Yvonne O'Hara

Seeing children learn to ride well and compete successfully has led to a 54-year involvement in pony club and equestrian events for Graham Barkman.

John Urlich, of Blenheim, was one of about 30 people who spent last week jumping off mountains.

A group of Vanuatuan orchard workers based in Ettrick are hoping to repaint two British Leyland tractors and  take them home.

The 2018 South Island Dairy Event (Side) will be held in Dunedin and organisers are planning to mark its 20th anniversary with a big celebration.

Climate change and its implications for Dunedin have been a factor in the Otago Regional Council’s decision-making for some time and will probably become even more important.

There is no time to "dilly-dally" when it comes to climate change, says Associate Prof Huhana Smith.

New Zealand is seeing the impact of excess greenhouse gas emissions in our climate and oceans, according to the latest national report from the Ministry for the Environment and Statistics NZ about...

Direct effects of climate change, such as increased exposure to heatwaves and weather events, including flooding and fires, will affect our health.

New Zealand is taking the issue of climate change seriously.  Yvonne O’Hara, in the final part of a special report with the assistance of the  Aotearoa/New Zealand Science Journalism Fund...

The Otago Regional Council has been urged to delay setting minimum flows for the Clutha River, at least until the process for other waterways in the region has been completed.

Four murals designed and painted by school pupils from four schools were unveiled in Alexandra on Tuesday.

The recent reconstruction of a shearing stand, which had been rescued from a demolished woolshed, and was now on display at the Tuapeka Vintage Club, brought back memories for one of the woolshed’s...

Wine enthusiasts may well be able to buy Central Otago-grown syrah and merlot in the next few decades, former Central Otago Winegrowers (COWGA) president James Dicey, of Bannockburn, tells Yvonne O...

Irrigation is likely to become even more important to Central Otago in the next few decades as the climate becomes warmer and drier, IrrigationNZ (INZ) chief executive Andrew Curtis tells Yvonne O...

People will be breathing easier in air-polluted cities,  thanks in part to a Wanaka sheep breeder, writes Yvonne O'Hara.

Apart from an unscheduled sheep escape, the FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2018’s Otago district final, held in Omakau on Saturday,  went smoothly,  convener Ben Naylor tells Yvonne O'Hara.

The Gibson family’s success at this month’s Canterbury A&P Show was history-making for both them and the 155-year-old show, writes Yvonne O'Hara.

The gift of the gab and quick thinking on his feet paid off for Rural Livestock Ltd’s livestock agent and auctioneer Logan Moore, writes Yvonne O'Hara.