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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...