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Locals still out fossicking for gold

It was a cold, wet day in the Teviot Valley on Saturday, but that did not deter 25 teams from scouring the countryside for gold. read more

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Book links family histories

Joan Michelle, of Roxburgh, reckons one of the best things about writing a history book is getting other people excited about their own history. read more

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Job losses as gold-dredging operation ceases

The staff of Cold Gold Clutha Ltd's Roxburgh-based dredge have been made redundant and the vessel is to be taken off the river. read more

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A lifetime of bowls

Bruce McKinnel has been a member of the Roxburgh Bowling Club for nearly 70 of its 100 years. read more

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$600,000 water upgrade complete

The days of having to boil drinking water at Lake Roxburgh village are over. read more

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Sediment being flushed to reduce flooding risk

Sediment is being flushed from Lake Roxburgh in order to reduce the risk of flooding in Alexandra, Contact Energy announced yesterday. read more

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Strong field in fashion stakes

With $1000 worth of prizes up for grabs, 37 women and two men strutted their stuff at the first ever Fashion in the Field event at the Roxburgh Trotting Club meet yesterday. Event co-ordinator Jocelyn...

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Cream of brass players to provide three concerts

Roxburgh will host ''the cream'' of young brass players tonight as the National Youth Brass Band performs the first of three Southern concerts. The band is made up of 34 musicians under the age of 23,...

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Gold dredge still not back in operation

Cold Gold Clutha Ltd's dredge, which was launched just below the Roxburgh Dam almost a year ago and then shut down because of unspecified problems, is still not back in operation. read more

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Combined rate rise likely 5.9%

Central Otago ratepayers are facing an average district rate rise of about 5.9% for the coming year, if all the community boards in the district manage to keep their spending to the bare minimum. The...

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70th Mt Benger show marked in style

Draught horses and house cows no longer warrant a section dedicated to them at the Mt Benger A & P Show but other elements of the first show are still going strong, 70 years on. read more

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Hope upgrade costs spread over region

Town water supply upgrade costs should be spread over the whole of Central Otago to ensure the long-term survival of small communities, Roxburgh Community Board chairman Stephen Jeffery says. read more

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Retiring at the top of his career

Senior Constable Jape Wanoa, who retired yesterday after 39 years in law enforcement, reckons he and the country's top cop have both reached the pinnacle of their careers. read more

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Health camps rebranded

Roxburgh's Health Camp, like its counterparts throughout the country, is now known as Stand Children's Services, in a rebranding aimed at ''making a stand'' for the country's most vulnerable children,...

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Children's camp stand stall with new identity

The rebranding of the Roxburgh Health Camp was a big change but the name had probably ''had its day'' after 93 years, a woman with a 60-year link to the Roxburgh facility said yesterday. read more

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First Roxburgh dawn service in 90 years

A dawn service will be held in Roxburgh tomorrow. Roxburgh Returned Services Association president Andy Reed said it would be a first in at least 90 years. read more

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Water taxi service looks to be starter

Providing a water taxi service to connect the northern and southern sections of the Roxburgh Gorge Trail has already piqued the interest of three potential operators. read more

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Town firefighter for record 50 years

Roxburgh's longest-serving fireman, Colin Robb, says half a century of answering the fire siren's call seems to have gone in a flash. read more

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Woman drowned after fall into river

An elderly Roxburgh woman drowned after falling into the Clutha River last year, debilitated by ill-health, age and intoxication, Otago Southland coroner David Crerar has found. read more

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Races keep scanner suite fundraising on track

There was a role reversal at the Roxburgh racecourse yesterday as teams of sulky-pulling people took to the track. read more

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