into art and she started making ceramics and candles with him at a young age.

A man who siphoned over $6900 worth of petrol from a Gore self-service station did so because he was using methamphetamine and had lost his job at the meat works, a court has heard.

Cries for help to fix the southern health system came loud and clear in Gore last Tuesday, as the minister responsible for rural health heard from the struggling Southland health sector.