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• Decorated trees to raise funds

  Christmas is a time of excitement and treats for most, but for some it is a worrying reminder of how tough times are.

• Enterprising students off to nationals

  Cromwell College students are heading to national finals after their start-up business won a regional award.

• Fires, light spill among subdivision concerns

  Concerns about light pollution and wildfires were raised as the resource consent hearing for a proposed subdivision at the top of Lake Dunstan continued in Alexandra last week.

• Co21karate.jpg Winner winner. Shyla Mulholland and all her martial arts wins since she was six years old. She is joined with father Marcus Mulholland (left) and coach Jason Smith (right) all of Cromwell, at their Cromwell dojo. PHOTO: LAUREN PATTEMORE

• New journalist joins ‘News’ team

  I have recently moved to Alexandra from Christchurch after completing my bachelor ofcommunications at theUniversity of Canterbury.

• Students help design better airport trolley

  Central Otago students flew high in an airport trolley design competition.

• Martial artist eager for more

  There is no stopping 14-year-old martial arts champion Shyla Mulholland, who competed successfully seven times this year and is eager for more.

• Community board, council ‘taking democracy to the people’

  Local government can seem staid and set in its ways, but the Central Otago District Council is shaking things up and moving them around.

• Alexandra toy swap hailed a success

  Cars and construction toys were in hot demand as nearly 100 people attended a toy swap in Alexandra last week.

• Pupils curate gold-mining exhibition

  Outstanding work led to a public exhibition of the creations of a group of Roxburgh Area School pupils.

Featured documents

• Living with the good and bad of social media

  In a Netsafe report, findings showed one in four children (9-17 years old) said they had been bothered or upset by something that happened online, in the last year. This week in Behind the Facade, Aspen Bruce spoke with members of Mount Aspiring College’s Wellbeing Committee — Harry Gilbertson,...

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

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  DRAWS...

• Nature of proposed water reforms questioned

  Ratepayers, are you aware that our town and city water assets, which we have paid for and own, are under threat by a proposed new iwi-government company which wants our councils to gift the assets over to them?...

• 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....