Food banks expect more demand
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
Support groups operating food banks in the Clutha district are worried that they will soon see a spike in the demand for their services.
The...
Bridesmaids milk the attention
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
All Anna and Peter Benny, of Clydevale, wanted was a small intimate wedding.
Anna originally came from England and decided she did not want to...
Group takes online path with plant sale, deliveries
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
With the lockdown giving people time to contemplate their gardens, Forest & Bird South Otago is hoping green-fingered practitioners old and new will jump...
Pumpkin competitors undeterred
JOHN.COSGROVE
@cluthaleader.co.nz
Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes were entered in the South Otago A&P’s first ever virtual giant pumpkin competition, held in place of the...
Proactive young people step up to help community
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While most of us have been confined to our houses for the past month, some proactive young people have been working hard to...
Community helpers keen to chip in
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
An organisation that works to help the community is raring to go once national movement restrictions are lifted.
Project Bruce is a community-led development organisation...
Recipes replace culture feast
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
Organisers of the annual Clutha District Settlement Support culture feast have come up with an alternative way to have fun and share cultural traditions...
Aurora Cafe’s Anzac caramel slice
While we cannot cememorate Anzac Day in the traditional ways, having a cuppa and oaty treat with those in your bubble while reminiscing about...
Spicing up Easter
There’s nothing nicer than the spicy aroma of hot cross buns baking. Daniel Pfyl, senior lecturer at Otago Polytechnic, shares some professional techniques to...
Preparations for screening
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
Clutha Health First is preparing for screening in Balclutha following news of the first cases of Covid-19 in the South Island.
Clutha Health First chief...