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.

Rabbits have proven an unlikely ally to another bothersome pest: venomous redback spiders.

Farmers in Central Otago hope a new method of biological control will give them some respite from the rabbit problem.

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 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 Queenstown shearer has been convicted on a charge of dangerous driving after travelling from Arrowtown to Cromwell at an average speed of 149km/h.

A man who fell from a van travelling at 100km/h between Clyde and Cromwell last weekend has died in hospital.

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.

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.

Elisabeth Easther gets a taste of the 'Fruit Bowl of the South'.

Two male German tourists working in New Zealand were critically hurt in a crash in the Cromwell Gorge last night.

The South Island town of Cromwell has been hit by an apparent twister this afternoon, with houses losing roofs and a large tree uprooted.