Rosebank School year 6 pupils Brooke Kendall (11, left) and Jorja Richards (10), raise their hands to show they want to meet Jess the dog during the Clutha District Council's dog safety demonstration at the Cross Recreation Centre, in Balclutha, yesterday.
''Scary,'' is how Mike Verdoner describes driving in the Catlins Coast Rally.
A real estate agent ''befriended'' a severely intoxicated man, who allegedly had a concealed knife, as he tried to defuse a tense situation outside his main-street Balclutha office yesterday.
There was an apparent trail of chaos leading from Invercargill to Balclutha and back again between Saturday and yesterday.
A flight instructor's quick thinking was credited with preventing a tragedy when the plane he and a trainee pilot were flying experienced engine trouble shortly after take off.
Thousands of volunteer hours, and the generosity of the Milton community, have been poured into the rejuvenated Moore Park in Milton.
Concerns are growing for a 79-year-old South Otago man who has been missing since Wednesday night.
Balclutha police are searching South Otago roads for a missing 79-year-old man.
The Clutha District Council will meet a surveyor this week to explore converting a 27ha former forestry block in North Balclutha into a residential area.
Kiwi ingenuity could play a greater role in New Zealand's pest control.
Alcohol-related disorder over the weekend has Balclutha police concerned.
The Southern Scenic Route reopened yesterday after a major slip on the Chaslands Highway in the South Catlins closed it last month.
For the first time females outnumber men studying at Lincoln University, helped significantly by female enrolments at its Telford campus in Balclutha. Hamish MacLean finds women are on the rise on the farming front.
The Southern Scenic Route reopened yesterday after a major slip on the Chaslands Highway in the South Catlins closed it last month.
In its 27th year, the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards will be an emotional one for organisers, this year's main organiser, Wade Paterson, says.
It is regrettable councils will be able to feed back only on ''fringe issues'' at Local Government New Zealand's annual meeting, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says.
Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan has stepped down after two years as the chair of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs to focus on his ''first love and priority'' - the mayoralty of the Clutha district.
Clutha's water quality project ''went live'' this month but without funding support from the Otago Regional Council.
The West Otago Vintage Museum is set to expand even further.
Tokomairiro High School has lost a fixture. Office manager Ruth Robins (73) retired at the end of the term, after 35 years at the school.
