Everything from a bridal bouquet with felted flowers through to a ''duck-shooter's mate'' outfit, designed around an old Swanndri, will feature on the catwalk this weekend at the WoolOn creative fashion shows.
Expanding travellers' accommodation at Roxburgh East would help cater for the boost in visitor numbers expected as two cycling and walking trails open in the area, a hearings panel was told this week.
Clone this year's Alexandra Blossom Festival and the organisers and punters would be happy indeed.
It is fortunate Central Otago, which has some of the best historic buildings in the country, has volunteers so passionate about preserving that heritage, New Zealand Historic Places Trust chairwoman Shonagh Kenderdine says.
Ranfurly met Ranfurly yesterday when the rugby-mad Maniototo town hosted the prized rugby shield.
Pelts, heads and entrails from about 11 merino hoggets were dumped this week down a bank behind Alexandra's clock on the hill and police believe the butchered stock may have been stolen.
A $45,000 grant will be used to draw up detailed designs for relocating IceInline next to the Molyneux Aquatic Centre, so the Alexandra-based facilities can share a heating and cooling plant.
Central Otago's reputation for ''big sky'' landscapes might be going up in smoke.
An intoxicated 18-year-old who allegedly shot a friend in the knee with an air gun early yesterday had earlier aimed the gun at other friends, who were forced to take cover behind a fence and wheelie-bin, police said.
An Alexandra woman who says she was brokenhearted when her son took his own life the day after his 21st birthday, hopes a community action suicide prevention group will be set up in Central Otago and hopefully save others from what she is going through.
Having a detour route named By Pass Rd near the entrance to Ranfurly is bad for the town's image, retiring Maniototo Community Board member Mike Summers says.
Display signs about the contents of Ranfurly's Centennial Milk Bar might stop people seeking ice creams and milkshakes inside, the Maniototo Community Board heard last week.
Seven early newspaper titles covering Central Otago and the Queenstown area from the gold rush days through to the 1940s are being digitised and added to the Papers Past digital archive.
Five arrests were made by police over the Alexandra Blossom Festival weekend - the lowest number for 17 years.
There was blood, sweat and not too many tears as Blossom Festival activities ''wooed the locals'' last night.
A large quantity - 129 bags -of a banned synthetic cannabis product called Kryptonite was found by police being sold in a Central Otago shop yesterday.
The hospitality industry recognised this week what the locals at the Chatto Creek Tavern have known for 127 years.
Alexandra's spring celebration ramps up this weekend with blossom centre stage and rock 'n' roll on the side.
How many pet cats should one owner be allowed - and is 15 too many?
Developers of a planned Blokart facility near Cromwell have got a second wind.
