Honoured officer knows management stresses
Honoured officer knows management stresses
Senior Constable Richard Whitmore, of Clinton, knows the headaches that come with a management position.
Hamish MacLean
Clutha residents asked to cut water use
Clutha residents asked to cut water use
The Clutha District Council has asked water users from Lovells Flat to Waihola, including Berwick and Tokoiti, to urgently reduce their water use to avoid widespread outages in the near future.
Scheme leak threatens water supply
Scheme leak threatens water supply
The Clutha District Council was last night scrambling to find a suspected major leak in one of the district's rural water schemes.
Plant testing to start soon
Plant testing to start soon
Testing to determine what killed more than 200 Southland dairy cows and caused liver damage and peeling skin in others last year is expected to begin in the next few weeks.
Feedback sought on proposal pool be closed
Feedback sought on proposal pool be closed
Community reaction to the possibility the Kaitangata Pool could be closed has been muted.
Cavalcader airlifted with leg injury
Cavalcader airlifted with leg injury
A woman who had been kicked by a horse was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital by helicopter during the first day on the Tussock Creek light wagon trail on the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust's cavalcade yesterday.
Rain mars picnic 150th festivities
Rain mars picnic 150th festivities
The one day they did not want the rain, they got it.
Hopes rising as dam fills
Hopes rising as dam fills
Water restrictions remain in place for 300 Clutha properties from Lovells Flat to Waihola, but the Clutha District Council says it is making progress on fixing the scheme.
Roads again biggest concern
Roads again biggest concern
Road maintenance tops Clutha residents' list of concerns after the latest satisfaction survey.
Alleged shoplifter eludes police after car crash
Alleged shoplifter eludes police after car crash
A woman allegedly involved in three shoplifting incidents in Balclutha yesterday then crashed the car she was driving into a pole and later crashed into another car while avoiding police, Balclutha police say.
Doubt cast on age of church font
Doubt cast on age of church font
The font that Southern Anglicans for years have believed was a Norman relic is likely to be less than 200 years old, a specialist in medieval art says.
Eye in the sky helps farmers
Eye in the sky helps farmers
A sophisticated gadget tipped to revolutionise New Zealand farming was demonstrated at the Farmarama farm show at Lawrence yesterday.
Spruce up for outdoor education centre
Spruce up for outdoor education centre
Scores of volunteers painted a cherished place in the Catlins at the weekend.
Seeking 'way forward'
Seeking 'way forward'
Shareholders of Wool Equities Ltd, the parent company of Milton's Bruce Woollen Mill, have voted down a proposal to sell its shares in the mill.
Dairy farmers urged to test water
Dairy farmers urged to test water
Clutha Development's Hamish Anderson is asking dairy farmers to start testing the water on their properties to meet the Otago Regional Council's new 2020 water standards.
Exhibitions nourished local talent - artist
Exhibitions nourished local talent - artist
Staging art exhibitions in West Otago turned what was once a naive arts community into one that has flourished, Central Otago artist Liz Kempthorne says.
Huge change coming for Tapanui
Huge change coming for Tapanui
The Stars and Stripes will be flying in West Otago next month.
'Trying to be proactive' to help foreign workers
'Trying to be proactive' to help foreign workers
Driving skills, English language training and access to services are the top concerns of the growing international workforce in the Clutha district, Clutha District Settlement Support chairwoman Chris Shaw says.
Director made health and safety focus at school
Director made health and safety focus at school
Normalising safe farming practices has been a defining part of outgoing director Charley Lamb's time at Telford, a division of Lincoln University.
Serious fun on roads, bush tracks and beach
Serious fun on roads, bush tracks and beach
When Anthony Eyles reached the beach in the 19th Papatowai Challenge on Saturday he followed the tracks his wife and son had made earlier in the sand.