As the news that H&J Smith Department Store, beloved by generations of Southlanders, was set to close reverberated around the nation this week, Debbie Porteous was among the many who surely felt a little bit like crying.
Budgets for projects in the Queenstown-Lakes district over the next 10 years have been rejigged to find another $37million for the new arterial road through the town’s centre.
A central government probe into the Invercargill City Council appears to trace back to a chance phone call to the city’s chief executive eight months before the matter became public.
The Outram Rodeo Club, which is holding its main rodeo today, will host a second rodeo on Saturday after the Mataura Club had to postpone its annual event.
As work continues to get ready for demolition of the former Cadbury Factory in Dunedin, potential demolition contract tenderers are being shown through the old factory.