Engagement does not mean consultation, says a Lake Hāwea community group, as Contact Energy promise they are doing their part in engaging with the locals.

Talent always reveals itself, and in the case of local artist Hannah Marshall it came unexpectedly one afternoon when she and a friend were short of an activity.

Wānaka’s grebe project has been running for more than a decade, resulting in an increase in bird numbers and catching the interest of international groups.

A much-needed upgrade to Wānaka’s waste transfer station is proceeding to the next step, despite an increase in costs required to maintain it.

Police have managed to retrieve a car and property that was stolen from a young Dunedin artist, Zac Whiteside, who is based in Oamaru for an artist residency.

Heliventures, an Oamaru-based helicopter company, has gone international, working in Samoa on a conservation project.

Although artificial intelligence has been around for a while, Waitaki District Council did not start to think seriously about how it could use the technology until the arrival of its new chief...

A critically injured Southland teenager remains in hospital as support around him grows.

An independent review of Southland’s community boards has provided a quirky insight into how meetings can switch from gossip to "chilling" page turning when members get down to business.