Jono Edwards

Tourism Minister Paula Bennett is expected to reply this week to a letter about ''irresponsible campers'' from Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan and five other Southern mayors.

A 95-year-old Alexandra woman refuses to be a ``sick old lady'' as she represents the region at Grey Power's national annual meeting in Palmerston North next week.

The historic town of Clyde is among the largest in the country to have no community sewerage system. Jono Edwards investigates the issue.

A Central Otago orchardist has big plans growing in the fruit-producing area of Earnscleugh.

New Central Lakes Trust chairman Tony Hill says the trust is in a ''very strong position'' to continue to fund community projects.

‘‘Sharpening the pencil’’ has left Central Otago with lower-than-expected rates increases for the next year.

Central Otago is embracing the ''way of the future'' by providing land for the installation of three electric car charging stations in the district.

Organisers hope to breathe new life into Alexandra’s struggling craft beer festival.

A race on the Otago Central Rail Trail is being expanded to give racers more options.

New Zealand's space industry is attracting international attention, according to a Scottish manufacturer of tiny cost-effective space satellites.

For Milton farmer Nigel Woodhead (28) there was no pre-wedding gift quite like becoming Young Farmer of the Year for the lower South Island.

Many a fortune was unearthed in the Teviot Valley in the 1880s and  Roxburgh’s Mt Benger A&P Show on Saturday proved those days are not entirely over.

Liquidators say "something has gone seriously wrong" for a Central Otago building company to go under, with $870,000 in liabilities, when there is no shortage of work in the area.

Among the usual sites and sounds at the Maniototo A&P Show, there was a focal point of fundraising for Ranfurly's health facility upgrade.

Take some Kiwi ingenuity, add perseverance and a couple of rums and, in this case, you get a boat with an in-built spa pool.

The proposed residential subdivision of rural-zoned Bannockburn land has been opposed by its neighbours, as well as the Central Otago District Council’s planning consultant, who says it will create...

Good weather helped entice thousands to an event at the weekend that has been a Central Otago staple since its beginnings in the late 1800s.