More money will have to be spent - probably millions - on Maniototo roads in the coming years to cater for more intensive farming, the Central Otago District Council was told at its estimates meeting this week.
The $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm is still in limbo, tied up in legal proceedings, almost five years after Meridian Energy first sought resource consent for the project.
Goat farmers should capitalise on the resurgence of interest in knitting, as the country produced the best mohair in the world, a national goat conference was told in Alexandra on Tuesday.
Leave $1 million for the new Cromwell visitor information centre in the budget for the coming year and "let's get this damn thing sorted" was advice the Central Otago District Council heeded yesterday.
Alexandra kayaker Finn Butcher won a bronze medal at his first major international competition at the weekend, capping off a stellar month for the 15-year-old who was selected in two national squads and as a reserve for the senior men's team to compete in the world championships.
One of the most "challenging" roads in Central Otago is about to become less of a problem.
Rain showers fell as residents of Roxburgh and the surrounding district had their say last night on priorities and issues for water services in their area now and in the next 30 years.
The tables are turned on Clyde lawyer Tim Cadogan in his latest role - instead of presenting a case, he will be the one listening to the evidence and making the decisions.
Maniototo may soon have its first dedicated youth worker.
With just one rehearsal, the youngest performer in the Maniototo A and P Show grand parade yesterday stole the show.
While fairly well insulated from the recession, Central Otago had suffered a delayed reaction, the district council's business development manager, Jonathan Gadd, said.
A promising young Alexandra road cyclist, recovering in Dunedin Hospital after a high-speed crash on Tuesday, is itching to get back on his bike.
Vincent ratepayers face a ward rates increase of 2.8% for the coming year, after community board members trimmed the budget back to "needs, not wants".
After a marathon eight-hour sitting yesterday, the Cromwell Community Board halved the rates rise for the ward.
A Cromwell Community Board member was "hopelessly conflicted" as an employee of a group partly funded by the board and should not be permitted to answer any questions on the group, a fellow board member said yesterday.
Showing her skills in a dressage display before her "home crowd" on Saturday was more nerve-racking than competing in the South Island Dressage Championships the weekend before, says Kate Maclean.
Former broadcaster Iain Gallaway admits he was stumped for words - briefly - when he discovered a new bridge spanning the Sowburn creek was being named after him.
Alexandra police have warned they will not tolerate any intimidation of witnesses in court cases, after an incident at the Alexandra District Court yesterday.
Roxburgh civil engineer Paul Wilson was instrumental in establishing the Talla Burn hydro-electric power scheme and was a young man with great ideas who would be sorely missed, a family friend said yesterday.
The Otago Conservation Board made history yesterday by electing its first chairwoman.
