A decade ago, the Otago Daily Times reported the Central Otago apple industry was crumbling. Growers were leaving fruit unpicked and some were cutting down their pipfruit orchards. Ten years later, a labour market survey paints a rosier picture with new pipfruit plantings on the rise, especially in the Teviot Valley. Central Otago reporter Lynda van Kempen finds out what has changed.
The cream of the crop in the Central Otago wine industry have had ample chance to rise to the top in the past week.
Switching from sand to water comes with a hefty price tag but hockey players throughout Central Otago and the southern lakes area will benefit.
The owner of the restored St John's Presbyterian Church in Cromwell has been ''rewarded'' with a rates remission.
The newly-formed Guardians of Lake Dunstan will focus on promoting the overall health of the lake - controlling the lakeweed and keeping an eye on water quality.
A public meeting will be held soon in Cromwell for all interested parties, guardians spokesman Andrew Burton, of Lowburn, said.
She started as collections manager three years ago, was promoted to general manager, and now Rachael Welfare is on the move again.
She had the perfect name for the occasion but 6 year old Ice Direen was too busy for interviews at Naseby's Ice Festival.
Mark Campbell, of Oamaru, takes a breather during the Baxter Cup curling tournament at Naseby yesterday.
A small silver cup almost hidden among various bottles of ''anti-freeze'' for competitors was the reason behind a mid-winter battle on the ice at Naseby yesterday.
Southern District Health Board commissioner Kathy Grant and her deputies Richard Thomson and Graham Crombie are on the road this week, touring health facilities.
Seventy years of newspapers recording the early history of Central Otago and the Queenstown area will be preserved and added to the Papers Past digital archive.
At 101, Toby Robertson is probably the Highlanders' oldest fan. He looks surprised when that's pointed out to him.
John Symons has yet to give up on his dream.
It all started with a blossoming romance. Falling in love with New Zealanders changed the lives of two of Central Otago's newest New Zealanders and led to them seeking citizenship.
Revamping Cromwell's Big Fruit reserve has a price tag as hefty as the giant fruit.
Two new camper van effluent stations in Central Otago might not be the ''Rolls-Royces'' of such facilities, but they will do the trick.
The cause of an Alexandra fire which gutted a car and threatened a nearby house is being treated as suspicious.
When one bin lid closes, another one opens.
A decision on adding fluoride in Ranfurly's water supply will be delayed for up to 14 years.
Selling fruit port and wine from a Cromwell fruit stall would not open the door for other stalls to sell alcohol, a hearings panel believes.
