Planned cycling track gets boost
Planned cycling track gets boost
Community group Owaka Going Forward is spearheading an ambitious project to construct a cycling and walking trail linking Owaka and Pounawea.
Team recognised for trail efforts
Team recognised for trail efforts
The overall supreme winner of Clutha District Council’s 2024 community service awards was the Clutha Gold Cycle Trail extension committee, "for their exceptional dedication and achievement in...
Honouring a piping legend
Honouring a piping legend
Clutha’s latest piping contest is hoped to become an annual event.
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‘Positive’ tone to meeting after tempers raised
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‘Positive’ tone to meeting after tempers raised
Forestry companies exterminate thousands of pigs each year and want to be good neighbours, a meeting in Lawrence heard yesterday.
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How web of lies eventually unravelled
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How web of lies eventually unravelled
When Garth McLachlan was jailed this week, it was 27 months since the hit-and-run that claimed the life of a beloved Owaka farmer.
Lies told to hide responsibility for death
Lies told to hide responsibility for death
Just hours after his friend was found dead on an Owaka road Garth McLachlan’s lies began.
Clutha man who killed friend called 'gutless coward'
Clutha man who killed friend called 'gutless coward'
A Clutha man who ran over his friend and left him for dead has been labelled a “gutless coward” by the victim’s family.
Final pour of concrete for new Kai boat ramp
Final pour of concrete for new Kai boat ramp
Volunteers spread the last load of concrete for Kaitangata’s new boat ramp last week, fulfilling a plan 10 years in the making for the last town on the Clutha River before the Pacific.
Experiencing some real physics from above the ground
Experiencing some real physics from above the ground
High-flying students learned some plane facts on an air field-trip above the South last Friday.
Drivers, parents at course
Drivers, parents at course
Parents with teenagers taking the wheel took a crash-free course at Clutha District War Memorial & Community Centre Te Pou ō Mata-Au, last week.
Local Legend: Sharon McKinnel
Local Legend: Sharon McKinnel
This week’s winner of the Silver Fern Farms Local Legend prize is Sharon McKinnel, of Balclutha.
Air-quality concerns submitted
Air-quality concerns submitted
Any changes to the Otago Regional Council’s (ORC) approach to air quality are motivated by concern for people’s health, it says.
Local face in school sports role
Local face in school sports role
Sport Clutha has taken on a face some may recognise for their Healthy Active Learning adviser role.
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Tempers boiling at foresters
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Tempers boiling at foresters
Allegations of stock shootings and irresponsible forestry management are flying in Lawrence, as police call a public meeting to bring tempers down from boiling point.
Dog with master until the end
Dog with master until the end
Loyal to the end, a South Otago man’s dog was found sitting beside his owner’s body after he died in a fishing accident at the weekend.
Tributes for man who died fishing in 'beloved Catlins'
Tributes for man who died fishing in 'beloved Catlins'
Tributes are flowing in for a man who died in his ‘‘beloved Catlins coast", after a fishing boat he was in with another man overturned.
Birthday fishing trip ends in tragedy
Birthday fishing trip ends in tragedy
One man is dead and another rescued and flown to hospital after a birthday fishing trip went wrong in South Otago when their boat overturned.
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Business runs in the blood
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Business runs in the blood
From refusing to touch meat to taking up her knives as a fully qualified fifth-generation family butcher, Hannah Botting’s transformation is now complete.
Family ride for charity
Family ride for charity
Keen Balclutha motorists are taking on an annual scooter challenge to raise money for charity.
Local Legend: Angela Mulrine
Local Legend: Angela Mulrine
This week’s winner of the Silver Fern Farms Local Legend prize is Angela Mulrine, of Balclutha.
