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The Gore District Council says it has identified a staff member who was clocked at 145kph in one of its vehicles, but it won't say what action the driver faced.

Rachael Kelly Paddy Gower has worked in Parliament's press gallery and been an overseas war correspondent – but his journalism career will peak when he visits Invercargill next week, a local baker says.

A South Otago man who told two service station workers they were a “sh.... bl.... Indian'' has been convicted and fined, but says he will appeal the decision.

A man who ‘'gave the accelerator a couple of taps'' while he was driving across the Gore bridge will not have to pay a fine for operating a vehicle in a manner that could cause annoyance to others.

The man who was at the helm of one of Southland's council's for more than 20 years says the structure of local government in the province is no longer adequate to meet the current and future needs of its people in a report.

A concrete truck driver who failed to give way at an intersection and crashed into another vehicle has kept his licence.

It doesn't matter whether you're driving a tractor in northern Southland or a Mercedes down George St in Dunedin – with health we're all on a level

Eastern Southland police will take an educational approach to enforcing the new gang patch ban but enforcement will be used if people choose to ignore the legislation, Gore's top cop says.

Just days before Southland's farmers were due to lodge farm environment plans with the regional council, the Government has extended the deadline by 18 months.

Environment Southland councillor Peter McDonald is critical of a draft report about the amalgamation of Southland's councils , saying its author, former