Lynda van Kempen

A large-scale gold mine planned near Roxburgh is "getting up there'' among the largest alluvial gold operations in the country, its promoter says.

Centralising after-hours care for rural general practice patients in most of Central Otago will help address the problem of ''burnout'' by rural doctors, one of the organisers of the new service says.

Earnscleugh's ‘‘castle'' is about to change hands.

Tucked away on a quiet street in the Cromwell industrial area, a building takes up most of a block. A few small signs on the outside hint at its use. Central Otago reporter Lynda van Kempen takes a closer look.

The Highlands Motorsport Park has been granted a suite of resource consents - but tighter controls have been imposed on the noise it generates.

Disbanding the Otago and Southland specialist drink-drive road policing units could lead to an increase in fatal and serious crashes, opponents of the move fear.

A bumper cherry crop for the second successive season has led to a seasonal labour market shortage being declared, also for the second year in a row.

Spray drift from a hormone herbicide has potentially cost a Cromwell basin wine grower $525,000 this season.

Thousands of heritage roses perfumed the air as a team of volunteers recently catalogued an internationally recognised rose collection near Alexandra.

The actions of a person who deliberately lit a fire in Alexandra when conditions were tinder dry was "reckless'' and "moronic'' and risked lives, police and firefighters say.

There is a certain kind of symmetry in Ewing Stevens' broadcasting career, which spanned almost 60 years, beginning and ending in Central Otago.

News a man had been arrested in connection with the Alexandra Wastebusters arson has been greeted with relief by the recycling operation's staff.

Camping at the same location for more than a third of her life has never been dull, says a veteran camper who is about to turn 90.

Naseby was the place to be for good old-fashioned family fun yesterday, especially if you were a slime curling fan.

Kyle Shearing chose an unusual makeover for his sprintcar this season - hot pink paintwork, adorned with butterflies.

An inflatable obstacle course, balloon races and a basketball challenge kept younger holiday-makers amused at the Cromwell Swim Centre yesterday.

Holidays in this country sparked migration plans for most of the latest crop of new Central Otago citizens.