Southern District Police are investigating a number of thefts, with tools and ATVs among the items stolen across a wide area, from the outskirts of Invercargill to as far out as Hedgehope.

Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey says scholarships awarded to 27 healthcare students yesterday are another step forward to boosting the rural health workforce.

The New Zealand National Fieldays Society chief executive Peter Nation is to step down in December after eight years in the role.

OPINION: Have NGOs had their day?

OPINION: A reader recently called out the Hound for not giving Federated Farmers enough credit for taking Otago Regional Council to task on its dodgy rule changes.

OPINION: Your old mate was shocked to learn that two pet projects of progressive dreamers have come a gutser in the real world.

OPINION: Leader of the Labour Party and His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Chris Hipkins, has formulated a bold strategy to regain power that his rivals won't have predicted.

OPINION: The wooden bicycle enthusiasts over at Greenpeace have yet to meet a government policy or corporate initiative they didn't hate.

OPINION: Common sense has prevailed.

The future of Fonterra is assured, so long as farmer owners stay engaged in the governance of the industry and the business they collectively own.

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