Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
We in Gore are fortunate that Keith McRobie of Gore District Council Parks and Reserves and his team some years ago removed all the trees in Gore that were at risk.
Southland
Fiji trip to help make difference to victims
Fiji trip to help make difference to victims
Seven volunteers have gone to Fiji this week, not to snorkel and relax, but to make good — through helping protect and rehabilitate victims of sexual abuse in Suva.
New hospice chief executive named
New hospice chief executive named
Former Invercargill City Council executive manager Peter Thompson has been appointed the new tumu whakarae (chief executive) of Hospice Southland, from January 2026.
Dancing in the street
Dancing in the street
Gore got its groove on as the line dancing club took to the street outside Tabletalk Cafe recently.
First pukunui chicks of season hatch
First pukunui chicks of season hatch
The first pukunui/southern New Zealand dotterel chicks of the breeding season have hatched on Stewart Island.
More outages possible for wind-whipped regions
More outages possible for wind-whipped regions
Power is back on for most customers after a damaging storm tore through the lower south, but there's a warning there may be more outages.
Illegal hunting in Mid Dome targeted
Illegal hunting in Mid Dome targeted
Police are teaming up with the Doc and farmers to target illegal hunting and trespassing in a Southland conservation area.
Odour case to be heard in February
Odour case to be heard in February
The court appearance of a Southland man charged under the Resource Management Act will now be held early next year.
Blade runner
Blade runner
The next stage of the Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm is spinning into action this week, as its first 88m-tall turbines arrive fresh off the boat at Bluff.
Queens Park landscape ‘altered’, to reopen in phases
Queens Park landscape ‘altered’, to reopen in phases
Part of Invercargill’s Queens Park is set to reopen this Saturday with a warning it will not look or feel the same for a long time.
Sole female councillor hopes women participate
Sole female councillor hopes women participate
The only female elected member at a southern council admits you sometimes have to put on "armour" for the job.
Southland man jailed for child abuse
Southland man jailed for child abuse
A Southland man has been jailed for nearly 11 years after subjecting two girls to years of abuse.
Gore players return to Highlanders
Gore players return to Highlanders
Former Gore locals Finn Hurley and Cameron Millar will be returning to the Highlanders for the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific competition.
Photos make you ‘stop, look’
Photos make you ‘stop, look’
A new photography exhibition at the Mandeville for November will challenge the eye of the beholder — through beholding eyes.
Councillor donning short shorts for musical theatre
Councillor donning short shorts for musical theatre
Gore Musical Theatre’s theatre restaurant this year stars an unlikely player: Gore District councillor Andrew Fraser.
Workshops get festive
Workshops get festive
This year’s Riversdale Arts November classes feature a Queenstown sculptor offering a festive take on her work as well as a local’s art of cheesemaking.
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Photos by Dave Loudon
Rally trophy win ‘somewhat surreal’
Rally trophy win ‘somewhat surreal’
Kiwi rally stars Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have claimed the Possum Bourne Trophy as the winners of the 2025 EROAD Australian Rally Championship
Herd of special interest idea labelled joke
Herd of special interest idea labelled joke
Forest & Bird has labelled a wapiti backer as a bit of a comedian if he thinks the environmental group is going to support a herd of special interest proposal.
Call for opponents to support wapiti plan
Call for opponents to support wapiti plan
The group which instigated the move to get wapiti in Fiordland classed as a herd of special interest says opponents should get right in behind it as they have got what they wanted.