Two water issues prosecutions
A sewage discharge in 2017 and a water race overtopping last year resulted in two prosecutions by the Otago Regional Council this month.
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The human cost of coal mining
The human cost of coal mining
Kaitangata playwright and historian Denise Dent has brought the 34 victims and families of the 1879 Kaitangata No1 mine disaster to life, thanks to her research for a new commemorative play forming...
Tautuku forest harbours surprising secrets
Tautuku forest harbours surprising secrets
A small but highly dedicated group of volunteers has been working to transform the fortunes of native species in a ‘‘profoundly beautiful’’ coastal Catlins forest since mid-2016.
Love of 60 years marked on apt day
Love of 60 years marked on apt day
If there were a fail-safe way to remember your wedding anniversary, it would surely be to marry on Valentine's Day.
Footage of evasive action to avoid camper van alarms driver
Footage of evasive action to avoid camper van alarms driver
A Five Rivers resident says watching dashcam footage of a close call she had with a rental van on Monday morning made her realise just how lucky she was.
Telford job losses revealed to staff
Telford job losses revealed to staff
Job losses at the agricultural training institute Telford have been made official.
Clydevale school to be rebuilt
Clydevale school to be rebuilt
A South Otago community has been left "stunned'' by the news its 11-year-old school is to be rebuilt from scratch.
Hot competition at shearing, woolhandling event
Hot competition at shearing, woolhandling event
Aspiration met perspiration in Balclutha on Saturday, as the nation’s top shearers and woolhandlers battled it out for Otago honours.
SH1 closed at Balclutha after crash
SH1 closed at Balclutha after crash
A woman has escaped injury after the car she was in hit a power pole in Balclutha this afternoon.
Missing USB stick travels up food chain
Missing USB stick travels up food chain
In the song it was the woman who swallowed the fly, the bird and the cat.
Driving plans to extend car club event
Driving plans to extend car club event
Lawrence will become a motor Mecca next March, thanks to the efforts of a car-crazy country cabal.
CDC pushes to raise water standards
CDC pushes to raise water standards
Clutha District Council is working to increase compliance with drinking water standards following a succession of E. coli warnings this summer.
Work to secure future 'just beginning'
Work to secure future 'just beginning'
Telford's chairman says the hard work to secure its future is ''just beginning'', after a year's reprieve granted by the Government on Monday.
Heavy rain on wet soil caused $100k of slip damage
Heavy rain on wet soil caused $100k of slip damage
Heavy rain on already saturated soils caused up to $100,000 of damage to Dave and Karen Robertson's steep hill country farm near Lawrence in November.
Miners' lives and deaths to be recalled at festival
Miners' lives and deaths to be recalled at festival
A South Otago town will remember one of the region's worst industrial disasters with a series of events starting later this month.
Telford spared: SIT given one year of funding
Telford spared: SIT given one year of funding
In a statement this afternoon Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced the Government agreed to a proposal from the SIT to take over the South Otago campus of the Taratahi Agricultural Centre.
Woolhandler aiming to go 'all out' at champs
Woolhandler aiming to go 'all out' at champs
A Milton woolhandler plans to go "all out" for honours in the Otago champs.
ICC to seek ways to finish garden
ICC to seek ways to finish garden
How to finish Invercargill’s Chinese Garden within budget is the task assigned to city council staff.
Water warnings over potentially toxic algae
Water warnings over potentially toxic algae
Swimmers and dog owners are being told to avoid Lake Waihola and parts of the Mataura River as the hot weather brings elevated levels of toxic algae.
Telford enrollees left in limbo
Telford enrollees left in limbo
A lack of official communications regarding the situation at Telford has been slammed by a prospective student's father.