Lynda van Kempen

CT scanner set to open free of debt

CT scanner set to open free of debt

Dunstan Hospital's CT scanner will open at the start of June ''debt-free'' thanks to the fund-raising efforts of the wider Central Otago community. A cheque for $100,000 was presented to

1922 trophy head back in the family

1922 trophy head back in the family

An Alexandra man is marvelling at the ''proper fluke'' which led to the recovery of an unusual, long-lost family heirloom - a 20-point stag trophy head.

Cromwell: Pupils on top of the world after trip

Cromwell: Pupils on top of the world after trip

A trek to Mt Everest Base Camp has given a group of Cromwell College pupils renewed admiration for the feat of Sir Edmund Hillary and great respect for the Sherpa people of Nepal.

The nine pupils returned to school yesterday after their ''tr

Court rejects appeal over home

Court rejects appeal over home

The Environment Court has rejected an appeal against an application by a Ripponvale couple to retain their existing home as accommodation for workers or travellers after they build a new house on the property.

Town firefighter for record 50 years

Town firefighter for record 50 years

Roxburgh's longest-serving fireman, Colin Robb, says half a century of answering the fire siren's call seems to have gone in a flash.

Grenell still has it at 68

Grenell still has it at 68

Entertainer John Grenell proved he still has pulling power after half a century in the music industry, with a couple of ''groupies'' tussling over him during his performance in the Bards, Ballads and Bulldust Festival at the Chalet Rest Home in Ranfurly.

Subdivision controversy

Round two of a wrangle between the owners of Earnscleugh's Grasshopper Rock vineyard and their next-door neighbours, who want to subdivide, was played out this week.

Bards and ballads festival 'spreading out'

The Maniototo's annual salute to bush poetry and rural balladeers being staged this weekend will be ''everywhere, man'', in the words of guest artist John Grenell.

ORC promises action on bonfires

Complaints to the Otago Regional Council's pollution hotline about seven Central Otago bonfires within 48 hours has prompted a warning that such behaviour will be ''stamped out'' and the worst offenders prosecuted.

Rabbits reaching 'plague' numbers

Rabbits reaching 'plague' numbers

Allies from the annual Great Easter Bunny Hunt in Central Otago must have embarrassed the Otago Regional Council, as they revealed the ineffectiveness of its pest management, submitters said this week.