$280,000 museum extension work resumes
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
Work has resumed on a much-awaited expansion of a rural Clutha museum.
Late last year the final funds were secured to build a $280,000, 16m...
New level of freedom begins
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
Today the Clutha district has reopened under Level 2. Residents can move around New Zealand, go shopping on Clyde St, get a haircut and...
Band active under lockdown
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
As a way to boost morale and have “a bit of fun” a Clutha band recorded a song and produced a music video while...
Library’s online offering in demand
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
They are flying off the virtual shelves at the Balclutha Library.
Ebooks and eAudio files are in hot demand and Balclutha Library team leader Lorna...
Mine disaster explored in tales of lost, private lives
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
A new Kaitangata history book seeks to uncover the private lives of the victims of the 1879 coal mine disaster, and what became of...
Clubs capture The Catlins’ beauty
The Clutha District came under the eye of 34 people from the combined clubs of the Clutha Camera Club, the Dunedin Photographic Society and...
Response thrills music organiser
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
“Absolutely awesome” was how Owaka Stacker organiser Terry Bartlett described his walk-up blackboard country music event held late last month, at the Owaka sports...
Funding for Clutha literary publication
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
‘‘Heteroglossia’’ is defined as the presence of two or more expressed viewpoints in a text or other artistic work.
It is also the title of...
Town replete with Lilliput Libraries
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
The Lilliput Library phenomenon has reached as far south as the Catlins.
While Dunedin and cities further north have plenty of the little libraries, until...
Young actor ‘shocked’ to win OSTA talent award
A young Balclutha thespian has received recognition and a scholarship she plans to use for international travel.
Grace Stevenson (17) won the iTicket Up and...