A Dunedin waste disposal business owner lost most of his property in the Burnside fire.

Heavy rain caused widespread surface flooding across much of Wanaka township.

Events to help farmers coping with drought conditions scheduled throughout Otago.

Two Dunstan Otago Regional Council councillors have joined a Central Otago protest.

Fierce competition in shearing and woolhandling at the Taihape A & P Show

Searing heat has been hitting Southland and Otago for several weeks now.

The public and businesses look at long-term effects of drought affecting Otago, Southland.

A rare corpse plant is set to bloom at Dunedin Botanic Gardens soon.

Middlemarch Otago strikes 37.4C in another day of blazing heat.

Damien O'Connor has extended drought classification to Otago and Southland.

Public input on ways to deal with the challenges posed by freedom campers is being sought.

A subdivision planned at the site of the William Hill Winery is not allowed to go ahead.

Rain forecast for later in the week welcome but its effect would be relatively short-lived

Deluge will be a relief for Southern farmers but will it be helpful or destructive?

Farmers are facing hard decisions on destocking and replanting failed winter feed crops.

No shortage of callouts for helicopter companies in Central Otago and the Lakes District.

Central Otago mayor writes 1500-word post online about freedom camping in the district.

Olivia Ross wants to try and narrow the urban-rural divide.

Second time there have been mass deaths of endangered species at NZ breeding colony.

Police need help finding a group of illegal spotlighters who fired shots near campers.

A predicted heatwave has public health officials warning people in Otago and Southland.

Wanaka's parks and reserves appear to be drying out in heat wave.

Many freedom campers in the Waitaki District are not paying their fines.

Queenstown Lakes district council was fined for discharging sewage into Kawerau River.

Wanaka A&P Show tickets can now be bought online.

Amanda Voice is the youngest person in the riding team.

A fire in the North Otago region was "absolutely'' preventable.

A honey extraction plant in Alexandra is set to process tonnes of honey in the district.

Fire crews yesterday scrambled to the second grass fire at Jacks Point in five days.

A weather eye is being kept on escalating log prices by Japanese-owned Pan Pac Forest.