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It took more than 100 years for Otago to win its first Challenge Shield.

Power is out to a wide area south of Dunedin, including Waihola and Taieri Mouth, after overhead line damage, PowerNet is reporting.

The chairman of the Teviot Valley Community Board has lamented the recent actions of a minority group - and a fellow board member - in the valley as "a complete waste" of his time.

Central Otago's senior women will take centre stage next week when the Alexandra Blossom Festival's 27th Senior Queen is crowned.

Ashburton's first Night Noodle Market will also be its last - at least with that name.

Dunedin's Labour candidate has defended cuts to the new hospital, as a city councillor launches his own electoral bid motivated by the "dismissive" attitude of local representatives.

A little bit of light has been shed on an Oamaru family who were mocked after losing everything in a house fire.

Central Otago's winter shearing season brings an influx of the industry's workers into local courts.

Three keen te reo learners from across the South shared their journeys with the language with Otago Daily Times reporter Ani Ngawhika.

The national title will stay in the South Island.

Dunedin's biggest cruise ship season has been scheduled and more than 200,000 passengers and up to $100 million in spending could be just beyond the horizon.

Former National Party leader Todd Muller has teamed up with an Oamaru academic for a new podcast explaining American politics to Kiwis.

New Zealand player Rubin Statham awaits a return during the opening match of his team's Davis Cup tie against Thailand in Invercargill yesterday.

A $6.5 million grant means it will be possible to build a new wing for Oamaru's Forrester Gallery.

Alex Brown has made the best from a happy accident.

Queenstown rescue cat Russell is feline just fine — and officially a VIP (aka a Very Impawtant Puss).

A 65-year-old homeless man, whose life in a boarding house room was photographed by the Otago Daily Times last month, has been rescued from living under a bush - and his many belongings have been thrown in in a skip.

A driver in Oamaru came abruptly to the attention of a patrolling police officer when their two vehicles collided on the town's main street just after midnight this morning.

Breaking down the breakdown.

The popularity of Dunedin's shared pathway running "port to port" could create a pinch-point for tourists at Port Chalmers ahead of what is predicted to be a busy tourist season.

In the first of a series of profiles of party leaders, political editor Mike Houlahan talks to Labour leader Chris Hipkins about Jacinda Ardern's legacy and reinventing Labour in his own image.

Gore District Mayor Ben Bell will not step down from the waste advisory group (WasteNet) until the three-bins system is in use around the Gore District.

5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, Written by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood at the Globe Theatre. It runs till September 23.

A 65-year-old homeless man, whose life in a boarding house room was photographed by the Otago Daily Times last month, has been rescued from living under a bush - and his many belongings have been thrown in in a skip.

Collaboration is riding towards reward for cycle trails in Otago.

A day after a restricted fire season in Upper Waitaki and Central Otago was introduced, all fire permits were suspended as high winds hit the area.

Artwork installed in the new Gore library has been blessed.

Cpuncils need to rethink the way they manage waterways to reduce the risk of devastating floods, Forest & Bird is warning.

Gordons and Bailter Space trailblazer John Halvorsen has never stopped writing songs, he tells Tom McKinlay. Now he has a new vehicle for his

Fire or fizzle.