By the time you've finished breakfast this morning, 30 athletes will be hours into a two-day ultra-marathon - and they could still be running when you finish tomorrow's breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Runners have branded the Northburn 100 the toughest race they have ever been in and that reputation will pique the interest of more international competitors next time around, says ultra-marathon runner Lisa Tamati.
The Central Otago District Council's rates take will increase by 2.8% for the coming year, with swimming pools in the district soaking up 5% of the rates.
The council plans to collect $21,027,063 in rates for the 2011-12 year, an increase of $577,553 on the previous year's figures.
The Central Otago District Council has decided to dip its toes into the Cromwell property market.
The company that runs Dunstan Hospital has been "doing its homework" and is taking a close interest in planned changes to health services in the Wakatipu and to the Lakes District Hospital.
Gaining funding for the Maniototo's first dedicated youth worker has been heralded as "the start of more good things" for the area's youth.
Decisions on the Central Otago district plan changes, including the one restricting the use of Oamaru stone as a building material for rural homes, should be made public in early May.
The Central Otago District Council is surprised a review of its gambling venue policy failed to attract any response from the "anti-gambling lobby".
Amy Lingard (left) and Chloe Dowling, of Clyde, pack export-grade organic royal gala apples at Summerfruit Orchard, near Clyde.
The long overdue renovation of the Alexandra St John base is "tantalisingly close", members were told at a recent awards ceremony.
Every footstep was agony by the end but Christchurch teacher Martin Lukes, who won the inaugural Northburn 100 mountain race, still had a smile on his face.
A snowstorm added to the test of endurance for the final seven competitors in an ultra-marathon race near Cromwell early yesterday afternoon.
This weekend will probably "wreck" him, rookie ultra-distance runner Michael Wright predicts.
Upgrading nine Central Otago drinking-water schemes to meet Ministry of Health standards will cost more than $2.9 million, but the majority of the towns involved are not "disadvantaged" enough to qualify for capital works subsidies.
Naseby residents are getting steamed up about how often they have to boil their water so it is safe to drink.
Police have yet to interview the husband of the Roxburgh woman who died on Friday after a shooting incident at their home.
A selfless woman with a zest for life and a sense of mischief, who cared for others were common themes in the memories shared by mourners at the funeral of Lesley Johnston in Roxburgh yesterday.
Central Otago's first female sub-area commander, Senior Sergeant Jill Woods, has resigned after two years in the role, and is leaving the police on March 25 to work for the Department of Corrections.
The Rural Otago Primary Health Organisation will continue to fund diabetes nurses and woolshed health clinics, even though the organisation will soon cease to exist.
A blessing was held yesterday at the Roxburgh home that was the scene of a fatal shooting last week. A homicide investigation is under way after Lesley Ann Johnston (60) died at her Smith St home.
