Raising the level of Lake Roxburgh 60cm will allow Contact Energy to use hydro generation to match or "firm" increases and decreases in power output from an increasing number of wind farms in Otago and Southland, the company says.
The downturn in dairy payouts is being blamed for six of 15 staff being made redundant at Humes' Alexandra base.
Blue skies near Alexandra have turned cloudy for a Christchurch developer.
The first Central Otago Relay for Life is already a huge success, before a single step is taken.
Stu Beattie has survived a heart attack, a stroke and a digger accident that nearly claimed his leg.
The Roxburgh Community board yesterday decided against seeking further geotechnical reports on the town's tired swimming pool and will call for suggested designs for a new pool on the site.
The face of Cromwell is changing, with two multimillion-dollar developments under way at one of the main entrances to the town.
Dunstan High School is spending $800,000 on a heating system that is clean-burning, uses sustainable fuel and can even be educational.
A Friendship woven between five women working at the Roslyn Woollen Mill in Dunedin has spanned half a century and remains firmly knitted together.
A Roxburgh asset that dates back more than 80 years is getting a facelift so it can serve the Teviot Valley for another half century.
Timberlands West Coast chief executive Phil Melhopt, of Greymouth, has been named chief executive of the Central Otago District Council.
The Alexandra District Flood Action Society will meet next week to discuss whether it should get involved in consultation on future hydro developments on the Clutha River.
Steady rain at the Mt Benger A and Show at Roxburgh on Saturday was a welcome sight for Teviot Valley farmers.
The organisers of the first Central Otago Relay For Life have been overwhelmed by the response.
Continuing with the Saturday night concert would bankrupt the Alexandra Blossom Festival, the festival committee's annual meeting was told last night.
Drought-proofing part of the Maniototo was discussed yesterday in steady rain, on the site of a proposed water storage dam near Oturehua.
A motorcycling milestone was marked with a low-key celebration near Alexandra at the weekend.
Alexandra people are being urged to offer whatever help they can to the residents of their namesake town in Victoria, which has been surrounded by the bushfires.
A Cromwell doctor and his wife who said fencing their swimming pool would spoil their view and detract from their new home had their request for an exemption declined yesterday.
An Auckland cartage company could be fined a maximum of $250,000 for failing to ensure the safety of an employee but levels of culpability and reparations need to be determined first.
