Diane Brown

A farmer who lives in Chapman Rd near Alexandra is upset his rates bill has soared 40% with changes to ward boundaries.

Pisa Cove Ltd wants to change the previously consented conditions of ownership for travellers' accommodation units in a 24-apartment complex at Perriam Cove on Lake Dunstan.

Transit New Zealand has come out strongly against an application to develop a subdivision beside State Highway 6 north of Cromwell, saying it will disrupt highway traffic.

Comwell's Historic Precinct has received a huge boost in the form of a $900,000 grant from the Central Lakes Trust.

An Auckland landowner wanting to subdivide his 900ha holding on the shores of the Poolburn Dam looks to have a fight on his hands.

The Central Otago District Council (CODC) has been asked to help legalise an agreement with the Department of Conservation (Doc) to allow a bridge to built on the Patearoa Walkway.

Dozens of cyclists had their Otago Central Rail Trail experience cut short yesterday after high winds in and around Middlemarch made riding impossible.

An application to subdivide more than 900ha into two lots on the eastern shores of the Poolburn reservoir at the head of the Ida Valley - which has an outstanding landscape designation - is not the first stage of a wider development plan, the landowner says.

An appeal has been lodged against a decision by the Central Otago District Council (CODC) allowing the Alexandra Kindergarten to build a new facility in the Alexandra Primary School grounds.

A large auction has seen the Alexandra Plunket gain $5000 for its coffers.

Pioneer Generation has confirmed it is preparing a resource application for two hydroelectric dams on the Nevis River.