Inland Otago Conservation Award finalist and Malcam Charitable Trust Conservation Corps youth worker Michelle Wilson talks to Sarah Marquet about the 12-week programme for youth that has completed an "impressive array" of amenity improvements.
Complications due to the "shocking" way water connections in Roxburgh were done in the past have seen the cost of water-meter installation escalate and funding run dry.
A 31-year old Auckland man was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital yesterday morning after being kicked in the chest by a horse at Omakau.
St John Central Otago rural support officer Ron Smiles said the man was biking the Otago Central Rail Trail and was to finish the section on horseback.
He was rounding up horses when he was kicked.
The nine 2011 Alexandra Blossom Festival princesses assembled for the first time yesterday for a photo shoot and although it was not an official engagement, the judging began.
They say things come in threes. The Cromwell Community Arts group is all too familiar with the experience after the delivery of its long-awaited grand piano suffered three mishaps.
A scrub fire which authorities say got out of control on a Springvale farm near Alexandra yesterday resulted in disagreement as to whether the landowner had breached his fire permit conditions.
"Backbone", "stalwart" and "committed" are just some of the words used to describe Bettie Lawson, who, after almost half a century on the Roxburgh stage, has stepped out of the limelight.
Proposed plans for a new Bannockburn Hall have been questioned by the community and the Historic Places Trust, prompting the Cromwell Community Board to call for more public consultation.
Central Otago apple growers are excited about the opening of the Australian market to New Zealand fruit, but say it will not alleviate the problems they face with the high New Zealand dollar.
Just two of 30 Central Foods staff will keep their jobs after the business closed its doors in Dunedin and Alexandra, the Otago Daily Times understands.