Walkways and tracks to be upgraded
Walkways and tracks to be upgraded
More than $60,000 is to be spent upgrading and constructing walkways and recreational tracks in the Cromwell basin.
Rosie Manins
Club in an expansive mood
Club in an expansive mood
The Cromwell Town and Country Club has had a tumultuous year. But after the recent annual meeting, a revamped committee is set to expand and develop the facility. Rosie Manins talks to two of the people leading the club in a new direction.
Pitch to fund new sculpture
Pitch to fund new sculpture
Waipiata residents are appealing for funding to help towards the purchase of a new angel in the small Maniototo settlement.
Federated Farmers await outcome of study
Federated Farmers await outcome of study
Federated Farmers is awaiting the outcome of a study it commissioned into the cost of introducing a rental system for Transpower's transmission lines on privately-owned rural property.
Costly fight to protect against frost
Costly fight to protect against frost
Frost-fighting has been an expensive exercise for grapegrowers and orchardists in Central Otago this week.
Land strife settled
Land strife settled
A long-running dispute between the Central Otago District Council and vineyard owners over the council's proposed wastewater treatment plant at Clyde has been settled.
Victim heads home
Victim heads home
Alexandra woman Ngaire Woodward is coming home to Central Otago today after being injured by last week's tsunami in Samoa.
Clean-cut style wins over shear speed
Clean-cut style wins over shear speed
Style won over speed in the 48th annual New Zealand Merino Shearing Championships open shearing final in Alexandra on Saturday night.
Equipment stolen from council could not be used
Equipment stolen from council could not be used
The Central Otago District Council will review its security after expensive video-conferencing equipment was stolen from its Dunorling St offices.
Rescue event to Milton firefighters
Rescue event to Milton firefighters
Milton's firefighters and St John medics beat four other Otago teams in the 2009 Road Crash Rescue Challenge held in Cromwell on Saturday.
Shearers vying for titles
Shearers vying for titles
Top shearers and woolhandlers from New Zealand and Australia's will compete for national titles at Alexandra tonight in the finals of the 48th annual New Zealand Merino Shearing Championships.
Community awards reward excellence
Community awards reward excellence
Excellence, passion, and commitment to Central Otago were rewarded during an annual awards ceremony in Ranfurly last night , attended by about 200 people.
School request 'bizarre'
School request 'bizarre'
Otago's state school principals are being asked to support a government scheme providing scholarships for pupils to receive private education.
Fire brigade called back to smouldering hotel
Fire brigade called back to smouldering hotel
The Cromwell Volunteer Fire Brigade was called back to the smouldering Bannockburn Hotel Restaurant and Bar when hot spots reignited about midday on Saturday.
Extra policing for festival
Extra policing for festival
More than 50 police officers will make sure this year's Alexandra Blossom Festival is orderly, as thousands of people make their way into the town for the weekend.
Company seeks retrospective consent for quarrying schist
Company seeks retrospective consent for quarrying schist
Retrospective consent for schist quarrying at Earnscleugh has been lodged with the Central Otago District Council, more than a year since the operation was shut down for breaching district plan rules.
Clock race begins festival
Clock race begins festival
Alexandra's 53rd Blossom Festival was officially launched with a race around the town's clock on the hill last night.
Board grants funding
Board grants funding
The Maniototo Community Board has granted a request from the Upper Taieri Water Resource Management Group for $1200 towards the development of a catchment-based community water management model.
Central Otago 'has itself to blame' for power costs
Central Otago 'has itself to blame' for power costs
Aurora Energy Ltd acting chief executive Grady Cameron says Central Otago only has itself to blame for the fact it has residents struggling to pay power bills.
70 charges after Central drug raids
70 charges after Central drug raids
Eight Central Otago residents were arrested yesterday and face 70 drug-related charges, after the nine-month Operation Helix.