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- Poets to read in protest
SIX poets are protesting ‘‘ecological and aesthetic violence’’ being proposed in Central Otago.
- Backbone members of community named rural champions
‘‘ABSOLUTELY thrilled to bits’’ was the reaction from Southland farmer Mark Thomson after learning he and wife Elspeth were the winners of this year’s Otago Daily Times-Rural Life Rural Champions initiative.
- Board sworn in, chairman re-elected
A SLIMMED down Vincent Community Board was sworn in at its inaugural meeting in Alexandra yesterday with the chairman saying he was putting ‘‘the greater good ahead of self-interest’’ as he announced he would not be contesting the vacant council seat in next year’s by-election.
- Cromwell Community Board all set to go ...
The Cromwell Community Board, pictured, has been sworn in.
- Staff and customers will be missed
INCREDIBLE staff and customers will be missed but the 5.30am alarm will not be, one of the Roxburgh supermarket owners said as he prepared to leave the business he has run for 13 years.
- Return to profit sign of plan’s progress
THE nation’s largest rural-supply store Farmlands has turned around a disappointing financial result a year ago with a profit credited to business improvements.
- Plan set to stop off-roading, camping
A complete ban on camping and off-roading at the Manorburn Dam Recreation Reserve is a step closer.
- Finding a cure for region’s health woes
“The first wealth is health,” wrote philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1860.
- Concern undosed dogs walked on farmland
Manuherikia sheep farmer Irene Leask believes ‘‘townie ignorance’’ is costing her business.
- All about camaraderie Alexandra Hospice Shop
Nine years ago, the then new Alexandra Hospice Shop received one of its most valuable donations — the gift of Jenny Morton-Clark’s time.
Featured documents
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Make-up of water group relevant
As controversy rages over the flows soon to be set for the Manuherikia River, it is appropriate to reflect on how the decisions will be made....
- Mixed response to pine tree felling
Rigorous debate has surrounded Alexandra’s Half Mile Recreational Reserve. For some, it has been a place to escape, to adventure and walk. But the reserve also represented a larger issue Central Otago faces — the spread of wilding pines. The site was identified as a seed source for wilding pines...
- A writer who told her story well
Journalist Jo McKenzie-McLean lived her life unfiltered....