Milford Track opening delayed by avalanche damage
The opening of the wildly popular Milford Track summer season will be delayed owing to spring avalanche damage.
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Couple celebrate 60 years of matrimony
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Couple celebrate 60 years of matrimony
It was a perfect spring day when Bob and Jeanette McKay, of Alexandra, married at St Paul’s Church, in Oamaru, 60 years ago today.
Gloriavale school may lose registration
Gloriavale school may lose registration
The Secretary for Education has written to Gloriavale Christian School advising that she is considering cancelling its registration as a private school.
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Garden, pupils flourish thanks to funding
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Garden, pupils flourish thanks to funding
Lawrence Area School pupils have turned a pumpkin patch into a thriving community garden that is teaching lessons well beyond the classroom.
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Firefighters’ ACC petition presented to committee
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Firefighters’ ACC petition presented to committee
NZ risks losing the "cornerstone" of its emergency services if volunteer firefighters are asked to carry an unfair burden, Queenstown’s volunteer fire brigade secretary says.
Heavy rain to increase avalanche risk
Heavy rain to increase avalanche risk
Updated 2.35 pm
The Milford Road will close today due to an increasing risk of avalanche, as heavy rain is forecast for Southland and parts of the West Coast.
You are the guardians of Southland, departing chairman tells council
You are the guardians of Southland, departing chairman tells council
Environment Southland chairman Nicol Horrell has ended his long political career with a reminder to the council about the importance of its work.
Boy breaks back, legs in ski accident
Boy breaks back, legs in ski accident
An Oamaru boy who "loves to ski" is on the long road to recovery after breaking his back and both legs in a skiing accident on Mt Ruapehu.
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Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter
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Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter
The usual unsettled spring weather left some parts of the southern region dry as a bone and other parts with wet gumboots.
Chance to engage youth at Pizza and Politics night
Chance to engage youth at Pizza and Politics night
Whether or not pineapple belongs on a pizza was not the topic of discussion at the Pizza and Politics event at Central Cinema in Alexandra yesterday.
Detection dogs sniffing out predators on West Coast
Detection dogs sniffing out predators on West Coast
For specialist detection dogs, sniffing out predators in remote south Westland is just part of their day job.
Fishing shown to give big boost to mental health, wellbeing
Fishing shown to give big boost to mental health, wellbeing
It was an itch that Cohen Stewart started scratching and now it has led to one of the biggest surveys of fishers in the world.
Central Otago vagabond sheep rescued, up for adoption
Central Otago vagabond sheep rescued, up for adoption
A vagabond sheep that grew a Shrek-like fleece is looking for a new home after being rescued from the Central Otago wilderness.
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Ex-resident threatened campground staff with knife
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Ex-resident threatened campground staff with knife
A week after Gore Motor Camp was shut down by the council, a former resident has been sentenced for threatening camp staff with a knife and breaking a window.
Boys call cops from Oamaru Maccas after high-speed jaunt in stolen cars
Boys call cops from Oamaru Maccas after high-speed jaunt in stolen cars
A group of Christchurch teens and pre-teens fleeing police in stolen cars at high speed were spiked on the highway before running out of petrol in Oamaru.
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Vehicles driven 'anti-socially' when penguin killed
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Vehicles driven 'anti-socially' when penguin killed
Up to seven vehicles and a motorcycle were seen being driven ‘‘anti-socially" in the area when a little blue penguin was run over and killed in Oamaru, police say.
Tulip grower plans to pass on the love
Tulip grower plans to pass on the love
Olivia Turner recalls her mother Deborah allocating a piece of the garden for her and one for her brother on most weekends on their farm in Riversdale.
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Waitaki water plan rejected by govt
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Waitaki water plan rejected by govt
The spectre of government intervention is hanging over the Waitaki District Council after its standalone water plan was rejected.
$1.8m in repairs, over $600k in legal bills
Wastewater treatment plant cost QLDC $1.8m in repairs, over $600k in legal bills
Queenstown Lakes District Council spent more than $1.8 million on repairs to its troubled Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant before racking up almost $600,000 in legal bills over compliance failures.
Iconic Queenstown farm valued at $33 million on market
Iconic Queenstown farm valued at $33 million on market
One of Queenstown’s most recognisable landscapes is up for grabs - with a cool $33 million pricetag.