The Roxburgh Gorge cycle trail is back on track. The Central Otago District Council has applied to itself for resource consent to carry out work and build structures associated with the trail.
An $830,000 system aimed at improving performance within the Central Otago District Council has generated mixed reviews, the council heard yesterday.
The Central Otago District Council's executive team has spent almost $53,000 on its credit cards over the past two years.
Contact Energy remains principal sponsor of the Alexandra Blossom Festival for the third successive year, but the level of its funding is confidential.
A new bridge over the Manuherikia River, planned by the owners of a dairy farm near Omakau, would have a positive effect on the environment, allowing stock to avoid the waterway, the Central Otago District Council has ruled.
Burglars bungled their getaway from a Cromwell shop yesterday morning, leaving most of their haul spilled across the road.
Bees and beekeepers are facing the most challenging time in more than a century, say Ernest and Reece Adamson, whose family has been involved in the industry for five generations.
An Earnscleugh resident has offered to co-ordinate the election campaign of any Central Otago District Council candidates who want to rein in rates rises.
The eight mayors within the Southern District Health Board region are hoping their joint declaration supporting the retention of neurosurgery services in Dunedin will have some clout.
Being part of a team of two million volunteers immunising 150 million children against polio is just one of the life-changing experiences on the agenda for a southern team who will spend six weeks in India next year.
The appointment of a new chairman yesterday signalled a changing of the guard at the Central Lakes Trust, with four of its six trustees retiring this year.
An appeal has been lodged against a water reservoir being constructed on the Sugarloaf hill near Cromwell.
A funding application for a Roxburgh Gorge cycle trail has been endorsed by the Vincent Community Board, but several members warned against it being viewed as a board project.
The Central Otago District Council should "take a leaf out of Wanaka's book" and consider spreading its sewage sludge on land in the district, the Vincent Community Board heard yesterday.
Filtering out a solution to Alexandra's water woes is proving a long and expensive exercise for the Central Otago District Council, which has spent about $240,000 during the past four years.
Making sure the greens remained green cost the Ranfurly Bowling Club an extra $1150 this year, thanks to the introduction of water metering in Central Otago.
They came, they pruned and pointed out pests, then did sums, sniffed, swilled and spat.
The fire-damaged art deco building in Ranfurly's main street is likely to be restored and used for some commercial venture.
Nine writers, one crazy story and children helping to create the masterpiece.
In this accompanying photo Dunstan High School pupil Robert Hervey (16) performs an "air-screw'' manoeuvre on the Ottawa river in Canada where he is attending a freestyle kayaking camp with teenagers from around the world.
