The first response unit in Omarama has won its battle to get more recognition from emergency services but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.
The Invercargill City Council wants vaping restrictions included in the proposed national smokefree strategy but does not support the amended age-related ban on buying tobacco.
As the summer days take hold and it, hopefully, gets hotter, thoughts turn to how to improve at those once-a-year sporting pursuits. Otago Daily Times regional editor, and former sports editor, Steve Hepburn looks at ways to get better at two of the most popular sports — golf and bowls.