West Otago dog triallist Kay McClymont and her heading dog, Peggy Sue, will spend the festive season training for the New Zealand Yarding Challenge final.
A High court fight to save the few remaining hoiho / yellow-eyed penguins on mainland New Zealand opened yesterday with news that yet another had died in a set net.
Thieves who stole plaques from the graves of war veterans at an Invercargill cemetery have been labelled "moronic anti-social prats" by the president of the local RSA.
Police are investigating the "particularly distressing" theft of a number of burial plaques from graves, including those of ex-service members, from an Invercargill cemetery.
Rio Tinto New Zealand Aluminium Smelter has announced a $50 million investment in a new facility at Tiwai Point, as part of its long-term remediation programme.
A Gore lifeguard who will be competing in the Manu World Champs tomorrow with her two sons says the national dive-bombing competition is about spending quality time with her whanau.
After a day and night of heavy drinking following their grandfather’s unveiling, a Gore man got into a fight with his brother, fractured his eye socket, broke his nose and gave him two black eyes.