Best pies 'hands down'
Bluff may be the known as the seafood capital of the world but it also has a growing reputation for its pies.Base jumper injured at Skippers
By GRANT BRYANT - The Southland Times
LATEST: A Queenstown base jumper fell 30m down a cliff after a jump in the Skippers Canyon early this morning.
Taxi crowds 'disaster waiting to happen'
By GRANT BRYANT in Queenstown - The Southland Times
Queenstown taxi dispatcher Lisa Harley always said someone could get killed while waiting for a cab in the resort town.
It's meat patties at dawn in Queenstown
Queenstown's burger wars are heating up, with a possible three different companies considering opening stores.
Listen to doctors, union says
The "particularly bad" relationship between senior management and senior doctors at Southland Hospital needed to be resolved before any merger of the Otago and Southland district health boards proceeded, the doctors' union boss believes.
Stewart Is finally finds teacher
Stewart Island has found its new preschool teacher after a nationwide search.
Contact to hike electricity rates
Fancy paying even more for your power?
Man charged after alleged dog beating
Report on youth sparks response
Sharks score coup in Iti signing
Southland Sharks basketball fans have been waiting patiently for a big signing and yesterday they got one in the form of a 213cm centre, who was on the verge of playing in the NBA two years ago.
Tough year for Otago rugby
Rugby Southland boss Roger Clark said times were just as tough as ever, as he juggled the union's financial books.
New Zealand coach Power answers SOS
Aussies eyeing NZ sidecar champs
Feast of badminton
If you're a badminton nut in Invercargill it doesn't get much bigger than February 2010.
Council to decide fate of Five Mile plan
An extraordinary meeting tomorrow will determine the Queenstown Lakes District Council's position on appeals to a plan change to part of the Five Mile development in Frankton.
CBD unlikely to be closed off
The Wanaka Community Board was "unlikely" to support central business road closures for future Triathlon New Zealand races held in the town, board chairman Lyall Cocks said.
Scam threat to NZ firms
Dozens march for higher minimum wage
Price for two-tooths tops $200
Farmers searching for breeding stock are likely to struggle as demand has pushed prices for two-tooths to $200 in Southland this week.
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Fashion goes 3D
Burberry is to stream its London Fashion Week show in 3D.
Moontide hits back
The boss of Moontide Swimwear has spoken out against Colleen Hart, the woman who claimed to be supplying methamphetamine to the label's founder as he died of cancer, saying he fears Hart's behaviour is damaging Moontide's reputation.
The freshness of Cambodia
Buy it and try it
Lindsay Lohan's Jesus Christ pose
Lindsay Lohan has posed as Jesus for the front cover of a fashion magazine.
Google faces off with Facebook
Google is making it easier to socialize on its e-mail service. It's unveiling a new "Google Buzz" feature that sets up a face-off with Facebook.
PayPal stops some Indian payments
The online payments service PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week.
Kiwi 'Facebook for kids' gets $800,000
Scam threat to NZ firms
Touch-screen table hits Aust
Microsoft is now selling its Surface touchscreen coffee table computer in Australia.
Eva in porn Tweet mishap
Eva Longoria Parker accidentally told her fans to watch porn.
Rapper's sentencing postponed
Lil Wayne's sentencing has been postponed because the rapper needs time to heal from a dental operation.
Fall Out Boy split downplayed
TV3 star confirms pregnancy
Horror movies causes panic attacks
Italy's government is mulling whether to slap restrictions on horror thriller Paranormal Activity after some movie-goers suffered panic attacks, sparking protests by children's and consumer groups.
In search of the right place
A council will always find itself jammed between a rock and a hard place when it makes a decision on closing roads for a community event, writes The Southland Times in an editorial.
Tricky foreshore
Prime Minister John Key lined up a pair of fat and easy targets at Waitangi, writes The Southland Times in an editorial.
Fabulous show-offs
Grace under pressure
Wrong underdog
Stoats are God's little creatures; albeit uncommonly ardent when it comes to ripping apart an awful lot of God's other little creatures, writes The Southland Times in an editorial.
Maturity shows in McCall's U19 win
It was great to hear that Vaughan McCall took out the North Island under-19 championship by a good seven shots, writes Anthony Barkley in this week's Golf Pro.
Sensing a messy problem
Gerry Forde finds that sometimes it's the simple things in life that get you.
Going solo
Banks wise to settle with Inland Revenue
Watch out for flying balls
Sometimes I chew over a subject for ages before writing about it. One such subject has been the danger of flying cricket balls, writes Joe Bennett this week.
And Another Thing
Pat Velkamp Smith and Patricia Soper take a gentle look at life and all its quirks
