A proposed 19-lot rural subdivision on the outskirts of Wanaka will ''sterilise'' a large block of land from future urban development and is premature, given the quantity of residential lots already available elsewhere, opponents say.
With the season now over for Otago, ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire looks at the standout players and performances from the team's 2013 ITM Cup campaign.
Hundreds of Upper Clutha residents spent time in the cells at Wanaka's new police station on Saturday, although all were on their best behaviour.
Following Otago's loss to Hawkes Bay in the ITM Cup Championship semifinal, ODT Online rugby contributor rates the performance of the players.
Dunedin writer and broadcaster Jim Sullivan marks the opening of the summer bowls season.
Lauren Bruce, one of New Zealand's rising stars, stamped her authority in the throwing circle at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
Plans to run community meetings in Makarora and Wanaka on the Diwana Falls slip went awry for New Zealand Transport Agency staff yesterday, when their own attendance was prevented by another slip-related road closure.
After two decades of donations from Wanaka's Stars in your Eyes show, music programmes at schools and preschools in the Upper Clutha have now benefited by more than $200,000.
ODT Online rugby contributer Jeff Cheshire looks at five key areas for Otago ahead of Sunday's ITM Cup semi-final against Hawkes Bay.
Sheep and beef farmers will have their say next month on what their investment in genetic science should be for the next five years - setting the industry's national breeding objectives for potentially the next 20 years.
Angus cattle enthusiasts from around the globe began their month-long celebration of the breed in the South Island last week.
The president of the Angus Association of Argentina, Alejandro Salemme, says he is in awe of what New Zealand farmers are able to achieve on a grass-based system.
Canadian Angus Association president Kevin Blair says young people need to be encouraged to see agriculture as a ''noble career''.
West Australian shearer Damien Boyle was delighted to win the New Zealand Merino shearing open title for the fourth consecutive time in Alexandra on October 5 at the New Zealand Merino Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.
Hawkes Bay shearer Cam Ferguson won his second Spring Shears title in Waimate on Saturday. Ferguson had the fastest time of 16min 51sec in the six-man final, shearing 16 full-woolled ewes.
More than 30 people attended an open day at the site of a proposed sewage sludge-drying facility near Luggate yesterday morning.
A Queenstown Lakes company hopes its suspended licences for trading in synthetic drugs will be reinstated.
ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire rates the Otago players after their win over Auckland.
Two American trampers were rescued from the Haast Pass area yesterday afternoon, after becoming stranded by rising river levels.
Jesse Gibbs made sure his impending departure was a successful one when he clinched the Otago title in the Hill Free half-marathon at Outram yesterday.
