Leith Huffadine

It was a Tuesday in Tapanui when Charlie the hen hatched her fowl plot.

Merino chic was the style judges were looking for at the WoolOn fashion show on Saturday night, and Heather Kerr's three-piece entry with accessories was exactly what they wanted.

Closing Fruitgrowers Rd near Clyde, which provides access to Lake Dunstan and the Weatherall Creek picnic area and is used widely for recreation, is one option contained in a report on options for the road, a year after it was damaged by a landslip.

Negotiations over who will pay for repair work on Fruitgrowers Rd, near Clyde, are set to continue but if those fail, the Central Otago District Council will pay.

Central Otago District Council committee meetings and part of the full council meeting next Wednesday will be held in private.

The Alexandra Thyme Festival might feature many art-themed events, but organisers are promoting a sustainability message, too.

A capacity crowd helped raise almost $15,000 for the Otago Suicide Prevention Trust during a function in Alexandra on Friday night.

In 1874, it cost about £700 to build a church in Cromwell.

Classic car fan Rae Ward was not surprised when police hunting for a drug kingpin turned up at his Naseby home yesterday.

The Clyde railway station has two new leases - on life and with a new tenant.

''Goop on a rag on a stick and toss it at a pot lid.''

Ranfurly's Art Deco Festival replacement, the Festival in the Park, has received almost $10,000 in funding.

Central Otago's interim chief executive begins his second week in the role today, filling in until a permanent employee takes up the job.

Vallance Cottage needs a purpose - and a guardian.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority and police are investigating an incident involving an allegation of excessive use of force by an officer at the Cromwell police station.