Students, staff, family and friends turned out en-masse for Warepa School’s old-school, country-hall Folk Dance, last Friday.

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.

Massey University runs a Quote of the Year contest and last year’s winner tended to confirm that bad language is now becoming acceptable.

Cromwell residents are understandably puzzled by different approaches taken to risk management.

The Cromwell Early Learning Centre and the Roxburgh Community Garden were both recipients in the latest Otago Community Trust grants when, in total, $1.17 million was invested in community projects.

Working and gaining qualifications at the same time is being touted as a recipe for success for both Central Otago chefs and their employers.

New Zealand’s chicken farmers are on high alert for the H5N1 strain of bird flu after the first recorded case in Australia.

About 50 Cancer Society Daffodil Day volunteers from around Central Otago were celebrated at an afternoon tea in Alexandra to thank them for their efforts.