Sarah Marquet

Policies on earthquake-prone buildings have claimed their first victim in Central Otago and an almost 100-year old Tarbert St brick building is set to be demolished, starting next week.

Two people face poaching charges after they allegedly shot and gutted a deer on a Central Otago farm this week. Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Liz Williams said police were alerted by a farmer tracking poachers across his farm at 4.50pm on Monday.

After a fundraising effort almost a year long, nine Cromwell College pupils, their principal and two others are about to embark on a life-changing adventure - a 17-day trek, including rest days, to Mt Everest Base Camp. Sarah Marquet went to meet them.

It was a big bag full of chocolate that finally sealed the deal for Nevis Richardson in 1947 and convinced Kathleen Sutherland to marry him.

Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, Central Otago will be better equipped in a large-scale emergency.

A Cromwell woman says she has lost one of her last tangible links to her late mother after her car rolled into Lake Dunstan yesterday.

Pottery, embroidery, paintings, and mixed media art were all on display in Cromwell over the weekend.