Crash victim was ‘legend’
The word "legend" is apt when it came to Millers Flat man Ian Beel, a longtime friend says.
Jared Morgan
Highlands’ subdivision gets council backing
Highlands’ subdivision gets council backing
The green flag is likely to waved on a 57-lot subdivision at Highlands Innovation and Technology Park near Cromwell.
Viticulture desperate for workers
Viticulture desperate for workers
Central Otago vineyards rely heavily on two labour forces and the Covid-19 pandemic has put paid to both. Central Otago bureau chief Jared Morgan reports.
Call for all hands to the harvest pump
Call for all hands to the harvest pump
Central Otago residents are being asked to muck in or be more hospitable than usual in a bid to make up some of the seasonal worker shortfall.
Shearer jailed for cruelty to lamb
Shearer jailed for cruelty to lamb
A shearer who twice struck a lamb because it broke his shearing comb, causing injuries that resulted in its death, has been jailed for 16 months.
Selling drugs to school pupils lands woman in prison
Selling drugs to school pupils lands woman in prison
A woman who dealt cannabis to Alexandra teens as young as 13 has been jailed for 23 months.
Workforce exceptions questioned
Workforce exceptions questioned
Central Otago’s horticulture and viticulture sectors are questioning why fishermen from countries rife with Covid-19 have been let into NZ when their workforce comes from countries untouched by the pandemic.
Girls’ outdoor programme gains $25K boost
Girls’ outdoor programme gains $25K boost
A programme aimed at empowering Central Otago girls via outdoor adventure has had its "girl power" objective boosted by a $25,000 grant.
Labour shortage tipped to hit service industries
Labour shortage tipped to hit service industries
The impact of looming labour shortages in the horticulture and viticulture sectors in Central Otago is expected to spiral into the industries that service them, leaders say.
Employers fondly remember murdered Kiwi woman
Employers fondly remember murdered Kiwi woman
Former Queenstown employers of a New Zealand woman killed in Melbourne by a man she had just begun a relationship with have been left reeling at news of her death.
Protesters put child uplift issues on agenda
Protesters put child uplift issues on agenda
The words Oranga Tamariki catch in Tony Jarvis’ throat.
Poison carrots prove effective against pests
Poison carrots prove effective against pests
The success of a rabbit control operation in Central Otago has been tagged as a "case study" in how landowners and councils can work together to control numbers.
Winemakers hail tastings policy
Winemakers hail tastings policy
Winemakers across Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes are toasting a National Party pledge to allow vineyards and cellar door wineries to charge for tastings.
Businesses could form breakaway
Businesses could form breakaway
The merger of two southern business advocacy groups poses an opportunity for Central Otago to join forces with the Wanaka and Queenstown chambers of commerce and potentially break ties.
Community approach seen as best for Covid recovery planning
Community approach seen as best for Covid recovery planning
Ongoing planning for the Covid-19 recovery in Central Otago needs to take a collaborative community approach and not be seen as being led by the council.
Bracing for pain after loss of fruit workers
Bracing for pain after loss of fruit workers
Roxburgh's business community is bracing for the economic fallout from the loss of ni-Vanuatu workers and backpackers for the coming fruit harvest, and jobs are on the line.
Trust disappointed by decision to sell church
Trust disappointed by decision to sell church
A Central Otago parish has decided to sell a historic church in Clyde on the open market despite attempts by a trust to buy it.
Packhouse, workers’ quarters proposed
Packhouse, workers’ quarters proposed
Fruitpickers could also have the the pick of the views around Clyde if a consent for a cherry packhouse and workers’ accommodation on the hillside above Lake Dunstan is granted.
Community learning proposal for former i-Site
Community learning proposal for former i-Site
Information looks set to be replaced with education at Alexandra’s former i-Site.
Dam spillage prompted by outage, rain
Dam spillage prompted by outage, rain
The Clyde Dam spillway has been putting on a modest show of late — as it opens to allow water to drain from Lake Dunstan — for two reasons: an outage and heavy rain upstream.