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Sam Gouverneur ran a rapid 400m to claim  the title at the Capital Classic in Whanganui on Saturday.

Dunedin club Neptune finished second at the Otago-Canterbury-West Coast championships.

There were fancy Falcons and beautiful Buicks, but a cute VW also got its share of attention at the weekend’s Cromwell Classic Car and Hot Rod Show.

The Department of Conservation is saying little about a site that has been purchased by New Zealand’s largest manufacturer of ready-mixed concrete beside a reserve with rare native plants near Cromwell.

The Kye Burn River. Environment Court mediation talks around residual flow rates for the Kye Burn are progressing well and an outcome may be decided soon, the involved parties say.

More than 150 items of historical significance have been nominated for inclusion in the heritage appendix of the Waitaki District Council’s District Plan, which is  under review.

Lexie Nicholl and her dad Mike Nicholl, both of Waitahuna, relax with her Shetland pony, Jack, before Lexie took part in the lead rein event at the Lawrence Gymkhana Day yesterday. Photo: Pam Jones She sits atop a Shetland pony, instead of wrestling steers.

As Central Otago booms and continues to push growth into outlying areas, the communities in the Waitaki Valley will soon hold "visioning meetings" to learn how ratepayers want to deal with the expected growth in their region.

Volunteer fire crews from across the Wakatipu and beyond were called in to help fight a grass fire on land between Jacks Point and Lake Wakatipu, known as The Preserve, on Friday night. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh A spark from a power harrow — similar to a rotary hoe — caused a large fire near Jacks Point on Friday night which, at its peak, was fought by 30 firefighters on the ground and three helicopters with monsoon buckets.

Elspeth McLean reviews Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump by David Neiwert. Published by Allen and Unwin/Versio.

Hamesh Wyatt reviews a selection of the latest poetry books.

Photo: Getty Images Geoff Adams reviews The Rise of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks. Publisher: Macmillian.

Dr Lisa Argilla, of the Wildlife Hospital Dunedin (right), holds open the mouth of an injured yellow-eyed penguin so vet nurse Angelina Martelli can give it fluids. PHOTO: CHRISTINE O'CONNOR She was born in South Africa and is the only trained wildlife veterinary doctor working in the South Island. Dr Lisa Argilla tells Bruce Munro what drives her, what angers her and why the  new Wildlife Hospital is so important.

Leith Thomson and his yellow-eyed penguin dog Sniper at their Dunedin home. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Meet one of the team, Sniper the hoiho tracker dog.

The five new Himalayan Trust-funded classrooms at Khumjung Secondary School in Nepal were built to withstand future earthquakes. PHOTO: HIMALAYAN TRUST Ten years after his death, Sir Edmund Hillary's legacy lives on, writes Martin Johnston.

Rocket Lab successfully launched their Electron rocket today from their Mahia Peninsula site. 

Brisbane teenager Riley Adams is now blind in one eye after the sudden and rapid spread of a sinus infection on a cruise to New Zealand. Photo: GoFundMe An Australian family are stuck in Dunedin after their teenage son was left blind in one eye after contracting a freak sinus infection while on a cruise to New Zealand.

1clarke_jacinda.jpg Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with partner Clarke Gayford. A prominent UK columnist has accused Jacinda Ardern of betraying voters following her pregnancy news.

2018-01-21t001045z_417517158_rc167f8ad8e0_rtrmadp_3_usa-trump-women.jpg People participate in the second annual Women's March in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Reuters Many thousands of women and their male supporters turned out on Saturday for the second Women's March, a nationwide series of protests against US President Donald Trump marking the end of his tumultuous first year in office.

2018-01-20t192031z_571436583_rc18b67816e0_rtrmadp_3_afghanistan-attack.jpg Afghan security forces keep watch near the site of an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul. Photo: Reuters Gunmen attacked Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday, seizing hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces as the building in the Afghan capital caught fire and residents and staff fled.