Navigating the increasingly technological world of education requires special skills, and Warepa School, southwest of Balclutha, has just finished a week dedicated to those skills.
Mayoral elections in Otago's "heartland" this year have attracted 14 candidates. The Otago Daily Times today continues its series profiling the candidates, with Balclutha reporter Rachel Taylor putting the questions to Bryan Cadogan.
A Benhar man who fell about 5m from a tree he was pruning yesterday was flown by the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter to Dunedin Hospital with suspected chest injuries.
Mayoral elections in Otago's "heartland" this year have attracted 14 candidates. The Otago Daily Times today continues its series profiling candidates, with Balclutha reporter Rachel Taylor putting the questions to Clutha Mayor Juno Hayes.
A complaint from Balclutha greengrocers about competitive disadvantage has prompted the regulatory services committee to recommend the Clutha District Council reviews its trading in public places bylaw.
A new organisation has been set up and charged with enhancing the social, cultural and economic development of Maori living in Dunedin and South Otago by providing access to a wide range of services.
The Clutha District Council district assets committee will meet tomorrow to consider recommending to the council that the Tuapeka Mouth pedestrian bridge be moved to Gabriels Gully as part of the Lawrence-Tuapeka Community Board's Gabriels Gully walkway project.
Some Telford Rural Polytechnic students involved in anti-social behaviour at "the beer pit" on Koau Rd are likely to be prosecuted by police and the Otago Regional Council following complaints from Balclutha residents.
Fonterra has invested $7.75 million upgrading its Stirling cheese factory so it can start mass-producing its award-winning reduced-salt cheddar cheese.