Sustainable Tarras is holding public meetings in Dunedin and Wānaka next week to address "numerous very worrying issues" about a fast-track application for a goldmine in Central Otago.

An impatient driver who put firefighters' lives at risk by speeding through an accident scene near Clyde was part of a worrying trend in the South, a Fenz manager says.

Police are still seeking information from members of the public who saw anything suspicious after two fires were lit in public toilet blocks at Molyneux Park in Alexandra on Tuesday night.

It was a special day for 17 new New Zealanders after they were granted citizenship in a ceremony held at the Central Otago District Building in Alexandra last week.

A group of green-thumbed residents at Aurum on Clutha in Clyde are finalists in the Retirement Villages Association (RVA) Sustainability Awards.

Aurora Energy is spending close to $2.7 million on its Alexandra substation in a move to replace end-of-life equipment and shore up electricity supply, but the upgrade comes as new data shows local...