Julie Asher

Private funding from a new hospital foundation will keep healthcare "local and accessible" for people in Central Otago and Upper Clutha, Dunstan Hospital’s chief executive says.

A slimmed down Vincent Community Board was sworn in at its inaugural meeting in Alexandra yesterday with the chairman saying he was putting "the greater good ahead of self-interest"

Retirement means different things to different people. For some it is a long stretch of lazy days and refusing to do anything other than the essentials — a longed-for rest after working.

The long weekend went off with a bang in Cromwell with a spectacular fireworks display on Sunday evening.

Asking retiring Alexandra Senior Citizens co-ordinator Jo Ireland about herself is like trying to catch sunshine in a jar. Just when you think you have her pinned down, the conversation shifts to...

After a $55 million windfall, a Central Otago high country farmer who sold part of his station to a mining giant is vowing to give back to the community.

They may be slightly outnumbered around the table, but women will lead the council in Central Otago for the next three years.

Santana Minerals says a $55 million agreement to buy part of a famed Central Otago high-country station is a "huge step forward" for the company’s plan for an open-cast mine.

Measuring success when the best outcome is nothing happening was the dilemma facing a volunteer group devoted to protecting young people from harm in alcohol-fuelled environments such as music...

Quiet achievers are the backbone of any organisation. The ones who just see a need and fill it without fuss or fanfare.

Visiting a rest-home is not often top of things a teen would want to do but one Central Otago girl looks forward to it every week.

One of the unsuccessful candidates for the Central Otago mayoral seat was puzzled by the election results as they came out on Saturday.