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It has been a busy last couple of months for many in the Gore District with calving and lambing.

The response of the Gore and wider Southland community has been amazing following the destructive winds that ripped through on October 23.

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.

Dunedin is the home of a great deal of social innovation.

Gore might feel a world away from the Beehive — and many locals are just fine with that.

The South has had some great news recently, with Southland and Otago emerging as the top-performing regions in the country in Kiwibank’s recent report.

As we approach October’s local body elections, it is worth reflecting on something that sets Gore District apart; our engagement in local democracy.

Because of climate change, South Dunedin needs several billion dollars spent on it, either in costs that will be borne by those who live there, or in prevention by many more of us who don’t.

Good news for Gore with the government ending the large-scale conversion of productive farmland into carbon-only forestry.

Central government’s latest moves to override local planning decisions and cap council rates have dominated headlines, with politicians promising to rein in local government.

Everything I touch now has AI embedded in it.

A standout of the Budget, that I believe will pump a lot of energy into the Gore area is Investment Boost.

The French say: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

One of the great things about the Gore district is our proximity to great rivers to fish in and hill country to hunt.

It was great to attend the launch of Te Papa’s Robin White touring exhibition in Gore recently with the national institution partnering with local arts legend Jim Geddes.

I can’t count the times I’ve found out too late what "everyone" in Wellington has known for an age about the place and people we’ve been trying to work with. It’s enormously frustrating, and...

When we think of resilience, we think of the ability to shrug off tough times and keep moving.