Jared Morgan

The council is to ask Central Otago residents and ratepayers from outside the district to offer their views about whether it should become involved in providing affordable homes.

The spiralling cost of living is about to rise further for some elderly tenants in council housing in Central Otago, as rent increases are tipped as part of an annual review.

A significant milestone in the Central Otago District Council (CODC) partnership with Maori regarding input in council decision-making was reached yesterday.

A disagreement over electricity bills erroneously charged to an Alexandra rugby club has been settled.

The fluoride-free status of Central Otago drinking water is likely to change — at a cost of more than $1 million.

Central Otago continues to be caught in a Covid-19 wave, keeping pandemic statistics in the South high.

Clothing retailer Postie is returning to Alexandra after a three-year absence, but the move comes at the expense of its Queenstown store in the Five Mile Shopping Centre.

An unknown gold miner whose remains were discovered buried near Cromwell four decades ago is to be reburied — giving him a final resting place more than 140 years after he died.

Dry conditions in Southland mean lakes Te Anau and Manapouri meet the criteria for low-range electricity generation — directly affecting operations at Tiwai’s aluminium smelter.

The new 3000sqm Countdown supermarket in Alexandra is taking shape as pre-cast concrete wall panels begin to give the building its final form.

A Southland man’s dream to captain a houseboat on Lake Dunstan rests on Southland District Council (SDC) decisions to keep it afloat — provided he makes applications.

Clarity about what a new $16 million hall and events centre in Cromwell will look like and cost have led to a temporary reprieve in closing and demolishing the older building it will replace.

Resource consent applications have been lodged for the proposed $4 billion Lake Onslow pumped hydro storage project designed to grapple with New Zealand’s dry year electricity woes.

A Central Otago rugby club will likely be reimbursed $10,000 from council coffers after the club wore the full power bill for all users of changing rooms in Alexandra for about a decade.