Three of the 248 submitters who aired their views about a change to the water conservation order (WCO) on the Nevis River have taken the next step and appealed a special tribunal's report on the matter.
For sale: The historic Vulcan Hotel, complete with resident ghost.
Writing was the easy part - pruning the number of words was a different story, says young author Kit Pascoe.
The shearing world champion may compete in New Zealand's only merino shearing contest, which starts in Alexandra on October 1.
A bizarre court report about a miner's wife who disinterred a baby from the Drybread Cemetery 140 years ago to pass off as her own newborn child is one of the nuggets of information which have emerged during the research for a book about the area's early settlers.
The first stage of upgrading the Drybread Cemetery has been completed, with old pine trees around the border of the cemetery felled.
A court case dubbed "The Drybread Mystery" dominated the headlines in the last two months of 1870.
The Alexandra Blossom Festival begins on Monday with an event that celebrates the contribution made by the district's senior residents.
Director Kimble Henderson laughs at a suggestion she is tempting fate by working with children and animals in her first show with the Alexandra Musical Society.
Three very different appeals to the Nevis River special tribunal's report have now been lodged with the Environment Court.
Details of the next round of legal proceedings on the Project Hayes wind farm will be decided at a conference in Dunedin in mid-November.
A community-led conservation project which aims to save the Otago skink from extinction is backed by a group of visionary volunteers.
The top job in the Central Otago district has greater allure than a seat on the district council this year.
With several major projects on the horizon for the Central Otago district, now is not the time for a change of leadership, incumbent Mayor Malcolm Macpherson says.
The lack of progress on the new Cromwell information centre emerged as a hot topic for discussion at a local body election forum in the town last night.
Central Otago's deputy mayor Tony Lepper believes he has "served his apprenticeship" for long enough and it is time for a change at the top. An "up-front" approach, his...
Central Otago voters get two chances on Monday to hear the views of local body election candidates.
Apples and building inspectors are among Central Otago's contribution to those affected by the Christchurch earthquake.
Reports of a gas leak prompted the evacuation of four businesses and closed a stretch of the state highway for half an hour at lunchtime in Alexandra yesterday.
Controversial plans to store and discharge Wanaka sewage sludge on a Tarras farm have been dumped.
