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Goodbye Charlotte Jean
Charlotte Jean Maternity Hospital is a labour of love. Almost 24 years ago, Melissa Fortune became the first baby born at the hospital in Ventry St, Alexandra. So began a legacy that would play out for the next 23 years. Melissa, who was due on Christmas Day, was born to [...]
CODC to manage heritage
The News, 26 November 2020 The Central Otago District Council is looking to take a greater role in the district’s museums and heritage sectors and that includes Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery. Last week councillors approved a proposal for a new in-house heritage function, including managing the district museums, [...]
Council passes new cemeteries bylaw
Otago Daily Times 20 November 2020 The Central Otago District Council has adopted its new cemeteries bylaw, with a few tweaks. A council meeting this week approved the Cemeteries Bylaw 2020, and Cemeteries Handbook 2020 to address and regulate the management of cemeteries in the Central Otago district. The bylaw [...]
Blessings begin Drybread Cemetery project
The News 19 November 2020 Blessings at Drybread Cemetery yesterday paved the way for a four-week archaeology project. Researchers will today begin the excavation of parts of the historic cemetery in Central Otago, about 10km north of Omakau, in a bid to locate unmarked graves. The project is run by [...]
Trust disappointed by decision to sell church
Otago Daily Times, 6 October 2020 A Central Otago parish has decided to sell a historic church in Clyde on the open market despite attempts by a trust to buy it. St Michael’s and All Angels Anglican Church could be bought by developers with its pending sale by public tender. [...]
Interviews put oral history on the record
The News, 4 December 2019 Voices of the past will be preserved for the future in a community oral history project. The Central Otago Heritage Trust has been given funding from the Central Lakes Trust and the Otago Community Trust to employ Annette Carter as oral history co-ordinator. Mrs Carter, [...]
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