Central Otago

Region’s fruit fly risk seen as low

Region’s fruit fly risk seen as low

The risk of an Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) outbreak harming Central Otago’s million-dollar apple and pear industry is low, according to New Zealand’s biosecurity commissioner north...

Excavator causes four-hour outage

An excavator was the cause of an unplanned outage which left over 100 Central Otago Aurora Energy customers without power earlier this week.

Summer heat shows up in Central

It's been a hit-and-miss summer in parts of the South this season, but the heat was certainly on in Alexandra today.

Central Otago power cut

Central Otago power cut

An unplanned outage left a large number of Central Otago households without power yesterday.

Party animals line up at Chatto Creek

Chatto Creek Tavern co-owner Fi Sutherland admires one of the murals Milton artist Alice Muiral...

Party animals line up at Chatto Creek

Donkeys on a tandem are guaranteed to attract attention and, combined with wild animals in party hats, they are impossible to miss.

Business comes first for flower farmer

Scrubby Gully co-owner Jo Robinson is ready to open her Bloom Bar for weekend sales. Mrs Robinson...

Business comes first for flower farmer

Selling flowers is mostly about drifting through rows of perfect blooms in a flowing gown clutching a huge bouquet of cut flowers — or so social media would have us believe.

Conservation festival returns

Musicians leave the stage during last year’s Taiari Wai River Festival. PHOTO: RUBY SHAW

Conservation festival returns

The Tiaki Maniototo Taiari Wai River Festival is set to return this Saturday after a successful 2024 event.

Team Hood pins hopes on golf open

Team Hood pins hopes on golf open

The New Zealand men’s curling team, who made global headlines last year for staying at a Canadian retirement home, hope their golf tournament fundraiser will be enough to cover the costs of their...

Exhibition in a digital realm

Alexandra artist Marion Vialade-Worch at the opening of her ‘‘Leave The World Behind’’ exhibition...

Exhibition in a digital realm

Taking art from the wall to the virtual world is rare in New Zealand, but Alexandra is hosting an exhibition that does just that.

Central Otago power outage restored

Aurora Energy chief executive Dr Richard Fletcher said the company acknowledged the price rise...

Power restored after unplanned outage

An unplanned outage left a large number of Central Otago households without power earlier today.

Ida Valley haystack burns

Ida Valley haystack burns

Fire crews responded to a burning stack of hay bales in the Ida Valley last night.

Caution urged after 2ha fire put out

Central Otago firefighters check for hot spots after a vegetation fire was safely put out near...

Caution urged after 2ha fire put out

A 2ha fire in Cromwell was put out yesterday by local fire and emergency response teams who are urging people to be cautious when using agricultural machinery.

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New director looking forward to role

Newly appointed Otago Polytechnic Central campus director John Christie is looking forward to...

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New director looking forward to role

With just over a month left until the start of Otago Polytechnic’s year, the new director for the Central campus is looking forward to his new role.

Crews called to hay bale fire in Ida Valley

There was also a shortage of relief trucks which were used when firetrucks were being serviced or...

Crews called to hay bale fire in Ida Valley

Fire crews are responding to a group of hay bales alight in the Ida Valley this evening.

Vegetation fire near Cromwell contained

A large vegetation fire north of Cromwell this afternoon has been contained.

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Pair promoting fun of inaugural backyard ultra event

Alexandra Carousel Backyard Ultra organisers Hannah Presswood and Tom Heath look over the...

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Pair promoting fun of inaugural backyard ultra event

A race that stops only when there is no competition left will be run in Alexandra in April.

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Man dies in remote section of cycle trail

The Lake Dunstan cycle trail. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Man dies in remote section of cycle trail

Difficulties communicating with a 111 call-taker about where they were added to stress when a man had a medical event on the Lake Dunstan cycle trail, a person who helped at the scene says.