Rosie Manins

Thousands of people enjoyed a sunny afternoon at the ninth annual Clyde Wine and Food Harvest Festival yesterday, trying some of the area's best produce.

Rural land within the Naseby village has been rezoned to allow for residential development.

Arrowtown School pupils left the competition behind during the annual Central Otago primary school triathlon held in Cromwell this week.

Organisers of the 19th annual Great Easter Bunny Hunt are anticipating this weekend's event will surpass previous years, due to thriving rabbit populations.

L and M Mining Ltd is on target as it moves through the first stage of its planned seven-year project to extract more than 110,000 ounces of gold, worth $170 million on today's spot price, from the Earnscleugh flats.

Despite being unsure about his involvement in future Goldrush races, organiser Neville Grubb hopes the annual event will continue to be held in Central Otago.

Wanaka athlete Dougal Allan is celebrating his third consecutive win of the Goldrush multisport event, having beaten his own course record in a time of 17hr 21min 8sec.

Cromwell residents can expect to become familiar with the town's latest police officer, who is enthusiastic about the personal approach to small-community policing.

Otago Polytechnic's sports turf management programme is going from strength to strength, with $140,000 of new equipment and a student roll at capacity for the first time.

Just over a week after the fire which destroyed their Ranfurly home and two business premises, Dick and Janet Parker are busy getting on with life.

Despite being on opposite sides of the world, Alaska and Alexandra have more in common than most people realise, visiting geologist Carol Huber says.

Central Otago residents are being warned about the district's extreme fire risk following a close call in Clyde, where a blaze threatened houses and businesses along the town's main street.