Ella Scott-Fleming

A national youth-development charity has closed its Southland branch after 24 years, in a move school staff and managers say was "devastating" and unnecessary.

Police say they did not know a baby was inside the car they pursued and spiked before it crashed south of Winton last week.

The Wyndham Street Market will not run this year, disappointing locals, but Southland’s mayor says volunteer burnout is real and the council is looking into how it can better support them in future.

A Gore dairy farmer says the $5000 wetlands built on his property have lowered nitrates in its creek by 30%.

A mental health education coach has finished her 18-month stint at a Southland school and is going back to the "coalface" of being a teacher, she says.

Two painters who both moved further south following the Christchurch earthquake have reunited for an exhibition detailing the scenery and wildlife of Otago and Southland.

A Gore dairy farmer says the $5000 wetlands built on his property have lowered nitrates in its creek by 30%.

A Gore dairy farmer says the $5000 wetlands built on his property have lowered nitrates in its creek by 30%.

The death of a Dunedin hunter in rugged West Otago terrain was a terrible accident, a coroner has found.

A Gore social services manager said there was a rise in families walking through her door, but she had also seen an increase in donations and support from the community.

A Gore lifeguard is off to a flying start on the national manu tour, topping her category in the first Dunedin stop.

A Gore farmer who was fined $35,000 for not declaring his cattle had repeated warnings from the Ministry for Primary Industries before being charged, a court heard.

A former East Gore butchery was "just a concrete shell" before a Southland builder converted it into what is being described as a "unique" two-bedroom home.

There were winners from across Southland at the Gore croquet greens on Sunday, with a young player matching, and sometimes beating, competitors decades older.

Novelty snacks made popular by social media have made their way down to a Gore dairy.

The sun came out for the Gore Valley Lions Club’s "Toot for Tucker" event in Gore and surrounding towns, which meant more donations than usual.

A children’s painting workshop in Riversdale this weekend will teach students techniques for using paint to create their own "galaxy".

A cadet prizegiving in Gore last week celebrated the future of Hato Hone St John.