Jono Edwards

A farm safety advocate whose husband died in an ATV side-by-side buggy accident is concerned the vehicles are being touted as a safer alternative to quad bikes, with little evidence.

A number of ornamnetal plants were set fire to on Department of Conservation land near Clyde.

Central Otago District Council chief executive Leanne Mash says although she has had a friendly demeanour during her time at the helm, she is no pushover.

The idea of a replica mining village in Alexandra is creeping closer to fruition, after first being pitched seven years ago.

Omakau and Ophir residents can drink from the tap again after 40 days of having to boil water.

The Vincent Community Board may come to the rescue of Alexandra, by freeing up a 6.5ha parcel of residential land, helping to aid a sections crisis in the town.

‘‘It was all a blur’’, Dunedin man Glenn Sutton said after winning New Zealand’s longest running race at the weekend.

Alexandra’s boom period of expansion and construction faces a potential dead end with no new available sections. Jono Edwards scopes the fears of the housing industry.

Cromwell residents opposed to the proposed rezoning of a vineyard in the town say the spread of small residential sections will adversly affect the rural residential area's appeal.

WorkSafe says it has already been considering recommendations a coroner outlined yesterday regarding quad bike deaths and injuries in her plea for stronger government action on the issue.

A new scooter track at Alexandra Primary is the newest way the school lets children self-manage risk.

Funding for a resource consent for Cromwell’s Central Motor Speedway has been delayed by the community board as it assesses future uses for the site.

The children of Tarras School deserve the credit for the opening of public toilets in the town after a multi-year campaign, its board of trustees chairman says.

It was shortly after last month’s floods and Omakau man Kevin Kilkelly (49) was at home, halfway through a five-hour dialysis treatment.