A model search with a difference
A model search with a difference
Decades after his death, intrigue continues to surround Eden Hore, the high-country farmer with a collection of haute couture gowns in a tractor shed.
Shannon Thomson
Taste of normal living with cancer
Taste of normal living with cancer
New Zealand charity Look Good Feel Better is bringing its signature event to Alexandra next week.
Opinion: You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Opinion: You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
Last week I wrote about the pending closure of television news outlet Newshub. Days later TVNZ announced it was making cuts and we would be losing some of the most important investigative local...
Feedback on water park no-stopping zone sought
Feedback on water park no-stopping zone sought
Popular attraction or roadside distraction?
Opinion: Media woes should concern all
Opinion: Media woes should concern all
Word of Newshub’s imminent closure rocked the news media industry last week.
‘Ambitious’ Cromwell hall project approved
‘Ambitious’ Cromwell hall project approved
The saga of the Cromwell Memorial Hall is entering a new chapter.
Hall cost blowout an issue for councillors
Hall cost blowout an issue for councillors
As plans to rebuild the Cromwell Memorial Hall progress, the redevelopment of the Cromwell Town Centre — supposed to progress at the same time — is on the back burner.
Cromwell hall approved as costs balloon to $46m
Cromwell hall approved as costs balloon to $46m
It has taken more than two decades, divided opinions and been marred by bickering, indecision and cost blowouts, but finally the Cromwell Memorial Hall project is "getting on with it".
Race mechanics take it to the world
Race mechanics take it to the world
Two Invercargill women are holding their own in the not-so-male dominated world of motorsport.
Decision gives closure after pharmacy blunder
Decision gives closure after pharmacy blunder
An Alexandra woman who had to delay having children due to a prescription blunder finally has some closure — but it is not the end of her ordeal.
Pharmacist's prescription blunder criticised
Pharmacist's prescription blunder criticised
A South Island pharmacist has been criticised for a prescription blunder which led to a woman having to delay pregnancy due to the significant risk of birth deformities.
Pharmacist criticised over prescription blunder
Cromwell pharmacist criticised over prescription blunder
A Cromwell pharmacist has been criticised for a prescription blunder which led to a woman having to delay pregnancy due to the significant risk of birth deformities.
Last year’s runner-up goes one better
Last year’s runner-up goes one better
Dutch triathlete Els Visser shook off the disappointment of last year’s second placing to win Challenge Wanaka on Saturday.
Hosting grand prix fulfils 10-year dream
Hosting grand prix fulfils 10-year dream
Recovery from appendicitis and a 30-hour trip from Finland were not going to get in the way of Callum Hedge racing in the 68th New Zealand Grand Prix.
Cromwell community gearing up for fight over assets
Cromwell community gearing up for fight over assets
A proposal by Central Otago District Council (CODC) chief executive Peter Kelly to strip the region’s community boards of their delegated authority, effectively reducing their decision-making...
Race mechanic takes it to world
Race mechanic takes it to world
At the age of 15, Louise (Lulu) Clearwater built her first race car — a replica Lotus 7 — in her parents’ garage in Invercargill.
Regional ballet fans in for a treat
Regional ballet fans in for a treat
Dance fans are in for a treat when the Royal New Zealand Ballet visits the Upper Clutha next month.
Car rolls after passing move goes wrong
Car rolls in gorge after passing move goes wrong
A passing manoeuvre "gone wrong" resulted in a vehicle rolling on to its roof in the Cromwell Gorge.
Triathlon festival more about socialising, getting active
Triathlon festival more about socialising, getting active
A dip in the pool, Pilates, a coffee break followed by a casual bike and a walk around the lake — sounds like a typical Sunday in Central Otago.
Public toilets vandalised again
Public toilets vandalised again
Alexandra police are investigating multiple reports of wilful damage to public toilets last month.