Tourist driver safety moves initiated
Tourist driver safety moves initiated
Two new South Otago initiatives aim to help visiting international drivers negotiate New Zealand roads safely - and neither involves key-snatching.
Hamish MacLean
New tower to bring cellphone coverage
New tower to bring cellphone coverage
A cellphone tower under construction at Papatowai should bring coverage to the area late this month or early next month, a Vodafone spokeswoman says.
Skate park setback
Skate park setback
Designs and a quote for a small skate park in Kaitangata that were ''way over budget'' have sent the one-year-old group trying to establish the park ''back to the drawing board''.
AgBoard loses its paid staff
AgBoard loses its paid staff
The Clutha Agricultural Development Board (AgBoard) began operating without paid staff for the first time since 1999 this month.
Shined and ready for road trip
Shined and ready for road trip
Next week, Bill Bazley will head out on the highway in his 1957 Ford Custom 300, driving about 1500km to the Whangamata 2015 Beach Hop, on the southeast coast of Coromandel, for the five-day rock `n' roll car festival, beginning on March 25.
Scenic route sealing on councils' priority list
Scenic route sealing on councils' priority list
A $7.1 million upgrade of a popular tourist route through the Catlins could be included in the National Land Transport Programme expected in June.
Feelings run high over marine reserve proposal
Feelings run high over marine reserve proposal
Tensions were on display at the weekend as the possibility of a marine reserve being created off Nugget Point again reared its head.
$15,397 unpaid rates write-off
$15,397 unpaid rates write-off
More than $15,000 of rates arrears is expected to be written off as unrecoverable by the Clutha District Council at its corporate services committee meeting today.
Following his dreams ...
Following his dreams ...
''Riding Miss Ferguson'' is a one-man mission to raise money for the elderly of Mercury Bay.
Word from the top - 'firm but fair'
Word from the top - 'firm but fair'
Balclutha's new top policeman Sergeant Martin Bull has a simple policing philosophy: ''firm but fair''.
Subsidy wanted for water-quality plan
Subsidy wanted for water-quality plan
Targeted rates are all about give and take for Clutha District Water Catchments Quality Management Project manager Hamish Anderson.
Sheets brought comfort from home
Sheets brought comfort from home
A bedcloth with hand-stitched messages of support for Anzac troops in World War 1, made in Stirling, South Otago, was discovered in a small English town and will be a part of World War 1 centenary commemorations in England.
Entries up in Bridge to Beach event
Entries up in Bridge to Beach event
The oldest participant at the Johnstone Electrical Bridge to Beach finds walking gets him talking.
Festival a celebration of creativity
Festival a celebration of creativity
Yarnit Milton will celebrate both old and new at its first fabric festival in Milton on Saturday.
Wreckage may be linked to missing pair
Wreckage may be linked to missing pair
The police national dive team has discoverd an oil slick during its search of Curio Bay this morning, after possible car wreckage was found washed up in the area during the weekend.
Police divers suspend search in rough sea
Police divers suspend search in rough sea
The police national dive team left the Curio Bay area yesterday unable to confirm what, if anything, lies below the water as the search continues for missing 11-year-old Mike Zhao-Beckenridge and his estranged stepfather John Beckenridge.
Camera turns up items in Curio Bay search
Camera turns up items in Curio Bay search
Police searching for a missing Invercargill boy believe they have found a car in Southland's Curio Bay.
Bringing new life to building
Bringing new life to building
Window displays in the old office and administration building of Tuapeka Gold Print suggest new life on Lawrence's main street: brightly blooming orange flowers stand almost a metre tall.
After the exodus, a quieter town
After the exodus, a quieter town
The loss of Lawrence's largest business a year ago has had a visible impact on town. Hamish MacLean takes a look at how the town of about 400 people has coped since almost 70 Tuapeka Gold Print employees followed the work north.
Business growth bang on target
Business growth bang on target
Tuapeka Gold Print, the business that began in Lawrence entrepreneur Jim Robertson's kitchen over 25 years ago, is experiencing ''phenomenal'' growth almost one year after leaving the Clutha town for Dunedin.