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Che recaps some of the biggest stories of the year in Southland, including the controversy at the Gore District Council which erupted after it became public that Mayor Ben Bell, who also the youngest mayor in New Zealand, and the long-term Council chief executive officer Stephen Parry were not on speaking terms.
Also the story of six farmers and contractors banding together to buy the local pub, the Royal Hotel at Waikaka which was facing closure.
Che Baker is the editor of the Southland Times.
