Lynda van Kempen

A 1955 Chevrolet sporting a chrome pig on its bumper because it was once dubbed ''a pig of a truck'' was the crowd favourite at the Naseby Car Show.

The Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust, an organisation focused on the past, celebrated its own history at the weekend.

The seven-year battle to protect the Nevis River from damming ended yesterday with anglers and kayakers the victors and the wrangle costing the public about $1.25 million.

The first meeting of the new Central Otago District Council was a fairly tame affair yesterday, there being only a few rumblings during the ''housekeeping'' work.

Maudie Wilson was an inspirational matriarch who reached a remarkable age of 110 years and seven months and always demonstrated kindness and grace, mourners at her funeral heard yesterday.

Pedal power took over from horsepower at the Highlands Motorsport Park as competitors took part in the inaugural Highlands Triathlon Sprint at Cromwell.

Brendon Urlich says he fell in love during a visit to Cromwell nine years ago - and then the hard work began.

There were lots of solemn faces at morning assembly yesterday as Clyde School pupils were reintroduced to the cane.

The ''no-fuss'' southerner believed to be the country's oldest person, 110-year-old Maudie Wilson, died on Thursday.

For a man used to being in the driving seat, Prime Minister John Key showed great restraint as he was shown around the Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell yesterday but vowed to return for a ''rip around the track at some point''.

Should overseas anglers be allowed to vote in Fish and Game Council elections?

Police have formally identified the body found in a caravan in the Cromwell camping ground last week as that of Simon James Garrick, who had been missing for a year.

Tricky maths plus high fashion equals success for Alexandra designer Daphne Randle.

One of the youngest candidates in the Central Otago election, Mel Bell (29), has chalked up a milestone as the fourth generation of her family to become a local body politician. It was a good weekend for the Bell family.

The defeat of two of Central Otago's longest-serving local body politicians will pose some extra challenges for the incoming district council.