Ella Jenkins

The roar of powerboats echoed through the Cromwell Gorge on Saturday as rounds two and three of the New Zealand Boat Marathon Commission’s 2025 race calendar were held in Central Otago.

Competitors braved the rainy Easter weekend to run 6.7km every hour on the hour until they could run no more at the inaugural Alexandra Carousel Backyard Ultra race.

A tour company which offers visitors a behind-the-scenes view of Clyde Dam has entered its third year of operations.

Cromwell College’s new building has created a buzz among students and faculty as it opened to classes last week.

A long overdue renovation for the Cromwell Scout Den is well under way, made possible by a community effort.

A Central Otago company hopes to help farmers save money by allowing them to generate their own power using solar.

A proposal to build a replica Chinese settlement in Old Cromwell is closer to becoming reality, after more than 30 years of work.

For Dunstan rower Mathew King, the prospect of representing New Zealand for the first time at the under-23 championships in Poland is exciting but scary.

A community group hopes to work alongside the Central Otago District Council and other groups to make the Cromwell Cemetery a place the community can be proud of.

An Alexandra man is helping accelerate the shift from cars to e-bikes by designing a bike he hopes could one day be built by anyone in their garage.

A plan has been hatched to restore Cromwell Cemetery and prevent rabbits from wreaking havoc in the historically important place.

A 60-year-old American tourist has admitted causing a fatal crash which left one person dead and another injured near Cromwell at the weekend.

The Central Otago Resilience Trust’s annual charity dinner is back for a third year and will be hosted in Alexandra for the first time.

An appeal to gather handbags full of practical items for women escaping domestic violence drew more donations than expected.

More than $16,000 was raised at the Bayley’s Cromwell charity golf day and auction held at the Cromwell Golf Club last Friday.

Twenty people became New Zealanders in the first Central Otago citizenship ceremony of the year, held at the Central Otago District Council Chambers in Alexandra on Friday.

A 60-year-old American tourist has admitted causing a fatal crash which left one person dead and another injured near Cromwell at the weekend.