Lights, cameras . . .
Lights, cameras . . .
Model Jayne Kirk looks back as members of the Clutha Camera Club try to get her best side during a...
Tech taught at the library
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Mini›bots, bee›bots and other fascinating technology applications, including animation programmes and coding applications, were all available for children to play with and learn about...
Exhibition to showcase the weird and wonderful
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Responding to comments she received about one of her colourful felt hats, Lawrence based felt artist Angela Meecham felt she needed to expand on...
South Otago High School ball
Ball gowns, makeup, suits, ties and cars were all on show as more than 300 parents, family and friends gathered to watch the seniors...
Ball for Blue Mountain College seniors
The Blue Mountain College seniors ball was held last Friday night in Tapanui. Clutha Leader’s John Cosgrove went along to capture the glamour as...
Murder mystery novel has Balclutha setting
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Award-winning novelist and ex-Clutha resident Rob (RWR) McDonald paid tribute to the area he grew up in in his book The Nancys.
The story follows...
Laughs in two topical plays
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Two plays on the same bill will greet theatre-goers when they attend the South Otago Theatrical Society’s latest production in Balclutha.
Both plays were penned...
OE trip to Balclutha fondly remembered 69 years later
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A letter home from New Zealand; 69 years ago.
Early in September 2020 when readers of a northern Californian community newspaper needed something else to...
Vintage club keeps window on the past
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Preserving history in physical and written form is one of the goals of the West Otago Vintage Club in Tapanui.
Club chairman Peter Byars said...
Memories captured in book
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Last year, Kaitangata author Joyce Beck self-published her third book, 21 years after her first.
Now, less than a year later she will unveil a...