A decision to cut 16 jobs at Telford is "gutting" for the region, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says. Lincoln University yesterday

Environmental Protection Authority report finds a number of incidents on the West Coast including one where someone removed signs when baits were still toxic.

This year's Waimate Strawberry Fare is the last one for the woman who founded it 32 years ago.

The Alexandra Blossom Festival is in the black seven years running.

Grape growers are hoping highlighting the location of vineyards around the district will minimise the threat of multimillion-dollar

It was a misconception fallow deer were difficult to handle - "they are funny animals but no problem to handle"

New Zealand is in for a relatively dry day today with areas of morning cloud and isolated showers in the north, clearing around midday and becoming mostly sunny.

Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

This week on Top of the Hops Dom George from The Country Early Edition is chatting with Paul Kelly from Dunedin husband and wife boutique

A 13-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever has clocked up a whopping 700,000km over the years.

A dairy farmer's quick thinking helped save a family home from being devastated by fire.

Heavy rain is set to drench southern parts of the South Island. Westland, south of the glaciers, is expecting peak rainfalls up

The Kurow community has lost a second sportsman in tragic circumstances within 17 months.

Milton residents are reeling from the news the town's last remaining bank will close, despite strong opposition.

Neighbours of a Queensberry farm are concerned about earthworks ''obliterating'' a stream...

Shareholders of a Central Otago winery are fighting over a share sale.

The days of dealing with the worst that Otago weather can throw at veterinarian Peter Gillespie might not be completely over. But

Standing down after 27 years on the Otago Regional Council, Louise Croot refuses to say she is retiring. The 74-year-old said it

With a bright future predicted for Central Otago apples, the pipfruit industry is trying to address the challenges that come with success.

The Otago Regional Council fears someone is intentionally releasing wallabies in Otago and is warning the culprit they face prison time if caught.

A massive smoke cloud rising near Milton yesterday prompted queries about the possibility of an explosion.

We will find you and we will kill you - that is the message the Otago Regional Council is set to issue today to Bennett's wallabies that enter Otago.

A Balclutha man who stabbed a sheep to death told the farmer he did it because he was hungry.

Young Dunedin businesswoman Courteney Johnston has her hands full - quite literally.

The Minister for Primary Industries has approved a customary fishing reserve in Otago Harbour following an eight-year consultation and proposal process.

Logging exports from Dunedin during the past weeks have been "heavy"...

A Lord of the Rings sightseeing flight crashed, killing the pilot, after he flew low to clear livestock from the airstrip.

About 100 farmers in Otago and Southland were forced to dump milk over the weekend in the aftermath of the milk silo collapse at Fonterra's Edendale site.

Up to three dead cows have mysteriously washed up on a Dunedin beach this weekend.

Fonterra's Southland/Otago Head Mark Robinson chats to The Country Early Edition's Dom George about what's happening in his patch at the moment.