The News - Central Otago and Wanaka

Ranfurly Volunteer Fire Brigade has a new chief fire officer.

Pierre Cardin, Ralph Lauren . . . Oscar Peterson?

Birthdays, after a certain age, come with more than cake and cards.

If you want a whine with your wine, the Central Otago Whine Tour might just fill your cup.

Speed dating was designed to reduce the agony of long first dates when things were clearly not going to improve with time.

Locals’ tickets for this year’s Blossom Festival went on sale today.

Behind a modest shopfront in a Central Otago town volunteers are recycling used items and giving away thousand of dollars every year.

The Kawarau Gorge Trail has just passed the quarter mark to completion, six months after the project got under way.

It’s been a long road to publication for a story which has been a labour of love for one Central Otago midwife and author.

Rabbits with unconventional taste in clothing and a fondness for playing tricks on gold miners will tell their tale in Clyde next week.

More than a thousand training nights, countless hours on callouts and taking on the Sky Tower Challenge have all been part of the Clyde Fire Brigade’s latest gold star recipient’s service.

Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan faced an uphill battle in Cromwell on Monday night, as he pitched a restructure of the district’s rating system.

Alexandra is coming into flower and to recognise that, the town is holding its 67th blossom festival.

The Highlands Motorsports Park team are driven to move the needle on road deaths in New Zealand.

Central Otago emergency responders faced a magnitude-8 earthquake, road closures, stressed healthcare capacity and disruptions to infrastructure last week.

Fundraising for school trips is rite of passage for most students and their families, and finding new ways is challenging.

About 500 trees and shrubs were added to the Half Mile Recreation Reserve, at the southern entrance to Alexandra, on Sunday as part of the next stage of planting.

Pony club is something most New Zealanders know about even if they do not have a rural background.

An "incredibly emotive" short film is coming to Central Cinema, in Alexandra, which combines night sky time-lapses with original local music.