One of the most remote fishing villages in the country, Jackson Bay, in Westland, is in line for a major upgrade of its port facilities - including CCTV cameras to ensure those who use the facilities cannot avoid paying.
Dental health authorities in New Zealand are suggesting caution over the long-term use of mouthwashes containing alcohol following claims of a link with oral cancer.
The lambs are away to the works and the grapes and the apples and the walnuts are all picked - which just leaves the olive growers still harvesting out in the cold.
Allegations of fish dumping, and "cruel" treatment of fishing-boat crews come as no surprise to an Otago helicopter pilot. Brian Grant has spent three years flying fish-spotters over the Pacific and says he has seen it all. Mark Price reports.
The developers denied permission by the Environment Court to build six large houses on a 193ha site at Damper Bay, on the shores of Lake Wanaka, have withdrawn their appeal against the court's decision.
A century on from the opening of the Pleasant Valley Sanatorium, some say the threat of Tb still hangs over the country.
One of the more interesting man-made features of the Haast Pass road between Lake Hawea and Haast seems likely to be around for a good few years yet.
Studholme Rd North in Wanaka is likely to get a "swale" later this year to help reduce the flood risk from Stoney Creek.
Those trying to improve the winter air quality of Otago towns are sceptical of claims in northern media a domestic wood-burner producing no pollution might be on the horizon.
An Australian snowboarder with a memory lapse is appealing to a Wanaka woman called Cathy, or maybe Kathy, to step forward.
The avalanche dogs of the Southern Lakes region and their handlers spent yesterday dangling on 20m strops, or long-lines, beneath helicopters as they undertook a refresher course at Treble Cone skifield.
Landcare Research is confident it has found a way to kill just as many rabbits per hectare as current methods but using two-thirds less 1080 poison, and at half the cost.
All the economic news out of Europe might be bad, but that does not seem to be impacting negatively on business confidence in Wanaka.
A busy year for Wanaka Search and Rescue volunteers has been underscored by police statistics released at the organisation's annual meeting this week.
A Wanaka college pupil has taken second place in a competition to find New Zealand's best adventure film for the year.
Otago conservator Marian van der Goes yesterday laid out how the Department of Conservation is intent on getting along with its high-country neighbours.
The growing popularity of homeowners generating electricity from the sun via photovoltaic panels has led Meridian Energy to consider cutting the rate it pays for home-generated electricity.
The cattle-stop near the top of the Crown Range road between Wanaka and Queenstown is likely to disappear when the road is upgraded next summer.
"It's like stealing one of my children."
People who might enjoy a late-evening drink along Lake Wanaka's foreshore will be out of luck if a police proposal gets the backing of the Queenstown Lakes District Council.