Hamish MacLean

The Stars and Stripes will be flying in West Otago next month.

A driveway repair contract firm which has left a trail of complaints in Otago towns is under investigation by immigration authorities.

Scores of volunteers painted a cherished place in the Catlins at the weekend.

The font that Southern Anglicans for years have believed was a Norman relic is likely to be less than 200 years old, a specialist in medieval art says.

Community reaction to the possibility the Kaitangata Pool could be closed has been muted.

The Clutha District Council has asked water users from Lovells Flat to Waihola, including Berwick and Tokoiti, to urgently reduce their water use to avoid widespread outages in the near future.

Shearing legend David Fagan is taking one last shot at winning the open final that started it all for him.

A joint exhibition by the South Otago Museum and a New Caledonian heritage consultancy group is a reflection of the ''little stories'' from World War 1 as it played out in the two Pacific nations, its curators say.