Ella Scott-Fleming

As country music’s popularity surges across the globe, Eastern Southland is also lapping up the growing interest in the genre.

A teenager drove around the Gore town centre, firing an air gun at members of the public, before training his sights on a roadworker.

There will be ‘‘Moore’’, this small town is not done fundraising for a beloved Gore native’s $800,000 cancer treatment.

Wind farms, rising rates and a ‘‘desperate’’ level of need in Southland have made finding a rental in Gore more difficult than ever.

A local over-50s walking group have completed their annual three-day walk, despite dwindling numbers.

Northern Southland children showed off plenty of speed and strength at the Waimea sports day last week.

The Act MP in charge of gun-law reforms toured Southland to hear the hopes and fears local farmers, hunters and shooting clubs have for further changes to the legislation.

Two Gore motorcycle-lovers, who built their rare Harley 30 years ago, have been reunited with their long-lost bike.

A teenager shot an air gun at members of the public in Gore, before targeting a roadworker, a court has heard.

Almost $180,000 has been raised to help cover the cost of a Christchurch police officer's potentially lifesaving cancer treatment.

A remote Southland art show at the "edge of the world’’ has been showcasing rural artists for 20 years.

An all-female real estate office in Gore says a charity, established in the name of a slain British tourist, resonates with them as women.

This year’s Gore fly-fishing festival was an educational experience that taught visitors the art of casting a lure as well as the science of the local awa.

For his last hurrah, a Gore organic fruit and vegetable grower is selling his produce at half-price — and there are some freebies in there, too.

An annual Gore drag race aimed to provide a space for young people to speed and show off their wheels without getting in trouble with the law.

Gore has rallied and raised over $13,000 for potentially lifesaving cancer treatment.

A fiercely competitive annual firefighting contest came down to the millisecond in Mataura on Saturday.

Engines young and old were on display at the Mandeville Fly-in and Steam Festival this year.

A fiercely competitive annual firefighting contest came down to the millisecond in Mataura on Saturday.