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

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

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.

Farmers and rural support professionals have been invited to attend free drought support.

A Central Otago "Women in Wine'' group will hopefully result in more women involvement.

A "dramatic increase'' in the number of wallaby sightings have been reported in Otago.

A spark from a power harrow caused a large fire near Jacks Point in Queenstown.

Lexie Nicholl, a Waitahuna youngster took part in her first competitive event yesterday.

Red meat export receipts hit a record high for the December quarter.

Record log exports last year could mean building timber shortages for domestic New Zealand

Moeraki residents turn to alternative pest control in the battle against rabbits.

The govt's about-turn on forestry could undermine proposed billion tree planting programme

The 2018 South Island Dairy Event (Side) will be held in Dunedin.

Mycoplasma bovis continues to spread in the South.

Southland was one of two regions with increased farm sales at the end of 2017.

There looks to be little reprieve for southern farmers - Niwa's seasonal climate outlook.

Queenstown Lakes District Council staff had pick up human waste left by freedom campers.

South Otago farmers Howie and Marion Gardner topped the South Island ram fair in Gore.

Poor condition of life jackets traded in is a big warning about boating safety.

Queenstown man ordered to take down tree hut appears to have left for Australia.

When it comes to climate change, there is more to it than sea-level rise and temperature.

The Lake Hayes scrub fire may have been started by a lawn mower.

Alison Stewart has been appointed chief executive of the Foundation for Arable Research.

Farmers across Otago are being asked to conserve water after river levels drop.

A South Island town in the middle of a 244km reception black spot are desperate for help.