The death of two young people in a shearing-van crash two years ago hastened plans to introduce best-practice travel guidelines for people involved in the shearing industry, a Coroners Court hearing in Alexandra was told yesterday.
"I sent my son off to work up here and he came back to me in a box," a grieving father told the Coroners Court in Alexandra yesterday.
Police are hoping to complete their investigation soon into the Poolburn crash which claimed the life of a young Irishman early on Saturday.
The death of a young Irishman in a crash at Poolburn on Saturday morning was "a completely avoidable loss of life", Sergeant Ian Kerrisk said yesterday.
The first step in protecting young women from harmful relationships was to learn the signs of abuse, the mother of murdered Dunedin woman Sophie Elliott told more than 100 Central Otago people on Saturday.
The former occupants of some of Clyde's historic buildings will be brought back to life tonight as family members share stories about them during a tour of the main street buildings.
A further Environment Court hearing on the Project Hayes wind farm has been delayed, pending a decision on whether the matter will proceed to a higher court.
The growth of the dairy industry in Central and West Otago is reflected in the number of trainees on the books of Agriculture ITO training adviser Sarah Barr.
Central Otago wine industry pioneers, Sue Edwards and Verdun Burgess, branded crazy for starting a vineyard in the Alexandra basin almost 30 years ago, are following their instincts again - and this time a "mad invention" or two is in the mix.
A disagreement between the Alexandra Blossom Festival Committee and the event manager of the 2009 festival, Annetta Latham, about reimbursement for a $2868 bill resulted in a Disputes Tribunal hearing last month.
A large increase in the Paerau School roll in recent weeks has the school board more optimistic about the school's survival.
The Central Otago District Council is "unlikely" to challenge an Environment Court decision which keeps an unformed road in the council roading network.
A report on the future of the Cromwell Museum sparked a discussion at this week's Cromwell Community Board meeting about whether the board had any say in the planned relocation of the town's information centre.
The first task of the newly-elected Cromwell Community Board was to appoint Neil Gillespie as chairman for a fourth term.
A seldom-used "paper" road through Moutere Station should remain a public road because of its potential use in the future by walkers, runners and cyclists, the Environment Court has ruled.
Central Otago is about as far from the coast as you can get in this country but volunteers provide a Coastguard service which now has a new home in Clyde.
Resource consent is being sought for works and structures on two-thirds of the Clutha Gold Trail, the stretch within the Central Otago boundary.
An unusual abundance of orange road cones in Alexandra's town centre is proving irresistible to late-night revellers, who have unhelpfully been rearranging them.
The Roxburgh Gorge cycle trail is a few wheel-tracks closer to becoming a reality now land-use resource consents have been granted.
Water metering in Central Otago towns should continue but bills for some excess water use should be deferred until revised charges are approved, district council water services manager Russell Bond says.
