Checking in key focus
Checking in key focus
A nationwide drive to strengthen connections and tackle isolation checked in on Balclutha last week, though organisers were disappointed only five people came to hear its message.
Unity ‘main purpose’ of strike action
Unity ‘main purpose’ of strike action
About 70 teachers, healthcare workers, and supporters including school children gathered alongside State Highway 1 in Balclutha last week, as part of nationwide strike action calling for better pay...
Local Legend: Marilyn Campbell
Local Legend: Marilyn Campbell
Marilyn Campbell is this week’s Clutha Leader, Silver Fern Farms Local Legend.
Club ‘spruced up’ for heritage day
Club ‘spruced up’ for heritage day
A long-standing vintage club has had a spruce up in preparation for an annual celebration of the region’s storied past.
Bat-spotting event to highlight Halloween
Bat-spotting event to highlight Halloween
Bat-signals and night-wings will trick or treat the Catlins this Halloween.
New trucks feature in food fundraiser offerings
New trucks feature in food fundraiser offerings
Balclutha’s St Joseph’s School is set to serve up another feast of flavours when its food-truck fundraiser returns on Friday, November 7.
Jubilee a great success
Jubilee a great success
After five years of patiently waiting, Winchester Rural School was finally able to celebrate its 155th jubilee last week.
Permanent housing for piece of history begins construction
Permanent housing for piece of history begins construction
Landfall is almost in sight as earthworks begin at the site of the lifeboat Alexandra’s new home at Caroline Bay.
Sharing history with students rewarding
Sharing history with students rewarding
For 20 years the South Canterbury Museum’s Heritage Education Service has been working with schools around the region to teach students about the past and help them learn more about the special...
Linking donor ‘angels’ to families
Linking donor ‘angels’ to families
Presbyterian Support South Canterbury (PSSC) is on the search for Christmas Angels.
Exhibition features local embroiderers
Exhibition features local embroiderers
An embroidery exhibition at The Aigantighe Art Gallery will leave no loose ends.
Workshop to empower on autos returns
Workshop to empower on autos returns
A free workshop is back by popular demand and gearing up to once again encourage women to get their hands dirty under the hood.
$75m investment in Clandeboye
$75m investment in Clandeboye
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd has announced a $75million investment to expand butter production at its Clandeboye site in South Canterbury.
Fireworks terrifying for our pets
Fireworks terrifying for our pets
Fireworks may delight us, but they terrify our pets.
Pair to bring experience to board
Pair to bring experience to board
Aoraki Foundation has welcomed two new trustees Rachel Callaghan from Fairlie and Tom Lambie from Pleasant Point.
Aoraki’s boxers can’t stop winning
Aoraki’s boxers can’t stop winning
The Aoraki Boxing Association has left the 2025 Boxing New Zealand National Championships with a trove of gold.
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Wealthy Queenstowners fight the power
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Wealthy Queenstowners fight the power
Residents of one of Queenstown’s wealthiest neighbourhoods fear a proposed power transmission line will not only be a visual blot, but a hazard risk due to fault lines in the area.
Man fined $22,000 after building encroached on road
Man fined $22,000 after building encroached on road
A Queenstown man has been fined more than $22,000 after illegally erecting a building on a public road without council approval.
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Stress on cleanup safety in storm wake
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Stress on cleanup safety in storm wake
Safety was emphasised and community spirit praised in Lawrence yesterday, as power and water disruptions continue to bite following last week’s storms in South Otago.
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Top-notch care close to home aim of foundation
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Top-notch care close to home aim of foundation
Private funding from a new hospital foundation will keep healthcare "local and accessible" for people in Central Otago and Upper Clutha, Dunstan Hospital’s chief executive says.