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

Police are investigating after a milk tanker ran off the road in North Otago, killing the driver.

This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.

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.

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.

Rory Ferguson lives on a dairy farm in Milton, South Otago but not for long - he's just been signed with the Broncos. The Country Early Edition's Dom George spoke to him today.

Alarm after tuberculosis-positive cow discovered at his farm.

Water quality, water quantity and local and regional government remain the principal challenges the collective agricultural industry faces, Phill Hunt believes.

A new frost-fighting invention known as the 'Heat Ranger' is being trialled, with the hope it will be able to protect crops next winter.

Shareholders of Dairy Holdings Ltd, which owns 58 dairy farms in the South Island, have bought shares owned by the collapsed South Canterbury Finance.