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The Ensign-Gore, 2 Sep 2026

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The Ensign, based in Gore, was established in 1878, and is distributed to homes in Eastern and Northern Southland and West Otago. It features coverage of local government, local sports, arts and recreation, and farming news. The team is proud to have serviced this area for more than a century and is an active sponsor of many local activities and sporting events.

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ArticleRes­tor­a­tion on track

It is full steam ahead for the res­tor­a­tion of the Mataura Rail­way Sta­tion. Rail­way Her­it­age Trust exec­ut­ive officer Barry O’Don­nell announced on Monday that work on the project would begin this month. It comes just over a year after Rail...

Res­tor­a­tion on track

ArticleSinging out for funds

Two award­win­ning Gore coun­try music tal­ents are put­ting on a show to help them get to a national com­pet­i­tion in Octo­ber. Meila Scully, of Riversdale, and Heather Thacker, of Gore, who won their age cat­egor­ies at the South­ern Coun­try Music...

Singing out for funds

ArticleReady to rep­res­ent New Zea­l­and

Gore has another young tal­ent on the rise as Rene Topi heads to Aus­tralia this month as part of the New Zea­l­and U13 national soft­ball squad. The young shortstop and pitcher, who has already been a standout in rugby and ath­let­ics, is now mak­ing...

Ready to rep­res­ent New Zea­l­and

ArticleDickie buzz­ing after world mas­ters cup

After an inter­na­tional trip fea­tur­ing some very com­pet­it­ive matches, one local woman came back to a cham­pion’s wel­come for her hockey tri­umph. Lynne Dickie returned to Gore from Bel­gium last week, where she rep­res­en­ted New Zea­l­and in...

Dickie buzz­ing after world mas­ters cup