Horticulture is growing. A paper recently released by the Ministry for Primary Industries predicts the industry will need an extra 7800 workers by 2025. Many will require higher skills and more qualifications. In Central Otago's orchards and vineyards, more skilled hands cannot come quickly enough. Leith Huffadine reports.
Eight thousand new, red-lidded wheelie bins, costing about $70 each, are being distributed throughout Central Otago as preparations are made for a move to fortnightly refuse collections in July.
A 63-year-old Alexandra man has been airlifted to Dunedin hospital this afternoon, after his truck travelled about 50 metres down a steep hillside near Alexandra.
A truck plunged down a hillside so steep yesterday afternoon a winch had to be used to secure the vehicle before rescuers could safely free the driver trapped inside.
Development of a cycle trail in the Cromwell Gorge connecting Clyde and Cromwell has widespread support.
An arrest has been made in relation to the near-death of a Cromwell high school pupil.
A near-dead comatose Cromwell girl found in the street was nearly mistaken for a pile of rubbish.
Building a ''men's shed'' on land in Molyneux Park would breach land use zoning in Alexandra, a Vincent Community Board member says.
Unpoliced parking in Alexandra and Cromwell could be a thing of the past from next year.
Potato chips and lollies were the brain food of choice at the Otago Daily Times Extra! current events quiz in Cromwell last night.
Central Otago WasteBusters will get a bail-out from the Central Otago District Council to prevent it from becoming insolvent, but its future remains uncertain.
A proposed underpass beneath State Highway 8 at Clyde is a step closer to reality, after the release of options for its location and construction.
High fashion met tartan and Scottish heritage on the catwalk in Roxburgh on Saturday night.
In the latest round of an ongoing conflict, Cromwell man Alan McKay has opposed an application by the Cromwell Motorsport Park Trust to change or cancel conditions of a land use consent.
Naseby's general store has remained open to give a Naseby Vision subcommittee longer to come up with an operational structure that could prevent its planned closure.
The intensification of farming in the Tarras area has increased demand for power in the wider Tarras area and a new substation is needed, Aurora Energy says.
A funeral procession of emergency service vehicles passes through Alexandra yesterday afternoon to honour local man Peter Grayland, who died last week.
The Lauder railway station may get wheels of its own, if only briefly.
New Zealand's only kayaker at the Youth Olympics in China has come ninth in the K1 obstacle slalom event.
The trust behind the proposed Cromwell Gorge Cycle Trail will meet for the first time next week - and change the trail's name.
