A Southland mother who is horrified by the devastation of Victoria's bushfires has arranged for at least 40 schools in the South to stage fundraisers for the victims. She hopes schools and others in Otago will do the same.
Arrowtown residents had to cope without water for several hours yesterday after a pipe supplying the town broke mid-morning.
One of the most popular camping grounds in the Catlins could remain closed next summer if a person interested in taking it over believes financial calculations do not add up.
Gore ratepayers may chip in with nearly $14,000 of their own money to help Rugby Southland in its bid to host a Six Nations side during the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Several staff at a Balclutha sawmill will not be called to work this week, in a move management hopes will protect their jobs in the long term, while other operations in Clutha are also looking at ways to survive volatility affecting the timber industry.
The company behind plans for a small wind farm on Clutha's highest point is reconsidering the venture and expects to confirm within a month if it will continue to push ahead with the nine-turbine development.
History was repeated on Saturday night when the big winners at the 2008 Otago Shearing and New Zealand Woolhandling championships did it all over again. Napier shearer John Kirkpatrick may have finished his 20 sheep in the Otago open final behind Dion King and legend David Fagan but his skills and lack of penalty points saw him triumph again.
Southland communities will benefit the most from a $226,513 development levy paid by Fonterra Edendale for a big expansion of its Southland factory.
The wedding of Balclutha couple Mandie and Steven Shearer on Saturday was a nice, cheap and quiet affair - with a mere 1500 witnesses.
Police, investigating a stabbing incident at Stirling on Thursday night, believe a woman's wounds were self-inflicted.
War will again be declared on the pesky Californian thistle in the South next week with the first New Zealand release of a root-feeding weevil that feasts on the plant.
Recent host to the New Zealand Cheeserolling Championships, Waikaka is now preparing to stage one of the biggest parties of the year, when the 2009 Goldfields Cavalcade rides into town on the last day of this month.
Gore's second-largest annual country music event behind the Gold Guitars is being organised for early next month.
Kaitangata wants an activity and sports centre with a good cultural base, according to a public workshop.
Visitors to two big events in Balclutha tomorrow will get a welcome wave from the hand that has become synonymous with the Clutha Country brand.
Consent applications for a wind farm in the heart of Southland, due to be filed this month, may not be lodged for at least another two months and maybe longer, as the company behind the project gets a swag of assessment reports reviewed.
A public interest group has withdrawn its appeal against a large-scale wind farm near Gore, but the power company behind the $400 million project says the New Zealand exchange rate needs to improve before construction can start.
A Relative newcomer to the Lawrence area has beaten a long-time resident for a seat on the Lawrence-Tuapeka Community Board.
The Department of Conservation (Doc) plans to open a small section of a reserve near Balclutha as a stock thoroughfare for its neighbours at Telford Rural Polytechnic.
They are almost microscopic in size, but pack a punch for farmers battling thistles.
