Steve Hepburn

Latest census figures give more weight to the need for an inland hospital, Central Otago District Mayor Tim Cadogan says.

Wānaka Airport is overstaffed and safety repairs are urgently needed, a hearing was told yesterday.

Proposed changes to regulations for trees around power lines have been blasted by the lines industry, saying they go nowhere near far enough to solving a problem which is costing the sector nearly ...

The Milford Opportunities project is in the home straight and though there is some crunch work to be done, there is confidence the project will be ready to hand on to the government.

An Invercargill 92-year-old, who is in a wheelchair, wonders how he will do his banking after Westpac announced it was shutting its Windsor branch in the city.

Positive progress has been made on the Rugby Park saga in Invercargill but there is no guarantee the park will stay.

Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark says he will support any Southland sporting team but he personally does not like rugby as a sport to watch.

Wind farms built in the South were in full flow yesterday, as a generator says more farms planned will significantly de-risk the threat of power cuts.

They are only a couple of signs but they have been labelled embarrassing and shameful by those in charge in East Otago.

The much maligned cabins at Taylor Park in Milton are set to go, with the park returned to a camping ground, with a bigger footprint.

The once super-popular Goldrush adventure race may be back on the calendar but whether it gets to the start line depends on funding being received to stage the event.

Lowering the dam — which fed Lawrence’s water supply — just before summer was always going to be risky, the Lawrence Community Board chairman says.

The liquor is still flowing down south, as is the giving.

The doors have shut on another country pub in the South — with the publican describing it as a tragedy.