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Central Otago News, 28 May 2026

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The News' heritage is seeded deep in the history of the region. Formed as an amalgamation of the Alexandra Herald, the Dunstan Times and the Lake Country Mail, The News carries items of people stories, arts, sports and finance news as well as features on a wide variety of topics.

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ArticleTime­less style cruis­ing in

Alex­an­dra’s main street came alive as 36 Mus­tangs rolled through town at the week­end for this year’s South­ern Muster. The annual event, held altern­ately by the Can­ter­bury Mus­tang Own­ers Club and the Inver­car­gill­based South­ern Mus­tang...

Time­less style cruis­ing in

ArticleRock­ing towards the top

Nearly half the bands selec­ted to com­pete in the Rock­quest regional final at the Queen­stown Memorial Centre next month are from Crom­well Col­lege and Dun­stan High School. Sol­it­ary Con­fine­ment and Off­shore, from Crom­well Col­lege, and...

Rock­ing towards the top

ArticleYoung grower claims title again

A Crom­well orch­ard worker has claimed the Cent­ral Otago Young Grower regional title for the second time — and now his sights are set on the national com­pet­i­tion. Luke St John, 24, a trainee orch­ard man­ager with For­tune Fruit, beat three...

Young grower claims title again

ArticleApplic­a­tion hits snag

Santana Min­er­als’ bid for fasttrack approval to mine gold at Bendigo has hit a snag over inform­a­tion gaps in its applic­a­tion. In a formal minute, fast­track panel chair­man Mat­thew Muir flagged that Santana had ‘‘deferred sig­ni­fic­ant bod­ies...

Applic­a­tion hits snag

ArticleArtist’s brush with golf

An artist has found her niche paint­ing posters for golf tour­na­ments. Part­time Arrow­towner Olivia Pinck­ney has not only painted the posters for the last two New Zea­l­and Open golf tour­na­ments at nearby Mill­brook, but also for the fam­ous AT&T...

Artist’s brush with golf

ArticleDam work may hinge on meet­ing decision

Cent­ral Otago dis­trict coun­cil­lors will have to resolve a dec­ade­long debate on the flow rate for the Manuherikia River if Falls Dam is to be rebuilt. The Otago Regional Coun­cil (ORC) has been wrest­ling with a decision on the river’s flow rate...

Dam work may hinge on meet­ing decision