The Alexandra-based rural drink-drive team, which travels across the Otago region, will be out in force this long weekend, carrying out checks on drivers and their vehicles and assisting local police. Balclutha reporter Helena de Reus joined the four-man police unit in Oamaru last weekend to see how the team operates.
Rural communities still need to address the issue of drink-driving, with the key issue being planning how to get home safely, police say.
The Alexandra-based rural drink-drive team, which travels across the Otago region, will be out in force this long weekend, carrying out checks on drivers and their vehicles and assisting local police. Balclutha reporter Helena de Reus joined the four-man police unit in Oamaru last weekend to see how the team operates.
A truck accident brought down power lines and caused traffic delays in Balclutha this morning.
Tuapeka Gold Print says reports it is moving its operations from Lawrence to Dunedin is ''a bunch of speculation'' and all options remain on the table.
Police are seeking witnesses to a truck accident which brought down power lines and caused traffic delays in Balclutha yesterday.
A young West Otago sportsman won the top honours as Clutha gathered to celebrate its top sportspeople in Balclutha on Wednesday night.
The new Clutha District Council was officially sworn in last night.
The future of a historic scow is uncertain after an inspection revealed rotting planks, destroying an owner's dream of sailing her to Auckland, and causing her to be relisted for sale.
The hunt is on for information about a supper cloth given to the South Otago Museum by a former Plunket nurse earlier this year.
A new versatile learning area is the focus of fundraising at Waihola District School, with its sixth annual plant fair tomorrow.
More than 90 enthusiastic competitors took part in Clutha's version of the senior Olympics this week.
A roaring crowd greeted a black helicopter bearing two All Blacks to Balclutha yesterday, a visit made more special with the presence of five glittering rugby trophies.
Clutha's population has increased 0.3% in the past seven years, significantly boosted by the Otago Corrections Facility near Milton.
A South Otago parish is selling one of its three churches in a bid to reduce its overheads.
Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan has returned for a second term in office, after a landslide victory. Mr Cadogan (54) spent Saturday evening celebrating his mayoral victory and his 30th wedding anniversary with wife Allyson at home in Balclutha, joined by friends and family.
While the mayoral race took centre stage in Clutha, only two of its wards and one community board held elections - Lawrence-Tuapeka and its community board, and Balclutha.
It was a sedate election in Gore, where incumbent mayor Tracy Hicks was unopposed and only two new faces join the council.
The Clutha district is home to the country's newest regional tourism organisation - Destination Clutha Catlins.
The public will have its say on the future of trees at Livingstonia Park at Taieri Mouth after an arborist found most of the 70 trees along the sea front of the park are showing signs of natural decay.
