Reading challenge goes beyond page
Reading challenge goes beyond page
An adventure awaits at the Gore Library, for children to read their favourite books and explore the world outside this summer.
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Prizegiving a snapshot of 70 years
Prizegiving a snapshot of 70 years
The Gore Camera Club had plenty to celebrate in its latest prizegiving.
Moana rides the wave
Moana rides the wave
When a studio such as Disney puts the time and effort into making an animated movie, it has to fail pretty spectacularly for there not to be a sequel.
Seismic shift after 24 years
Seismic shift after 24 years
Hyundai’s latest 5th generation Santa Fe represents a seismic shift on almost every front for one of the company’s largest and biggest selling SUVs.
Community celebrates rural champions
Community celebrates rural champions
Otago Daily Times Rural Life champions Steve and Tracy Henderson, their children Gus, 7, Annie, 5, and Ruby, 9, and their pet lambs and calf celebrate their win with a community gathering on...
Healthy lambs need healthy ewes
Healthy lambs need healthy ewes
Growing a great lamb requires a continual maintenance of the ewe’s body condition, a southern farm consultant says.
Kaikoura a whale of a time
Kaikoura a whale of a time
Kirianna and Lachlan Poole bought a Kombi van and, with their two young children, hit the road travelling around Australia. When their third child arrived they added a caravan and...
Four councils look to join forces
Four councils look to join forces
Four southern councils are believed to be coming close to working together around water operations, while another is also interested.
Prime Minister to visit Waimumu today
Prime Minister to visit Waimumu today
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is making his second trip to Waimumu in a year.
Festive spirit shines in Tapanui
Festive spirit shines in Tapanui
A Christmas delight awaits in Whisky Gully as the Tinsel Trail brings the festive spirit to the popular Tapanui hiking spot.
Start of something big
Start of something big
The foundation stone for the hospital in Gore is laid in 1907.
Tough year tested resilience, strength
Tough year tested resilience, strength
With the festive season right around the corner, there’s a natural urge to reflect on a year that tested our resilience but also showcased our community’s strength.
Between you and me
Between you and me
Shai Levin, mathematician.
Town unites to give back
Town unites to give back
Despite the wet weather, Toot for Tucker was an amazing success, filling up the Salvation Army’s stocks and showing Gore’s charitable spirit.
Season’s shopping for charity
Season’s shopping for charity
Gore had a great chance to get its holiday shopping in at the Christmas Market, held at the Gore Town & Country Club last Sunday.
Artist on hunt for mystery poet behind new song
Artist on hunt for mystery poet behind new song
Gore songwriter Ron Mitchell is on the hunt for a man who can write a decent poem.
Rising rents hitting affordability: report
Rising rents hitting affordability: report
Rents are increasing in Gore and making housing more unaffordable, a Gore District Council report has revealed.
Falling interest rates could boost positivity
Falling interest rates could boost positivity
Southland’s economy has hit rock bottom and is starting to recover slightly — but Christmas and summer will still be tough, an economist says.
Council soon to be all under one roof
Council soon to be all under one roof
After nearly five years, Southland District Council staff will be soon back in one building — but this will not stop the plans of an amalgamation with other Southland councils, the chief executive...
Whooping cough cases ‘concerning’
Whooping cough cases ‘concerning’
Otago and Southland have recorded by far the highest number of whooping cough cases in the country, a new report shows.