Ben Bell supporters outside of the Gore district council building. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
The dust has settled in Gore and its young, embattled mayor Ben Bell now has a freshly united council behind him.
His deputy had called on him to resign, leading to an extraordinary council meeting where it appeared a motion of no confidence was a foregone conclusion.
Tim talks to Kathryn about the district which has delivered many twists and turns since October's elections.
Also, the backers of a proposed international airport in Central Otago say key details of the Tarras plan will be made public very soon.
And Tim looks at the loss of Kiwi ownership of the leases of Queenstown camping sites to an Australian company and some Otago innovation - Surf's up for inland wave catchers!
Tim Brown is an RNZ reporter in Dunedin covering Otago and Southland
