Charlotte Jean Maternity Hospital is a labour of love. Almost 24 years ago, Melissa Fortune became the first baby born at the hospital in Ventry St, Alexandra. So began a legacy that would play out for the next 23 years.
A district court judge has asked if drunken joyrides on motorised chilly bins are a Central Otago problem, after the second case in little over a year.
Central Otago police were called to Lake Dunstan early yesterday morning after a member of the public reported a vehicle, believed to be a ute, was partially submerged in the water.
A Covid-19 world has forced some people to switch careers in order to stay afloat, while others have hit reset on their lives. Reporters Alexia Johnston and Simon Henderson talk to people settling into new jobs and industries in Central Otago.