Southland

Farming resilience highlighted: Seymour

Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour chatted with colleagues and constituents at the Southern...

Farming resilience highlighted: Seymour

It was not just clear blue skies and scorching hot temperatures for David Seymour at Field Days last week, but encouraging signs in the rural sector and a reminder "why you’re doing it".

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

I wish to express my concern regarding the collapse of the Gore Public Gardens’ bird aviary.

PM at opening of sporting facility

Mixing and mingling with students and staff in Gore on Friday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon...

PM at opening of sporting facility

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was the surprise guest at Gore’s Māruawai College on Friday as the school celebrated the opening of its new covered sports facility.

Looking back

Looking back

A weed-spraying train leaves the Tapanui Branch railway and enters the Waipahi station yard in November 1976.

Sky’s chemistry creates jewel

Sky’s chemistry creates jewel

The nights are starting to feel like autumn again — colder, steadier: the sort of air that makes the stars look as though someone has polished them.

Our people

Our people

Scenes from out & about in the community.

Strong turnout leaves optimism

Andrew and Toula Finlayson from Southland Carbon, a company based in Pukerau, had a great showing...

Strong turnout leaves optimism

Exhibitors had a "great" time last week at the Southern Field Days, with positive tidings and a hopeful return to form for the market.

House auction pays off for rural trust

An Adam Newton Homes four-bedroom house was auctioned at the Southern Field Days on Thursday last...

House auction pays off for rural trust

The auction of a very special house was one of the feature events at last week’s Southern Field Days at Waimumu.

‘Pandemic’ in mental health: JK

Sir John Kirwan visited Gore last week to speak to students of Māruawai and St Peter’s Colleges....

‘Pandemic’ in mental health: JK

Sir John Kirwan has come to symbolise the mythology of the New Zealand man.

Hundreds hit the trail for event

Cyclists compete in the MLT Moonshine Trail. PHOTO: GERRIT DOPPENBERG

Hundreds hit the trail for event

The MLT Moonshine Trail finished up another year with a great turnout and good conditions for its 20th annual event.

Local govt amalgamation back as big debate topic

Gore Mayor Ben Bell. Photo: Sandy Eggleston/ Allied Press

Local govt amalgamation back as big debate topic

Amalgamation is back as the hottest topic in local government, this time with four voices in the local government space butting heads at the Southern Field Days.

‘Boy racer’ sport has pulling power

Competitors take part in the tractor pull during the Southern Field Days in Waimumu, Southland,...

‘Boy racer’ sport has pulling power

"Boy racer — rural style."

SUBSCRIBER

West Otago forestry conversion to be sold

A group of West Otago farmers gathered in April 2024 to discuss wilding pine concerns after a...

SUBSCRIBER

West Otago forestry conversion to be sold

A controversial large-scale forestry conversion in the heart of West Otago hill country, which caused ripples in the community, is to be sold.

Fly fishing festival sinks hooks into town

Allied Media cartoonist Shaun Yeo with his brown trout catch of the day, caught at Nokomai on the...

Fly fishing festival sinks hooks into town

Gore’s iconic On The Fly Mataura River Festival returns on Sunday, celebrating fly fishing, the Mataura River and Gore’s proud status as the brown trout capital of New Zealand.

Season’s first kakapo hatches, ‘many more’ to come

The first kākāpō chick of the 2026 breeding season has hatched. PHOTO: LYDIA UDDSTROM/DOC

Season’s first kakapo hatches, ‘many more’ to come

Love was in the air on Valentine’s Day when the first kākāpō chick of the breeding season hatched on Anchor Island.

Tribunal finds teacher guilty of slapping his student

The Ministry of Education confirmed its 2021 provisional staffing allocations for domestic...

Tribunal finds teacher guilty of slapping his student

A dispute over a missing jar of lollies has resulted in a former Invercargill secondary school teacher being found guilty of serious misconduct.

SUBSCRIBER

48 wind turbines planned for Ohai

SUBSCRIBER

48 wind turbines planned for Ohai

Another large wind farm has been earmarked for the South.

SUBSCRIBER

Dahlia dream realised

SUBSCRIBER

Dahlia dream realised

Winning the Southland Dahlia Show’s champion of champions title for her striking trio of Ruskin Andrea dahlias was a more than 20-year labour of love for first-time winner Helen Spain.

SUBSCRIBER