Holding his only surviving daughter after a horror car crash, Donald Coulter says: "I thank my lucky stars I still have one. I still wish I had two."

A search will resume today for a missing man thought to have been swept away in a river in Central Otago.

A fight during a ride-on lawn mower race at an A&P Show made it the 'best damn show' in years, a sponsor says.

A manager at a Wanaka mower and chainsaw shop saw red when his ride-on lawnmower was shunted by a bigger machine.

Rugby Southland say the "extremely challenging" rugby environment is behind the union's loss of almost half a million dollars.

Skipper Jamie Mackintosh is adamant Southland rugby has nothing to hide despite concerns over the union's financial situation.

The family of an elderly man found dead in a sewage pond in western Southland yesterday believe he was trying to rescue a lamb.