Excitement is building in Gore as one of the largest music award shows in the country takes over the town for the long weekend.
Rosebank Primary School pupil Levi Temoananui-Curry (8) escapes the clutches of Markthomas Natiri (8) at the South Otago Rippa Rugby Tournament in Balclutha yesterday.
The Catlins Area School pupil Logan Bird, as William Shakespeare, contemplated some insults yesterday during a dress rehearsal of the school's middle and senior school theatre production Shakespeare Rocks!
A Balclutha builder has his eyes set on beating his personal best time in the annual Christchurch Airport half marathon this weekend. The race attracts up to 5000 runners.
The group investigating building a new cycleway starting at Lawrence and heading towards Milton, hope the project will fall under the new trail network funding plan announced recently by the Government.
Police in South Otago were kept busy on Sunday morning after a vehicle allegedly stolen by a teenager crashed through a fence.
Pounawea could be getting an extension to the rock seawall on the foreshore next to Catlins Estuary.
A venture spearheaded by a community group in Kaitangata is aiming to entice young working couples to the town by offering an affordable housing package.
Papatowai is getting a new 24-hour fuel pump installed for those caught out in the area.
Suspicious behaviour and a rise in thefts of wool bales in South Otago has police on the lookout.
A New service centre has been set up at Heriot.
A company in charge of managing and reducing tuberculosis in New Zealand has been accused of being "morally bankrupt'' by an anti-1080 group at a meeting held in Lawrence last night.
More than 200 people from all over the country congregated in Lawrence on Saturday to honour the 33 families receiving a Century Farm and Station Award this year.
At the turn of the 20th century, William and Edith Burgess arrived deep in the Catlins with a horse and cart and a mind to start a new life.
Two major groups in South Otago have been given the chance to prove their worth for an increase in funding from the Clutha District Council.
The Tuapeka Mouth Ferry is out of action as the Clutha River's flow hits its highest level near Balclutha since last October.
The increased cost of dust suppressant on rural roads will be a talking point for the Clutha District Council when it meets this week to make decisions on the 2016-17 annual plan.
Labour leader Andrew Little has identified growing inequality as a primary concern for Labour and attacked the Government for ignoring real problems in New Zealand.
Promoters of Tapanui are keen to take Tourism New Zealand's advice on the potential of capitalising on Pete's Dragon.
An "exciting'' photo exhibition about New Zealand authors is coming to the Balclutha Library next month.