Ask a chef: Chisel Cafe's Ginger Crunch
Ask a chef: Chisel Cafe's Ginger Crunch
Ask A Chef reveals the secrets of those superb dishes you ate in cafes and restaurants and wanted to try yourself.
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Lessons on fighting fire
Lessons on fighting fire
Anthony Maglis, of Timaru-based Fire and Safety Training Ltd, demonstrates at Telford yesterday what happens when water is poured on boiling oil.
Staff from Telford, a division of Lincoln University, spent several hours learning about fires, how they work, and how to extinguish different types of blazes.
Principal to begin new life in tourism
Principal to begin new life in tourism
After 30 years in education, South Otago High School principal Nick Simpson is off to try something new - tourism.
Trust gives cycleway grant of $300,000
Trust gives cycleway grant of $300,000
The Clutha Gold Trail has received a $300,000 boost for the Beaumont to Lawrence leg of the cycleway.
Heavy snow dump cuts power and blocks roads
Heavy snow dump cuts power and blocks roads
Heavy snow in Clutha closed roads and cut power around the district yesterday, with some homes in Clinton without power from about 8.30pm on Tuesday until lunchtime yesterday.
Entries open for community awards
Entries open for community awards
Entries for the TrustPower Clutha District Community Awards are open, giving Clutha residents the chance to recognise their voluntary groups.
It all comes round
It all comes round
Odds and ends were given another life in Kaitangata on Saturday night as masks, kites, and wearable art.
Bids still open for art
Bids still open for art
Paper bids are still open for a collaborative work by South Otago artists.
Corrections cuts 23 jobs in South in nation wide restructuring
Corrections cuts 23 jobs in South in nation wide restructuring
The Department of Corrections has announced 23 jobs will be cut in the South Island, across its five prisons and Christchurch regional office.
Art exhibition at Owaka Museum a hit
Art exhibition at Owaka Museum a hit
An exhibition by South Otago artists at the Owaka Museum has been well received.
Kids get hands-on help from Highlanders
Kids get hands-on help from Highlanders
South Otago children received rugby tips first-hand when members of the Highlanders came to Clydevale yesterday.
Community boards look safe
Community boards look safe
The future of Clutha's two community boards seems to be safe for another six years, pending a final decision later this month.
Man serious after truck crash
Man serious after truck crash
A man has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after a truck rolled near Gore, in Southland, this morning.
Church's free coal still a hot item
Church's free coal still a hot item
Twelve years on, and an annual coal giveaway is steaming on, with 12 tonnes of coal distributed around Clutha on Saturday.
Otago wind power 'like eating your own veges'
Otago wind power 'like eating your own veges'
Pioneer Generation's Mt Stuart wind farm is officially open and producing energy, despite a snowy start.
Trainees graduate
Trainees graduate
About 55 Otago and Southland forestry trainees gathered in Balclutha on Friday night for their annual graduation, with a Dunedin man gaining the top regional title.
Matariki Recyclable Arts to be shown on Saturday
Matariki Recyclable Arts to be shown on Saturday
Recycled goods will be displayed through a variety of creative designs in Kaitangata next Saturday.
Pool should open in fortnight
Pool should open in fortnight
Work on the upgrade of the Balclutha Pool is coming to an end, with the pool expected to open in two weeks.
$1500 science grant
$1500 science grant
A new garden science programme at Balclutha Primary School has received a $1500 boost.
Rural Otago groups give almost $10k
Rural Otago groups give almost $10k
The bid to raise $3 million for neurosurgery positions in the South has received a nearly $10,000 boost from rural Otago.