Tom Kitchin

The Central Otago District Council has agreed  to add more than $500,000 to staffing budgets through its new 10-year plan to meet "pain points" in the organisation, most of which will be...

Central Otago teachers heard from representatives of the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) about the union's new plans for negotiating pay rises and better working conditions with the...

Rates for Central Otago will increase by 4.5% on average in the first year of the district's new 10-year plan, to pay for big projects.

The question of growth was one of the big discussion points at Central Otago District Council 10-year plan submission hearings yesterday.

An astronomical group says it was taken in by a "grand rip-off" from a Timaru telescope company after the product it ordered  failed to  arrive.

You might call it living in a fridge, but for Euan Baxter, of Fruitlands, it has been his winter life for the past 30 years.

After discussing 550 submission points over the last week, community boards in Central Otago have finished debating and discussing the issues affecting the district for the 2018-28 10-year plan.

This year, the Brass Monkey motorcycle rally looks like it will be true to its name.

The public will get their chance to have a say on the new Cromwell master plan at drop-in sessions beginning this weekend.

Despite more than 1000 emails arriving in the Prime Minister's inbox on Tuesday to campaign against the closure of the Roxburgh children's village, there has been no change in the Government's view.

The number of rooms for the first stage of an accommodation complex on Cemetery Rd in Cromwell has been confirmed, but it may not be ready for another two years.

A total of 1,155 emails were sent to the prime minister yesterday in a final attempt to save the Roxburgh children's village, Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan said.

A proposed skate park for Roxburgh is gliding along to the next stages, applying to be included in the Central Otago District Council's 10-year plan.

The rebuild of an Old Cromwell restaurant destroyed by fire last year is due to begin next month, but the owner is "disappointed and disheartened" by his dealings with the Old Cromwell Board.

Due to procedural errors, the Central Lakes Equestrian Club have pocketed $3000 in rent that was supposed to be paid to the Central Otago District Council (CODC), but the council says it will write...

A helicopter moves to replace power equipment at Gorge Creek, between Alexandra and Roxburgh last Wednesday, while working towards the final stages of a big rural project.

National party leader Simon Bridges' regional roadshow came to Central Otago today and he took aim at the Labour-led Government over its decision not to fund the Roxburgh children's village.