Family comes "first, last and middle" for Kath Kennedy, so it seems fitting she shares her 100th birthday today with great-great-grandson Jonty Kennedy, who is exactly 91 years younger than Mrs Kennedy.
It extracted a rich seam of gold from the Manuherikia River 114 years ago and the Chatto Creek Dredge's final resting place is now close to where it all began.
A race to Alexandra's giant clock on the hill followed by the Mardi Gras last night had the blood pumping as the 56th annual Blossom Festival began.
A bumper crowd, perfect weather, lots of happy smiling faces and few arrests - the stars all aligned this year for the 56th Blossom Festival's main weekend.
There is no "credible" dam project for the Nevis River, the Central Otago Environmental Society claims.
A young Alexandra man on a solo hunting trip was well-equipped and experienced but steep terrain was "unforgiving" and he probably slipped on loose rock before falling more than 100m
An Alexandra rest-home resident who loved sweets choked to death on one of his favourites, Turkish delight, the Alexandra Coroner's Court was told yesterday.
The extension of the outstanding natural landscape classification in the Nevis Valley does not rule out a "carefully designed hydro development" on the Nevis River, Pioneer Generation says.
Certain restrictions on Nevis Valley land classified as an outstanding natural landscape will no longer apply after tenure review of those properties, the Environment Court heard yesterday.
After battling for several years to prevent a wind farm being developed on an outstanding natural landscape, the Central Otago Environmental Society is considering seeking a judicial review of a decision allowing a forestry block in the same area.
The "wild" character of the Nevis Valley and the impact of a small hydro dam in meeting future demand for electricity generation were among the issues canvassed yesterday in a case before the Environment Court.
The entire Nevis Valley will be classified an outstanding natural landscape in the Central Otago district plan, under an agreement reached by parties debating the landscape's value before the Environment Court.
Anglers, kayakers and fisheries scientists pleaded their case yesterday for the Nevis River to remain dam-free.
The family of an Alexandra lineman who died 22 months ago after the power pole he was working on toppled over are relieved to finally have some answers about his final moments.
A police officer has described heroic attempts to save a 15-year-old Otago schoolboy trapped upside down in a waterfall, saying he had to release the teenager's hand because the waterflow was so powerful.
A stamper battery once stationed at Bendigo during the 1930s gold rush is now centre stage outside the Briar Herb Museum in Clyde.
The small native fish under the spotlight during the debate over whether the Nevis River should be dammed has now had some more light shed on it.
A small hydro dam on the Nevis River is a viable project, the Environment Court was told yesterday.
Dividing the Nevis Valley into two separate landscape classifications under the Central Otago district plan was wrong and it should be considered as one outstanding natural landscape, the Environment Court was told yesterday.
It's a balancing act, but Jake Whitaker has it down to a fine art.
