Senior Queen happy to carry on tradition
Senior Queen happy to carry on tradition
Alexandra's Esther McKay has been crowned Senior Blossom Festival Queen.
Jono Edwards
Trust seeks funding for restoration project
Trust seeks funding for restoration project
A trust is forging ahead with $180,000 plans to restore a historic stone cottage and dam on a Bannockburn walking track.
Council slammed over skyline breaches
Council slammed over skyline breaches
A Lowburn man says the Central Otago District Council has been ''weak'' in allowing developments to breach the skyline of the area.
Dreams of a golden future
Dreams of a golden future
Young prospectors Liam Sangster (left, 6) and Evie King (6), of Cromwell's Goldfields Primary School, try to make their fortunes gold-panning in Lake Dunstan yesterday.
Testing the air
Hopes festival can get off the ground
Alexandra's Pioneer Park was a spectacle of flight yesterday as pilots tested the air for a potential hot air balloon festival in the town next year.
Naseby bid to be Dark Sky Community
Town's bid to become Dark Sky Community
Naseby's residents have stars in their eyes as the village edges closer to becoming New Zealand's first internationally recognised Dark Sky Community.
Helping keep town beautiful
Helping keep town beautiful
Hannah Johns (12), of Omakau, and Riley Marshall (12), of Alexandra, fill bags with rubbish at The Pines in Alexandra yesterday.
Jelley family descendants learn history
Jelley family descendants learn history
Fourteen years ago, Nola Jelley was amazed so little had been written about the important Cromwell family she married into.
Winner brings new taste to town
Winner brings new taste to town
Two years ago you would have struggled to find quinoa and chia seeds in Ranfurly.
Toughing it out
Toughing it out
Wilf Spearing, of Wanaka, grinds through the last leg of the Linger and Die Enduro race yesterday.
Pupils have a hand in landscaping new loos
Pupils have a hand in landscaping new loos
The Central Otago District Council asked Tarras School pupils for landscaping help around newly installed toilets in the town, which has inspired some creative ideas.
Proud to enable projects during decade on trust
Proud to enable projects during decade on trust
Central Lakes Trust chief executive Paul Allison will stand down next month after 10 years in the role. Jono Edwards asks him about a decade at the helm of the funding giant.
Subdivision plans for camping ground
Subdivision plans for camping ground
A proposal to turn Cromwell’s only holiday park into 173 residential sections could aid the booming town’s growth, but has raised questions about the flow-on effect the lack of a camping ground would bring.
Emotional for pair saying big goodbye
Emotional for pair saying big goodbye
It was an emotional goodbye to Central Otago from current events quiz organisers last night at their last jaunt running the competition in the region.
'Really smart’ Flynn given credit for win
'Really smart’ Flynn given credit for win
One Cromwell College team attributed their win to a star player as they grabbed trivia victory against rival schools last night.
Renovation needed for 4-day cricket
Renovation needed for 4-day cricket
Alexandra could have a four-day first-class cricket match in November, provided the cogs of local government can work quickly enough.
Village idea gains traction
Village idea gains traction
The community board is shouting eureka at the idea of a replica mining village in Alexandra.
Council joint venture lots may be smaller
Council joint venture lots may be smaller
A joint venture between the district council and developers on land released for residential development in Alexandra could lead to lots becoming smaller and more affordable.
Budding hopes not dashed
Budding hopes not dashed
Icicles forming on new blossoms yesterday show the cold is not over for these apricot trees in Earnscleugh, near Alexandra.
Learn a different way of listening
Learn a different way of listening
Jack Robinson (10) has a lot to say, it's just that he mostly uses non-verbal ways of communicating.