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Leith No 2 turned in a solid all-round team performance to win the Peninsula Relay on Saturday.

Football officials obviously don't live on the hills. Mums and dads were somewhat amazed at the non cancellation of junior football last Saturday.

Russia said it sunk a Georgian missile boat that was trying to attack its ships in the Black Sea, news agencies reported.

The final stage in the redevelopment of Caroline Bay has begun.

‘‘I've never been a ‘yes' man and I'm not going to start at my time of life,'' former Gore District councillor Fred Sutherland said, reflecting on his three consecutive terms on council, before his ‘‘surprise'' loss at last year's local body elections.

If stepping back in time for an evening to dance the military twostep, the foxtrot, the Gay Gordons or the Snowball Waltz sounds like your cup of tea, then get in quick for tickets to Cromwell's second annual Charity Ball.

An ‘‘accessory extravaganza'' is the best way to describe Cromwell Rotary's upcoming fundraiser, chief organiser Sally Angus says.

About 30 Arrowtown School pupils have been honing their graphic design skills in a bid to create a logo for the newly-formed Arrowtown Clean Air and Warm Homes Trust.

Trevor Goudie is looking forward to spending more time on his lifestyle block when he retires from Central Otago District Council tomorrow, after working as an accountant for 20 years.

The good form Andrew Lonie displayed in winning the masters title in the Otago cross-country carried over to victory in the national event on Saturday.

Weather and track conditions may play a major part in the National Cross-country Champs in Waikanae, Wellington, today.

It proved quite a reality check for 16 senior pupils from Gore High School's French class when they returned from 11 days in the balmy 25degC of New Caledonia to the chilling depths of a Gore winter last Wednesday.

About 30 Arrowtown School pupils have been honing their graphic design skills in a bid to create a logo for the newly-formed Arrowtown Clean Air and Warm Homes Trust.

The Paulin Brothers are on a tight deadline to relocate two coolstores for use in a hydroponic cherry tree operation.

Hawea Flat residents staged a mass protest yesterday to push for a reduction in the current speed limits around the town's ‘‘educational triangle''.

Pruning vines, changing tyres and a little bit of theory thrown in, was all a day's work for the six entrants in the third Young Viticulturist of the Year competitions at Cromwell on Saturday.