Parts of the South sweltered for a second day today.

Part of Central Otago was in lockdown yesterday as police searched for an armed teen.

The teenager has not been found after an extensive police search.

"People shouldn't take it so seriously," says Cromwell board chairman.

The Central Otago town responds to being dubbed "the mistake by the lake".

It seems the people of Cromwell don't like being called a 'mistake'.

Withdraw of some students from NCEA put James Cook High School under statutory management.

Some might say the Kershaws are "lucky" to have their home, but luck never came into it.

It may be snow-go for some motorists this week, with white stuff on the way.

Police are warning Cromwell residents to stay inside after a ''spate'' of mini-tornadoes left a trail of damage.

An American motoryclist was found dead with his crashed motorbike two days after he left a hotel, and failed to turn up for work the next morning.

It is believed thee man's motorcycle collided with a fence around 4am, killing him instantly.

A man who saved a young girl from drowning yesterday then went home to get his dive gear to recover the body of a young man.

Police have confirmed a 19-year-old man has died while swimming in Kawarau River on Saturday.

A man received moderate burns after a pot of oil overheated causing a fire in a Cromwell Indian restaurant.

Belgian student to make emotional harm payment after he filmed a woman at a Cromwell backpackers.

Two men have been arrested for seriously assaulting a man in Cromwell's The Mall on Saturday.

Police from three areas of Otago were called out to a Cromwell address early this morning to what was believed to be an armed incident.

A young man is in critical condition after falling from a van on a "joy ride" travelling at 100 kmh through the Cromwell Gorge.

A search is underway for a swimmer who went missing in Cromwell in Central Otago this afternoon.

Tears and laughter shared centre stage as Rachel Clark's grieving family remembered a special girl taken too soon.

The Cromwell community is reeling in shock at the sudden death of a 17-year-old who was recognised as a young leader with huge potential.

A police officer charged with assault following an investigation into an alleged excessive use of force at the Cromwell station is still on duty.

A near-dead comatose Cromwell girl found in the street was nearly mistaken for a pile of rubbish.

Cromwell's oldest child care centre is hunting for funding.

A former Central Otago goldmine worker has admitted stealing gold-bearing sand, which police later found in a plastic lunchbox at his home.

A Cromwell man who groped two women at the Gibbston Valley Summer Winery Concert says he can't remember the incident and is "totally at a loss" to explain his actions.