Health Minister Simeon Brown has urged health advocates not to litigate negotiations through the media — but the Wānaka advocates say it is one of the few avenues they have.

Gore’s options for amalgamation are a “once-in-a-lifetime decision that will affect us all in the future”, councillor Nicky Coats says.

Santana Minerals has been accused of producing ‘‘cherry-picked’’ and ‘‘undercooked’’ heritage evidence.

Wānaka’s ‘‘unexpected’’ population growth has left the town out-of-kilter with their expected after-hours health funding, but the local MP is assuring the public it will get sorted.

A key South Otago sporting facility will become financially unsustainable without a fresh injection of cash, its overseers say.