Sam Henderson

Alexandra's scientific community is making headway and two local organisations have been part of successful grants in this year's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Endeavour Fund.

Liam Eagle (3), of Roxburgh, is ready to celebrate all things Scottish with his toy bagpipes and tartan top at Teviot Valley Educare.

Community, creativity and commerce were celebrated last night as the Central Otago Awards took place at the Roxburgh Entertainment Centre.

Making fixing things fun is on the menu at Cromwell's first Repair Cafe.

Beekeeping is being offered for the first time by Otago Polytechnic at the Central Campus in Cromwell.

New efforts are being made to protect crumbling cliffs on Lake Hawea's foreshore.

Being bold about asking questions and taking charge of your own health is key for a Cromwell local.

With flood, fire, avalanches and damage to bridges and roads, it could be a scene from a disaster movie.

Feeling ‘‘on top of the world’’ when she is on the snow is a liberating experience for aspiring athlete Gemma Fletcher.

Heritage objects from the Teviot District Museum in Roxburgh are being preserved in digital form.

Weeding could one day be much easier thanks to the inventive mind of Alexandra Primary School pupil James Avenell.

The Wanaka Road Crash Rescue Team have won the Australasian Rescue Challenge for the second year in a row.

Love was in the air as candidates were sworn in as New Zealand citizens at a ceremony in Alexandra yesterday.

A restructuring of Alexandra's Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery has turned around the museum's finances, chairman Russell Garbutt says.

A project to build an eco-friendly tourist village and therapeutic centre near Clyde has had to hide its website behind a password after running foul of the Financial Markets Authority.

Living your later years in the lap of luxury by Lake Wanaka is the aim of a proposed $100 million retirement development.