A "large amount of personal belongings and money" was stolen from cars.

The crash resulted in the death of a motorcyclist. It occurred on SH1 around 4pm just east of Pukerau.

Big swells predicted to surge up the eastern side of New Zealand from Kaikoura to north of Mahia Peninsula

Ted Gordon was heading to Gore when he got a phone call to say the man who raped and killed his daughter 23 years ago had died in a crash.

A Gore man has been arrested following an assault on Thursday evening.

The man killed in a motorcycle crash near Gore on Tuesday was convicted of raping and killing a South Otago woman in 1993.

Road toll now equal to last summer's following death of motorcyclist.

Gore's anti-prohibition whisky makers had plenty of bite, writes Eleanor Ainge Roy.

Three boys were playing in the school grounds when they were approached by an unknown man.

A home has been destroyed by fire in a Gore overnight.

A car has collided with a fire engine just south of Gore.

Our political correspondent ponders possible predators of the New Zealand, Chinese and American variety.

Former Gore mayor Ian Tulloch is out of intensive care and "on track to begin rehabilitation", his family says.

Paul Rush finds Gore is hooked on trout, hooch, abstract art, insects and music.

Whisky and art are the first drawcards - but Colin Hogg is surprised to find there's much more to the once-named Chicago of the south.

The body of a missing Gore woman Bernese Fiveash has been found by police in Invercargill.

Blue Sky Meats, whose shares trade on the Unlisted platform, has agreed to acquire Gore-based Clover Export.

An accused man made a break for freedom from the Gore District Court yesterday and is still on the run.

No matter what the weather's doing, Pamela Wade finds entertainment in Southland and Central Otago.

'There's quite a lot of devastation in there'. It took more than 90 firefighters to bring a massive blaze in Gore under control at a commercial building.

Police are currently attending a crash involving a truck and trailer unit on State Highway 90 about 5km south of Waikoikoi, near Gore.

Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English is to give up his Clutha-Southland seat at the next election and stand as a list candidate.

Gore has more to offer than you may think, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Police have released the name of a toddler who drowned in a rubbish hole on a Southland farm yesterday.

A South Island couple in their 50s has admitted taking nearly $180,000 in welfare benefits over 23 years.