Jono Edwards

Tarras locals may have to buy their community church if they wish to continue using it, as a possible sale looms.

Central Otago scientists will compare notes with their friends from Nasa as they swoop overhead in a flying laboratory next week.

Reporter Jono Edwards flees to the winter getaway of Rotorua to find a bubbling mix of mud pools, geysers and culture.

Locals and visitors are celebrating cheaper fuel prices offered by a self-service petrol station in Wanaka.

While Wanaka's Jason Danielson "threw together'' the country's best vege pie, he is more of a meat man himself.

A landslip on the banks of the Clutha River at Albert Town could expose rock work to erosion.

A child illness seminar empowering parents in rural areas may be rolled out across the country.

Minor errors in the controversial Wanaka Community House's resource consent have allowed time for opponents to appeal it to the Environment Court.

While supporters of the controversial Wanaka Watersports Facility are "thrilled'' at its resource consent approval, appeals seem likely.

The controversial Wanaka Watersports Facility has been approved by independent commissioners.

Yellowheads could soon become extinct in parts of Mt Aspiring National Park without a 1080 drop this year, the Department of Conservation (Doc) says.

 

Carrick Wines co-owner Barbara Robertson Green, winemaker Francis Hutt and a good percentage of the Bannockburn wine industry toast the launch of a new vineyard map of the area at the Bannockburn Hotel yesterday.

Scott Horrell (11) and Joshua (11) and Maddisyn (8) Booth laze on a floating castle at the Mid-Winter Pool Party at the Molyneux Aquatic Centre yesterday.

The 60th Alexandra Blossom Festival will be one of the biggest in years while retaining the spirit of previous festivals.

The tight-knit Teviot Valley is once again supporting its own by rallying behind a 9-year-old boy's cancer recovery.

With funding secured for a $26.3million inter-connected Otago cycle trail project, the next step is sorting the logistics of running trails through the Cromwell and Kawarau Gorges.