Milton couple Matthew and Hannah Sutherland were the cream of the Otago dairy industry last night when they were named 2009 Otago Sharemilkers of the Year, at the Otago Dairy Industry Awards in Balclutha.
Police swooped on two Milton houses on Thursday, seizing several cannabis plants, making one arrest and promising to continue an ongoing offensive against drugs in the community.
The Northern Southland township of Riversdale came to a virtual standstill on Saturday, as hundreds turned out to say goodbye to the man who provided the thin blue line there for more than 15 years.
Miemie Cloete was a person larger than life and her legacy will live on in everyone she touched in her brief life, a memorial service for the Telford Rural Polytechnic student heard yesterday.
A jet engine, worth about $1 million, will land at The Catlins Area School on Monday, giving aviation students there and around the country a free and jet-propelled boost to their studies.
Two Clutha District Council frontline staff at Tapanui, with a combined service of 30 years, have resigned within days of each other.
Decades of service to blind and visually-impaired people in South Otago were recognised this week when Owaka resident Jack Knight received a formal commendation.
Two Telford Rural Polytechnic equine students, injured in a crash that killed a fellow student, have been discharged from hospital, but two others remain.
Embers from a campfire lit outside a Toko Mouth crib are thought to have caused a fire that destroyed the building early yesterday.
Telford Rural Polytechnic students and staff are in mourning after hearing a student involved in a car crash last Thursday night near the polytechnic has died in Dunedin Hospital.
Organisers of Lawrence's 150th anniversary celebrations have secured funding to employ a person to co-ordinate the big event.
Two of the three Year 10 South Otago High School pupils suspended last week after being caught using drugs at a school camp have returned to the classroom but the school is undecided on the fate of the other.
The country's most famous "westie" is coming to Balclutha.
Key arts-related events in and around Gore have been given a financial boost, with $7000 distributed.
Telford Rural Polytechnic staff and students will gather on Friday to farewell a North Island student who died just weeks after starting an equine studies course in the South.
The Northern Southland township of Riversdale came to a virtual standstill on Saturday as hundreds turned out to say goodbye to the man who provided the thin blue line there for more than 15 years.
The onset of autumn and recent rainfall have prompted the Clutha District Council to lift summer water restrictions across the district.
A century of fellowship in the Tuapeka Mouth area was celebrated yesterday as more than 100 gathered for the Tuapeka Mouth Presbyterian Church's centenary.
Police investigating a fatal crash near Balclutha on Thursday night have enlisted the help of Interpol to help find the next of kin of an Israeli tourist who was killed in the two-car crash which has left five teenage Telford Rural Polytechnic students with serious injuries.
Three year 10 South Otago High School pupils have been suspended and four others stood down after they were caught using marijuana at a school camp in the Catlins this week.
