The greatest challenge facing rural firefighters in Clutha is fleet safety as no fully operational water tankers are in service between Dunedin and Clutha Valley.
The Clutha District Council moved to allay fears the future of the ducks and the pond at Naish Park in Balclutha could be decided without consulting the public.
Scorch marks remain on the walls of Carol Geissler's Papatowai home after a lightning strike ''blew'' her landline while she was talking on the phone during an intense thunderstorm last month.
A group of 40 people celebrated 125 years of the Blind Foundation in New Zealand at the South Otago Town and Country Club, in Balclutha, on Saturday.
A stake that police believe John Beckenridge used to mark the best spot to drive over a cliff on a grey and windswept Catlins coast may be the last sign of the man and his 11-year-old stepson. Hamish MacLean takes a look at the mystery so far.
Police say it is too early to tell what the car linked to missing Invercargill boy Mike Zhao-Beckenridge can tell them.
Killing the ducks and filling the pond at Naish Park in Balclutha have been considered following concerns about the water quality in the pond and the amount of duck excrement around it.
The closure of the Beaumont Bridge for two days next week, requiring an 80km detour for heavy vehicles, is the first of several closures, though not all will require detours, the New Zealand Land Transport Agency says.
Maritime New Zealand is in the dark as to why the lighthouse at Nugget Point failed last week, but an investigation is under way.
Since the fire that burned through the Gordon family's Circle Hill home on Wednesday night, the Milburn family of five has felt lucky to be alive.
One hundred years after the Catlins River branch line was completed in 1915, a portion of it will be opened again, not for timber, farm supplies, or passengers, but as a walking trail.
An intense thunderstorm that shook houses in Kaka Point on Wednesday night may also have snuffed out the lighthouse at nearby Nugget Point.
No rats or mice have been detected in tracking tunnels in the Catlins recently, suggesting last year's 1080 aerial drops in the area have been a big success.
The community is rallying around a Milburn family that lost ''everything'' in a house fire on Wednesday.
Work to seal the Cross Recreation Centre car park in Balclutha is set to begin after Easter.
Blame it on the rain: the first day scheduled for filming Walt Disney Pictures' Pete's Dragon on the streets of Tapanui, West Otago, did not happen as planned.
Tickets for the Owaka 150th Shipwreck Ball at the Owaka Community Centre are expected to sell out well before the town's jubilee in January 2016.
Hundreds packed streets, cemeteries, parks and halls across South Otago on Saturday to honour the day that forged New Zealand's national identity.
West Otago residents came out to pay their respects to the fallen at Tapanui, Heriot and Dunrobin services on Saturday.
It rained on the parade to begin 2015 The Anzac Connection in Balclutha, but Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay said it did not dampen the spirits.
