Taste event tweaked to support businesses
Taste event tweaked to support businesses
Central Otago’s annual celebration of food and wine, Eat. Taste. Central, has been "tweaked" to support hospitality and tourism businesses.
Jared Morgan
Concerns data centre for cryptocurrency
Concerns data centre for cryptocurrency
The complex world of crypto mining could be about to come to Central Otago. Jared Morgan speaks to a Dunedin software engineer concerned about a lack of transparency over plans for the ‘‘data centre’’.
Top mountain bike series for Central
Top mountain bike series for Central
Otago's mountain bike trails will be showcased later this year as an international mountain biking event makes its way across the region.
Fire guts historic villa; building demolished
Fire guts historic villa; building demolished
Fire followed by demolition spelled a double blow for a historic Central Otago villa yesterday morning.
Minister-ORC chairman talks welcomed
Minister-ORC chairman talks welcomed
The Central Otago Environmental Society has welcomed talks between the Environment Minister David Parker and Otago Regional Council chairman Andrew Noone.
Ophir bed and breakfast being demolished after fire
Ophir bed and breakfast being demolished after fire
What is left of an historic Central Otago villa destroyed in a fire this morning is being demolished.
Arsonist’s sentence appeal rejected
Arsonist’s sentence appeal rejected
A man convicted of arson — including setting fire to a house with his partner and children inside — burglary and making false statements to police has lost an appeal of his sentence.
Society joins call to dismiss councillors
Society joins call to dismiss councillors
The Central Otago Environmental Society (COES) has called to disband Otago Regional Council (ORC) councillors and have commissioners appointed in their place.
Retirement village to go ahead but smaller
Retirement village to go ahead but smaller
A 120-villa retirement village and 60-bed aged-care hospital at Clyde will go ahead after part of the land originally tagged for the development has been listed for sale.
Fundraiser puts hand up again for charity
Fundraiser puts hand up again for charity
Daffodil Day’s cancellation has not fazed Clyde’s Jody Velenski, who has used Alert Level 4 lockdown to step into the breach and launched her own fundraiser for the Cancer Society.
Roxburgh pool buoyed by grant of $500,000
Roxburgh pool buoyed by grant of $500,000
The Roxburgh Swimming Pool is a step closer to funds target after receiving further funding of $500,000.
First lots for industrial estate go on market
First lots for industrial estate go on market
Ten lots in a new industrial estate comprising 29 sections on 4.8ha to the southwest of the town centre of Cromwell hit the market this week.
Upgrade approved for water supply
Upgrade approved for water supply
An interim solution to Naseby’s potable water woes is a step closer with an upgrade of the town’s treatment plant to provide service after weather events that affect drinking water quality.
Councillors narrowly back WoolOn grant
Councillors narrowly back WoolOn grant
An 11th-hour application for council funding was "make or break" for the WoolOn Creative Fashion Event, Central Otago District councillors have been told.
Rabbit poisoning postponed after letter
Rabbit poisoning postponed after letter
Hadar Orkibi has stymied a rabbit control operation using pindone at the Manorburn Recreation Reserve but insists he is "not a greenie".
Former townie making a go of it as head shepherd on Longacre Station
Former townie making a go of it as head shepherd on Longacre Station
Ben Maxwell could be described as a throwback to a different era, one where the best rugby players were weaned on the land.
Twists and turns in river’s history
The Manuherikia: Twists and turns in river’s history
The Manuherikia River will be under the microscope again today at a public workshop in Dunedin looking at minimum flows for the river.
Event essence of town
Event essence of town
The legacy of what is believed to be one of the oldest primary school-age rugby and netball tournaments in New Zealand runs deep in the Central Otago town of Millers Flat.
Most teams yet for long-running tournament
Most teams yet for long-running tournament
It is believed to be the oldest tournament of its kind in New Zealand, running uninterrupted through both world wars and one pandemic until another intervened.
Family proud: 'It was amazing, ants-in-your-pants stuff’
Family proud: 'It was amazing, ants-in-your-pants stuff’
There were tears in Pisa Moorings, near Cromwell, on Thursday night as outsider Ellesse Andrews claimed a silver medal in the women’s keirin cycling at Tokyo 2020.