Ella Scott-Fleming

Despite armed offenders remaining at large since Wednesday night, Gore District Mayor Ben Bell says the public is not in danger.

The suspects in last night's Gore shooting which hospitalised two people - one in a serious condition - are still on the run, police say.

A Southland cancer survivor is urging people to listen to their bodies and seek medical help early, as she prepares to share her story and raise awareness at next year’s Relay For Life.

For over a decade, the senior students and staff of Mataura School have cycled to Gore and back as part of their end-of-year celebrations.

The Gore Santa Parade on Sunday featured tinselled trucks, tractors, church floats and lots of bubbles.

A man has pleaded guilty to causing the hunting death of an Otago man Jock Davies in Stewart Island and can now be named. 

A man has pleaded guilty to causing the hunting death of an Otago man Jock Davies in Stewart Island and can now be named. 

The Gore Santa Parade this year featured tinselled trucks, tractors, church floats and lots of bubbles.

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%.