Rosie Manins

An estimated $150,000 has been injected into Clyde's economy from a day-long event celebrating Central Otago's wine and food harvest.

Winter smog in some Central Otago towns is set to clear as hundreds of home owners apply to have their old fires exchanged for heat pumps and clean log burners through the Otago Regional Council's Clean Heat Clean Air initiative.

Pioneer Maniototo businessman Mosey Hanrahan is long gone, but his legacy will live on now that a Ranfurly street has been named after him.

Organisers of the annual TrustPower Central Otago District Community Awards are praising the good response of the district's residents in nominating 19 voluntary groups and organisations for accolades.

Central Otago's telephone youth helpline will continue to operate for up to three months, despite its six-month trial period ending, while an evaluation of the initiative takes place.

The official naming of a street in Ranfurly will bring several generations of one family together tomorrow in an impromptu reunion.

Organisers of a proposed BMX and skateboard park at Ranfurly are confident it will go ahead, despite needing approval from the Maniototo Community Board and about $2500 of additional funding.

The Maniototo Irrigation Company (MIC) could act as a model for a larger organisation managing water users from the Strath Taieri and Maniototo districts.

The six-month trial of a youth helpline in Central Otago is winding up and funding for the initiative's future depends on a report on its worth to the community.

Gold prospecting in Central Otago continues to captivate residents who share a passion for the district's history and the dream of one day striking it rich.

More than $20,000 was raised at the weekend for a nationally unique charitable organisation being established in Central Otago, which aims to help people with cancer through holistic healing and an improved quality of life.