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.
Barry Hayes grows colour.
Millers Flat will be the site of next month's Otago district finals of the ANZ Young Farmer Contest.
As part of Southern Rural Life's Watershed series, we look at the issues and challenges facing irrigation companies in Otago. Yvonne O'Hara talks to Teviot Irrigation Company chairman Ralph Nichol, of Roxburgh East.
New Zealand is a lucky country when it comes to water, Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills says.
Funding to develop off-season training for potential agricultural contracting employees in Southland is being sought, Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ)'s zone four councillor David Kean, of Centre Bush, says.
Leon Black is hanging up his gumboots as Beef and Lamb New Zealand's southern South Island director to spend more time with his family and farm.
Herby Whyte owes his success to potatoes - and hard work.
West Australian shearer Damien Boyle was delighted to win the New Zealand Merino shearing open title for the fourth consecutive time in Alexandra on Saturday night at the New Zealand Merino Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.
New Zealand Police dignitaries were on hand to officially open the Wanaka Police Station yesterday, at the same time as the first search and rescue operation to be launched from the new building started.
Unforseen weather and a high avalanche risk prompted two experienced climbers to request an emergency rescue from a glacier in Mt Aspiring National Park yesterday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has given its support for an enlarged rural fire district for Otago, subject to a full financial review of the entity after one year.
The New Zealand Transport Agency plans $2 million worth of remedial work at the Knights Point slip on the West Coast, as concern mounts over the risk posed to State Highway 6, already affected by the Diana Falls slip further south.
Funding applications to help build the Arrowtown Community and Sports Centre (ACSC) will be lodged by the end of the month after the Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday approved $500,000 towards the $1.78 million project.
A bird's nest sitting on a hot engine caused a car to catch fire in the Wanaka New World car park yesterday afternoon.
With the All Blacks having wrapped up the Rugby Championship by beating South Africa at the weekend, ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire reviews the four teams involved in the competition.
The father of a Canadian tourist swept to his death by a landslip near Haast last month is due to leave the West Coast today, after nearly a week spent visiting the area where his son was last seen.
Makarora Rural Fire Force's departing fire chief Chris Wilson is not one to blow his own trumpet. But his soon-to-be successor Heather Pennycook - who has served alongside him at many of Makarora's emergency call-outs in recent years - credits him with transforming the voluntary group from its humble, poorly-equipped beginnings, into one of the best-resourced rural fire forces in the South Island. The pair spoke to Lucy Ibbotson about the changing of the guard and the challenges of maintaining a voluntary organisation in a tiny, remote settlement.
Megan Wright's late husband Owen often said his prized boat would make a good Coastguard rescue vessel, and yesterday, his vision was realised.
Following Otago's ITM Cup win over North Harbour, ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire rates the players' performances.
