Statue off for makeover
Statue off for makeover
After 20 years, Gore’s guitar statue is getting a much-needed facelift and will be back just in time for the country music festival in May.
Ella Scott-Fleming
$130k fine for farm discharge
$130k fine for farm discharge
A Mataura dairy farmer has been fined $130,000 for contaminating a nearby stream with effluent resulting in the death of thousands of eels and other threatened marine life.
Emotional victory
Emotional victory
Hokonui’s marching girls were in tears after a "tough" performance at their third national championship last weekend.
Cider tasting marks season at distillery
Cider tasting marks season at distillery
An Autumn’s Harvest event will be held at the Old Hokonui Museum & Distillery, where attendees will be able to taste apple cider brewed by the museum’s own in-house distiller, Steve Nally.
Show at risk due to numbers
Show at risk due to numbers
A Riversdale art show that has been running for 50 years may be cancelled this winter due to a lack of volunteers.
Goal to make town known for bike trails
Goal to make town known for bike trails
A lone retiree has been working away on a community bike trail in Gore with the generous help of some local landowners.
Gold Guitars’ 50th to feature past winners
Gold Guitars’ 50th to feature past winners
As country music’s popularity surges across the globe, Eastern Southland is also lapping up the growing interest in the genre.
$130K fine for discharge from farm
$130K fine for discharge from farm
A Mataura dairy farmer has been fined $130,000 for contaminating a nearby stream with effluent resulting in the death of thousands of eels and other threatened marine life.
'One of the worst things I've ever seen or smelt or felt in my life'
'One of the worst things I've ever seen or smelt or felt in my life'
A Mataura dairy farmer has been fined $130,000 for contaminating a nearby stream, resulting in the death of thousands of eels.
Musicians sing out to fund cancer treatment
Musicians sing out to fund cancer treatment
A lineup of all-female musicians sang their hearts out last night to help raise funds for a beloved Gore native’s $800,000 cancer treatment.
Principal slams use of Aussie school lunches
Principal slams use of Aussie school lunches
A box of school lunches from Western Australia has made its way to the bottom of the country.
‘Tinā’ helps us remember our teachers
Review: Tinā helps quake-traumatised Chch private school students
Formidable teacher Tinā and her choir of upper-class Christchurch private school misfits use music to work through their earthquake trauma.
Paintings of life in a hyperealistic style
Paintings of life in a hyperealistic style
Luminous paintings by a Gore-born artist who captured quiet kitchen still-lifes with reverent detail has opened at a local gallery.
Top spot owed to fresh blood: captain
Top spot owed to fresh blood: captain
Fresh blood has given new life to a Gore cricket team, leading them to the top spot, their captain said.
Writer turns back the clock for new novel
Writer turns back the clock for new novel
A New Zealand landscape painter is releasing his third novel, featuring characters affected by World War 1, with themes of domestic violence, all told against the backdrop of rural Southland.
’70s sounds set to soothe
’70s sounds set to soothe
If you are interested an evening of live music with ’70s folk influences, the local gallery has what you need.
Lawyer blames ‘youthful stupidity’ for air gun spree
Lawyer blames ‘youthful stupidity’ for air gun spree
A teenager shot an air gun at members of the public in Gore, before targeting a roadworker, a court has heard.
‘Adults only’ hour at pool a thank you to patrons
‘Adults only’ hour at pool a thank you to patrons
The local pool is trying out giving adults some peace and quiet to get their laps in, child-free.
Matrimonial history on display
Matrimonial history on display
An array of wedding dresses from bygone eras were on display at a Gore pioneer village on Sunday.
The unlikely story of Irish migration to the South told
The unlikely story of Irish migration to the South told
When Otago and Southland were meant to be Presbyterian Scottish settlements, how did the Irish get in?