Five farmers are livid after nine sheep, two cattle beasts, a cow and a bull were shot on their properties for what appears to be nothing more than "target practice".
Police will investigate the crash of another Summerland Express Freight truck, this time on State Highway 1 near Palmerston, and the second such incident in a fortnight.
After nearly losing his leg and receiving ground-breaking surgeries, it seems Tendon Boy, the yellow-eyed penguin, is still alive and kicking several months after his release back into the wild.
The heaviest summer snowfall in living memory, the coldest autumn temperature and the warmest winter on record are just some of the weather records that were set in Otago this year.
Sparks are beginning to fly between a Warrington resident and the Otago Rural Fire Authority after it refused him a permit for a New Year's Eve bonfire on his property.