Central Otago

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Confusion at Macraes consent process

OceanaGold’s Macraes mine where the underground pit (front left), processing plant (front right)...

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Confusion at Macraes consent process

Two more heavy-hitters have expressed their confusion about how a mining company was allowed to continue its operations for another five years without public consultation.

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Friction over plan to replace destroyed Roxburgh cinema

Curtis Crawford. File photo: Gregor Richardson

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Friction over plan to replace destroyed Roxburgh cinema

Cast as either a chance to do something really special, or flying in the face of history and tradition — the rebuilding of a small-town civic building is creating discord.

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Five-year consent granted: OceanaGold Macraes extension

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Five-year consent granted: OceanaGold Macraes extension

OceanaGold has received consent to continue mining at the Macraes site for another five years and is signalling it is going down a fast-track road for further expansion.

Love of flowers, pink leads to blooming shop

Blooming Marvellous owner and florist Sarah McDougall holds a bunch of peonies fresh from her...

Love of flowers, pink leads to blooming shop

A passion for all things pink and a talent for flowers is behind an eye-catching roadside stall at Ettrick.

Town down by the lake

Pisa Moorings, a small town on the shore of Lake Dunstan, has a population of 980 people.

Grant reimbursement requested

Grant reimbursement requested

Cromwell Community Board grants coffers will be $20,000 better off after last week’s Central Otago District Council meeting.

Goldfields Trust looks to ‘next best outcome’

Members of the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust see that all the glitters is gold in the Santana...

Goldfields Trust looks to ‘next best outcome’

Balancing the loss of some historic sites with the restoration of others brought comfort to Central Otago heritage enthusiasts after a recent trip to a proposed gold mine site.

Hospital aims to provide ‘solution’

Chatting after the public meeting in Alexandra to launch the Dunstan Hospital Foundation are...

Hospital aims to provide ‘solution’

Working to be a solution to the government’s problem was one of the strengths of Dunstan Hospital a packed house heard at the launch of the Dunstan Hospital Charitable Foundation, in Alexandra,...

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‘Not true’ Santana has all land it needs

Rob van der Mark. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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‘Not true’ Santana has all land it needs

Stock exchange announcements by Santana Minerals saying it has bought all land needed for its proposed goldmine above Bendigo have been labelled as "simply not true" by a community group.

‘Major milestone’ as 30-year mining permit granted

Minister for Oceans and Fisheries Shane Jones. Photo: RNZ

‘Major milestone’ as 30-year mining permit granted

Another milestone has been ticked off in Santana Minerals’ large-scale Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project with the granting of a 30-year mining permit.

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Pick me: competition stiff for seasonal jobs

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Pick me: competition stiff for seasonal jobs

Central Otago orchards are fielding thousands of applications for upcoming harvest work, tertiary students being particularly eager for a bite at the cherry.

Poets lead protest against open-cast mining

Poet and barrister Richard Reeve is one of six poets taking part in the "Mining is the Pits"...

Poets to host reading protest against open-cast mining

Six poets are protesting "ecological and aesthetic violence" proposed for Central Otago.

Santana secures key permit for Central Otago gold mine

Santana Minerals chief executive Damian Spring. Supplied photo

Santana secures key permit for Central Otago gold mine

Australian mining company Santana Minerals has secured a key permit for a vast gold mine near Cromwell in Central Otago.

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Group to look at design, location

The historic Roxburgh Town Hall and Entertainment Centre was destroyed by fire in February. A new...

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Group to look at design, location

Rebuilding the Roxburgh Entertainment Centre on an alternative site is one of the proposals being considered as the insurance settlement is finalised.

Santana application ‘a permit milestone’: More than $8m spent to date

Santana application ‘a permit milestone’: More than $8m spent to date

Santana Minerals has formally lodged a fast-track application for New Zealand’s biggest new gold project in more than four decades.

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Departing owners won’t miss everything

Roxburgh Supermaket owners Ian Cahill, left, and Chris Toms celebrate the sale of the business...

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Departing owners won’t miss everything

Incredible staff and customers will be missed but the 5.30am alarm will not be, one of the Roxburgh supermarket owners said as he prepared to leave the business he has run for 13 years.

Event to raise funds for chopper trust

Rogaine organiser Mandy McFarlane out and about on her horse Scout. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Event to raise funds for chopper trust

People are encouraged to get on their horse or bike or even their own two feet to compete in a rogaine event fundraiser for the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust next month.

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Mustang for sale in garage sale trail

This 1983 Mustang is up for sale at next weekend’s Teviot Valley Garage Sale. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Mustang for sale in garage sale trail

If garage sales conjure images of dusty copies of Dan Brown novels and outgrown children’s clothes and toys, you are in for a treat on the Teviot Valley Garage Sale trail.

Cromb rules out standing in council by-election

Chairman and returning member of the Vincent Community Board Jayden Cromb, who is the first board...

Cromb rules out standing in council by-election

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"

Obituary: at the heart of everything in Alex

Liz Duggan receives her QSM in 2004. Photo: supplied

Obituary: at the heart of everything in Alex

Liz Duggan was the absolute champion of the community.

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