Light entertainment, Gore style
Matariki festivities have begun in Gore.
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Shower plan accessibility concern
Shower plan accessibility concern
Accessibility concerns may have stymied the latest plan to replace an Invercargill shower used by homeless people.
Cultures come together for festival
Cultures come together for festival
West Gore School has celebrated being a home-away-from-home for pupils from other countries.
Council quiet on reform preference
Council quiet on reform preference
With just over a month until the government’s Head Start reform deadline, Gore District Council has yet to publicly commit to its preferred amalgamation model.
Looking back
Looking back
The newly built Gore Coronation Library, photographed in 1910, was one of 18 libraries in New Zealand to be built with funds from the Carnegie Foundation.
Solar the sunnier option
Solar the sunnier option
There have been some major recent announcements centred around saving you money.
Our people
Our people
Amaya Duggaraju, Anoha Duggaraju and Isabella Hedley Whatuira move in sync during their Indian dance at West Gore School’s cultural festival last week.
NZ, Australian armies to descend on district for major exercise
NZ, Australian armies to descend on district for major exercise
A major military exercise is taking place in the Gore district this month.
Couple win sustainable farming award
Couple win sustainable farming award
Gore farmers Michelle and Tony Roberts have won the top prize in the country for sustainable farming.
Council writes off meat processing company’s debt
Council writes off meat processing company’s debt
A bad debt of more than $30,000 has been written off by the Gore District Council after the closure of a processing plant used in the production of wagyu beef.
Students learn to spy marine activity
Students learn to spy marine activity
Four teenagers are getting a taste of university studies while helping expand scientists’ knowledge of sharks in New Zealand.
Barbarians through to final
Barbarians through to final
A second-half semifinal comeback by the Barbarians means they will face Pirates Old Boys in the Galbraith Shield final next weekend.
Scouts volunteer recognised by Rotary club
Scouts volunteer recognised by Rotary club
A Lumsden woman has been acknowledged for a decade of supporting young people.
‘Surreal’ to claim young farmer crown
‘Surreal’ to claim young farmer crown
Southland dairy farmer Tom Slee says it is a "surreal" feeling to be crowned New Zealand’s top young farmer.
Casting call for mustering
Casting call for mustering
A casting call is out seeking farmers willing to be filmed for a year training a pup to work.
Postmortem reality nothing like TV dramas
Postmortem reality nothing like TV dramas
Forensic expert Thomas Coyle provides an engaging insight into the world of postmortem investigation in The Dead Speak: My Life in Forensics.
Hokonui fashion taking flight
Hokonui fashion taking flight
Winning designs from the Mataura Licensing Trust Hokonui Fashion Design Awards have taken flight to Dunedin Airport.
Unexpected in every way
Unexpected in every way
Alexia Santamaria leaves a part of her heart behind in Free State, South Africa.
Southland burn pile blaze spreads to trees
Southland burn pile blaze spreads to trees
A blaze at a rural Southland property that spread from a burn pile last night shows there is a significant fire risk, even in winter, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson says.
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Farmer got off lightly, animal rights group says
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Farmer got off lightly, animal rights group says
A Southland farmer with a record of animal cruelty got off lightly ‘‘given the severity of the breaches’’, animal rights group Safe says.