Balclutha Primary School's principal is concerned the cost of fixing its uneven and cracked concrete grounds is too high for the school to manage on its own.
The public did a great job in alerting the Department of Conservation about a sick penguin desperately in need of medical attention in the Catlins recently, Doc ranger Cheryl Pullar says.
Mother and son duo Carol and Jaydin Shingleton (18), of Westport and Christchurch respectively, perform together yesterday in the "Freeze Ya Bits Off" busking auditions, part of the festivities making up the Gold Guitar Awards in Gore.
Is West Otago making hay from its recent brush with Disney or has that particularly opportunity gone up in a puff of dragon smoke? Samuel White asks whether Pete’s Dragon has breathed new fire into Tapanui.