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Christchurch Hospital. Photo: RNZ Leaked documents reveal hospital services in Canterbury have been ordered to slash more than $13 million in spending in the next two months as part of a nationwide cost-cutting drive.

Christchurch Hospital. Photo: RNZ Leaked documents reveal hospital services in Canterbury have been ordered to slash more than $13 million in spending in the next two months as part of a nationwide cost-cutting drive.

Gore disaster welfare support team members Bernard Chapman (left) and Alistair Robbie sort through one of the food packs kept in the team’s emergency response trailer. PHOTO: SANDY EGGLESTON Eastern Southlanders were able to check out some of the resources available to residents in times of an emergency at the Ardwick Reserve on Sunday.

New Zealand javelin thrower Tori Peeters throws a javelin at the 2024 Sir Graeme Douglas International, in Melbourne. PHOTO: SUPPLIED "It’s a dream come true."

Stephen Parry Gore District Council interim chief executive Stephen Parry has named the day he will leave the role.

Maegan (left) and Nicola Mitchell of Gore are finalists in the Aotearoa Music Award’s best country music artist of the year. The awards will be held in Auckland next month. PHOTO: CHONTALLE MUSSON The Mitchell Twins who achieved many firsts last year can now add a Tui nomination to the list.

A group of Highlanders rugby players were in Gore on Thursday and paid a visit to the SBS Bank to meet fans.

Land Information New Zealand has proposed to make a net reduction of 57 jobs to meet the government's demands to cut costs.

School holidays are the perfect time for whānau fun without breaking the bank.

Margaret Martyn St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church fair co-ordinator

Gore woman Wendy Goodwin has a suitcase of memorabilia associated with her grandfather Major Andrew Logan McDowell MC, including replicas of the medals he earned and a telegram requesting he attend a function at Buckingham Palace so he could be presented with the Military Cross. Photo: Sandy Eggleston New Zealanders who served and died during wars will be remembered during Anzac Day services tomorrow.

Event organisers (from left) Sarah la Roux, Amy Hughes and Michelle Wood have been busy planning The Deep South Fibre Festival, a new two-day event for Gore crafters. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A new festival for crafters is coming to Gore.

Arriving at the Croydon Lodge in Gore on Friday night are Bangers to Bluff car rally members including Graham Walker (left) who has been riding his bike each day. The rally ended in Bluff on Saturday. PHOTO: SANDY EGGLESTON Drivers taking part in a "boutique car rally" have pulled in to Gore for an overnight stop.

Gore woman Stacey Smith checks out how Biskit the cat is, a week after she found the feline in Ardwick St, 1km from her home, in Ardwick St. Biskit is the Eastern Southland Riding for the Disabled cat and lives at the Gore A & P Showgrounds. PHOTO: SANDY EGGLESTON Biskit the cat may well have used up one of her nine lives during her latest adventure.

The former Lumsden Presbyterian Church is no longer in the town.

Dead paradise shelducks litter the shoreline at Dublin Bay yesterday. Photo: Otago Fish & Game The government agency investigating the discovery of 100 dead birds on the shore of Lake Wānaka say the occurrence is not uncommon.

Circus performer Danny Lee Syme is leading the charge to revive performance-art and bring the circus back to the Arts Centre. 

Gore-based darts player Desi Mercer will now be able to attend more darts competitions thanks to financial help from The Mataura Licensing Trust (MLT).

Iconic Dunedin band Look Blue Go Purple has been honoured at this year's Taite Music Awards.

Photo: Getty Images An alleged burglar in Dunedin's student area has been nabbed by police after residents reported his suspicious behaviour.