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• Veteran project manager keen to help

  THE project manager who helped lead award-winning projects such as the digitalization of New Zealand’s arrival cards has swapped Wellington for the much quieter Cromwell and hopes to bring her skills to the district.

• Pupils take to the skies thanks to police initiative

  Twenty-seven Central Otago primary school pupils took to the skies as part of the Police’s Blue Light initiative ‘‘Take a kid flying day’’ in Alexandra over the weekend.

• Planting natives, exotics for 35 years Keep Alexandra Clyde Beautiful

  KEEP Alexandra Clyde Beautiful members have been volunteering their time, energy and experience for 35 years. Members are keen to continue native plantings suitable for our drylands for the benefit of people, as well as birds, lizards and moths.

• Lifting people up best reward Otago Central Rail Trail — Alexandra parkrun

  Parkrun relies on 10 volunteers every week, ranging from 10 to 70 years old. This story is from one of them.

• Dementia service a lifeline

  An Alzheimers Otago support group is offering a lifeline to both people living with dementia and their caregivers through a new programme running in Cromwell, Wānaka and Queenstown.

• Vote to pursue research into lakes

  Find the money now or face ‘‘astronomically expensive restoration efforts’’ for Otago’s deepwater lakes later, a regional councillor says.

• Over 20 medals won in competitions

  AN Alexandra karate club achieved remarkable successes at tournaments over King’s Birthday Weekend, with the club winning more than 20 medals.

• Many organisations willing to assist Alexandra Community House

  Alexandra Community House values the work that volunteers do within our community.

• Charity eager to get three-wheelers on trails for spring

  A CHARITY hoping to help the elderly and disabled get out for an afternoon bike ride is looking for volunteers to start offering rides in tricycle e-bikes.

• Drop in asking prices in region

  The housing market in Central Otago and Southern Lakes is heading into winter well stocked, as the average asking price for properties dips, according to latest data from realestate.co.nz.

Featured documents

• End of an era draws near for ‘thesyndicate’

  Their families have headed for the hills every summer since 1897. As a chapter of New Zealand’s rich pastoral history moves nearer to a close, Sally Rae talks to Maniototo farmers about why the Mt Ida Syndicate has been so special to them....

• Roxburgh man convicted of poaching ‘just doesn’t care’ — judge

  Two Roxburgh men have been sentenced to community detention after they were caught red-handed while hunting unlawfully near Lawrence....

• Writers festival hears of the search for a sunken ship

  Where is the wreck of the General Grant? This question keeps adventurers Cristina Sanders and Bill Day awake at night. Marjorie Cook reports....

• MINI MAXIMUM

  It sounded like a cracking adventure, and it was. Illustrations editor Stephen Jaquiery joined a Mini rally to Haast, driving a former News Mini pickup, only to be saved by a raw egg....

• Water reform widely seen as key issue

  Local body election voting finishes on October 8, and with local government facing several changes and challenges, The News is putting questions to the council and community board candidates to help our readers gain insight in to the people hoping to represent them. We asked candidates three...

• Changing lives and landscapes

  As the pumped hydro project at Lake Onslow is investigated, Dunedin artist Matthew Galloway takes a look at the last big hydro project that changed Central Otago forever. He tells Rebecca Fox about his examination of the history and legacy of the Clyde Dam....

• Candidate questions

  Local body election voting finishes on October 8, and with local government facing several changes and challenges, The News is putting questions to the council and community board candidates to help our readers gain insight in to the people hoping to represent them. This week we continue, with...

• Tension at the till: coping strategies from coach

  Ms Holloway said it was common for all of us to be presented with unpredictable, aggressive, or inappropriate people....

• Three Waters project triggers ire, criticism

  I’m sure many others will agree with me that this matter stinks! And it’s not our drinking water that I’m talking about....

• Campers not happy at holiday park

  The News was made aware of multiple evictions at Clyde Holiday Park in the lead-up to New Year’s Eve, but has since uncovered complaints dating back to when Gary and Roslyn Ryan took over the lease of the holiday park two years ago and at other holiday parks the couple have managed....