Sarah Marquet

From November, the Dunstan Hotel in Clyde will no longer be allowed to discharge treated waste straight into the Clutha River.

Alcohol-related offences in Alexandra have dropped sharply over the last couple of months, since the town's Pie Cart went up in flames, the Vincent Community Board was told yesterday.

Central Otago's only Honda dealership came under scrutiny from one of the company's top men yesterday. Toshiyuki Inuma (left), of Japan, is second in charge of the company's motorcycle division and is in New Zealand for the annual Honda conference in Queenstown, and to celebrate 40 years of exclusive Honda dealerships in the country.

A total of 120,000 salmon smolt will have been released into the lower Clutha River by today, as part of a clause in Contact Energy's consents to operate hydro dams on the river.

Alexandra's ice rink has been taken over - by the town's figure skaters.

People in Central Otago have an issue with unsealed roads.

Increased demand and near-record prices in some markets are strengthening the New Zealand apple industry, although growers are still yet to see much of those higher returns, due to the unfavourable exchange rate.

The digger that fell into the Clutha River near Roxburgh this month while being used for work on a cycle trail may never be retrieved.

A draft of Central Otago's first heritage strategy has been released for public scrutiny.

Children are travelling up to 120km a day to attend the Maniototo's first kindergarten and moves are afoot to open up the Ranfurly facility to more pre-schoolers.

Waipiata man Dave Carraher has spent the past four months delving into Naseby's history and the result will soon be on the shelves.

The only complaint visitors seem to have about Naseby's indoor curling rink concerns the cold, but that is about to change.