Weather delays Milford Track season start
The Milford Track has cancelled its first two weeks of the season due to bad weather and there is no guarantee its new opening date will stay as bad weather hits the area.
Achievements celebrated
Achievements celebrated
This year marks 100 years of Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) and for one former president, the anniversary is a reminder of the organisation’s achievements, big and small.
Milford Track opening delayed by avalanche damage
Milford Track opening delayed by avalanche damage
The opening of the wildly popular Milford Track summer season will be delayed owing to spring avalanche damage.
Heavy rain to increase avalanche risk
Heavy rain to increase avalanche risk
The Milford Road will close today due to an increasing risk of avalanche, as heavy rain is forecast for Southland and parts of the West Coast.
You are the guardians of Southland, departing chairman tells council
You are the guardians of Southland, departing chairman tells council
Environment Southland chairman Nicol Horrell has ended his long political career with a reminder to the council about the importance of its work.
Fishing shown to give big boost to mental health, wellbeing
Fishing shown to give big boost to mental health, wellbeing
It was an itch that Cohen Stewart started scratching and now it has led to one of the biggest surveys of fishers in the world.
Synchronised success
Synchronised success
Aquagold Artistic Swimming team members (from left) Emma Horan, 12, Mila Bareiter, 12, Catalina Costa Barnett, 14 and Sasha Tychinskaya, 14, celebrate winning bronze
Books, tomes, volumes all for sale to help fight cancer
Books, tomes, volumes all for sale to help fight cancer
The Gore Pakeke Lions Club is ready for their flagship fundraising programme, with an estimated 20,000 books ready to raise funds for a good cause.
Local voters pull ahead of other districts
Local voters pull ahead of other districts
Gore is leading the way in the South with voter participation for the local body elections one for the record books.
Appointment of chief executive defended by mayor
Appointment of chief executive defended by mayor
Gore Mayor Ben Bell is standing by the hiring of council chief executive Deborah Lascelles last year, despite the process being labelled "sloppy and unprofessional"
School lunch comments disappoint Allergy NZ
School lunch comments disappoint Allergy NZ
A Gore community board member has doubled down on comments calling food allergies "natural selection", after the introduction of more allergy-friendly school lunches.
Looking back
Looking back
The northbound Southerner express train passes through Waipahi in January 1972.
Going on social welfare as a young person a ‘trap’
Going on social welfare as a young person a ‘trap’
Like many, when I was in my teens I did a lot of different of jobs, including stacking hay, tailing, picking apples, digging ditches and more.
Our people
Our people
Mal (left), Everett, 9, Ayla, 11, and Katrina Geerlofs, popped out for some fresh air despite the cold weather, at Hamilton Park playground, Gore, on Sunday afternoon, October 5.
Mataura shearer makes NZ team
Mataura shearer makes NZ team
Mataura shearer Brett Roberts, has secured a place in the New Zealand team after placing second in the Merino Shears open shearing final on Saturday.
Ex-resident threatened camp staff with knife
Ex-resident threatened camp staff with knife
A week after Gore Motor Camp was shut down by the council, a former resident has been sentenced for threatening camp staff with a knife and breaking a window.
Teen drove drunk, did burnout after funeral
Teen drove drunk, did burnout after funeral
A Gore teenager has been convicted of drink-driving and doing a burnout after the funeral of a fellow car enthusiast last month.
Manslaughter accused’s name still suppressed
Manslaughter accused’s name still suppressed
Name suppression continues for a Southland man charged with manslaughter, despite his identity being known by many in his small rural community.
Man sent violent porn videos to teen, threatened life
Man sent violent porn videos to teen, threatened life
A South Otago man befriended a 15-year-old girl online and bought her soft toys before telling her she would pay him back with sexual favours.
100 years of supporting rural women
100 years of supporting rural women
This year marks 100 years of Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) and for one former president, the anniversary is a reminder of the organisation’s achievements, big and small.