After 25 years as the director and a GP at the Aspiring Medical Centre finishing in January this year, Dr. Susie Meyer has taken a position on the board of the WellSouth primary health network. An outdoor enthusiast originally from the US, Dr. Meyer...... Read More

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has confirmed that it is aiming to fully reopen State Highway 6 south of Hokitika to Makarora in Otago in time for Christmas. This includes the only section currently still closed, with the most slips and damage, Mt Hercules...... Read More

NZ snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is currently flying back from China, where she competed in the finals of the Air + Style FIS Snowboard World Cup in Beijing. Sadowski-Synnott finished second in her qualifying heat last Thursday but fell to eighth...... Read More

A Christmas house is setting up to be exhibited at the Hāwea community centre, which will be open to the public on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, December. Promised to dazzle viewers, the house will be fitted out with thousands of christmas decorations...... Read More

Hāwea Flat School enjoyed a major win at the National Finals of the Tahi Rua Toru Tech Challenge, held in Wellington’s TSB Arena. Over 6500 students participated in the challenge, where small teams of three to four students find a problem in...... Read More

The Otago Regional Council (ORC) continues to make progress with their regional water plan, announcing that interim water permits plan change consultations are underway. This interim plan change will “bridge the gap between the expiry of water...... Read More

A few weeks ago Kate Callaghan received the devastating diagnosis of stage four metastatic breast cancer, which has spread to her lymph nodes and liver. Kate was told, effectively —  there isn't anything to be done. She isn’t eligible...... Read More

When we think about capital, it is usually in the economic sense of wealth in the form of money or other assets. And when we think about nature, we usually don’t think about economics but rather about the plants and animals and landscapes and seascapes...... Read More

In an unusual alliance between film, sport and trapping, the NZ Mountain Film Festival (NZMFF) Charitable Trust’s Grant Scheme has awarded $1000 to the newly established Wānaka Multisport Trapping Group to purchase traps and equipment to support...... Read More

After an announcement that Central Otago District Council would not announce their decision on Winton’s Riverside Terrace development due to the unpaid bill in relation to Plan Change 13, Winton has now filed a formal objection.  The Council...... Read More