Glenn Conway

Gore ratepayers may provide more money to help the district's children learn to swim.

One hundred and twenty-five years of rugby in Lawrence was celebrated over Easter.

The roar of grass karts will be heard near Milton over the next two days.

Developers of a major wind farm in Southland are considering trying to fast-track the $390 million project by asking Environment Minister Nick Smith to call in the proposal, which may mean the application is only heard once.

The fate of a small wind farm, planned for one of Clutha's highest points, is still up in the air.

An art exhibition with an Easter theme, crafted by a former Milton woman, is being held in the town.

It may have reported another surplus of more than $2 million last year, but Telford Rural Polytechnic's long-term future will depend on how it can identify where it fits in the tertiary education landscape, its annual meeting heard yesterday.

Gore ratepayers can expect rates rises of no more than 4.5% over the next decade except in three years' time when the introduction of recycling services will add an estimated 12% to the rates demands around the district.

Three South Otago men have been charged with drink-driving offences after being breath-tested by police over the last few days.

Two Telford Rural Polytechnic equine students, injured in a car crash nearly two weeks ago, remain in Dunedin Hospital.

Motorists driving south between Oamaru and Edendale on State Highway 1 will soon notice more "rumble strips" fitted along the roadside as authorities bump up the number of strips they claim can help save lives on the road.