Promote Dunstan donation
Promote Dunstan donation
Promote Dunstan, which organises the Easter weekend event, donated $10,000 each to the Clyde Volunteer Fire Brigade and Dunstan Hospital.
Poll Dorset stud comes full circle
Poll Dorset stud comes full circle
A Poll Dorset stud will continue its more than 50 years of breeding history after returning to its roots in Macraes Flat.
Citizens celebrated at ceremony
Citizens celebrated at ceremony
Nearly 20 Central Otago residents arrived as a group of internationals and left New Zealanders after a citizenship ceremony in Alexandra on Friday.
Happy to be here and call it home
Happy to be here and call it home
New New Zealand citizens were welcomed at a ceremony in Alexandra on Friday.
Record $220k bull to begin mating
Record $220k bull to begin mating
A syndicate, including a Central Otago stud, bid $220,000 to win an Angus bull, setting an Australasian record for the highest price paid for any breed of bull.
Arts society unveils new award
Arts society unveils new award
This year, the Wānaka Arts Society is turning its attention to a topic that affects every corner of our community: sustainability and waste minimisation.
One hurt in highway crash near Alexandra
One hurt in highway crash near Alexandra
One person is in a moderate condition after a ute and truck collided outside of Alexandra this morning.
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Bid for nine pokies turned down
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Bid for nine pokies turned down
A Luggate publican whose bid for nine poker machines was declined says he does not agree with the decision, but he will abide by it.
Mystery milk bottles return
Mystery milk bottles return
The appearance of abandoned half-empty milk bottles at a service station have a Central Otago community baffled, and one resident on a mission to unmask the serial litterer.
Obituary: Ian Rutherford, cricketer
Obituary: Ian Rutherford, cricketer
Ian Rutherford was a ‘‘guiding light’’ for his sons, an inspiration for his younger brother Ken and a damn good cricketer who was unlucky not to play for his country.
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New building, no new maternity services
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New building, no new maternity services
No extra maternity services will be offered at the yet-to-be-constructed Clyde Birthing Unit, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
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Santana given tight deadline for requests
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Santana given tight deadline for requests
Santana Minerals has been asked to consider building larger fenced pest exclusion areas to keep lizards alive and to bring back a document it rubbished at a hearing earlier this month.
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Shortage of native plants as demand rises
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Shortage of native plants as demand rises
Some native plants are in short supply in inland Otago as people seem to think purchasing plants was like buying a bag of nails.
Santana quizzed over footing catastrophic failure bill
Santana quizzed over footing catastrophic failure bill
The fast-track panel assessing plans for a vast gold mine in Central Otago wants to know if the applicant would foot the bill following a catastrophic failure.
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National award ‘means so much’
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National award ‘means so much’
Winning a national excellence award was the perfect end to Maniototo Area School principal Melissa Bell’s time at the school.
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Santana hearing comes to a standstill
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Santana hearing comes to a standstill
The fast track has come to a rapid halt.
Tiny schools receive reprieve from closure
Tiny schools receive reprieve from closure
A proposal to close two Otago primary schools with single-digit rolls has been scrapped — for now.
Siblings claim national title
Siblings claim national title
Siblings Ben Smith and Jessica Michels won the New Zealand Mixed Doubles Competition after a very intense final against Ruby Kinney and Hunter Walker at Naseby on Sunday.
Santana's fast-track application for gold mine paused
Santana's fast-track application for gold mine paused
The company planning an open-cast gold mine in the hills near Cromwell has announced a voluntary pause on its fast-track application.
Mystery around repainted panels
Mystery around repainted panels
Russell Clark’s City Hotel Gold Rush Panels survived a Dunedin fire and were rescued from obscurity when they languished in a Bannockburn winery shed.