Latest from Cromwell

Blossom Festival bonfire shut down by police

Body mistaken for rubbish

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

Kindy on the hunt for funding

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

Motorcyclist killed in Cromwell crash named

Sticky (gold)fingers: Theft from mine

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

Drunk can't remember groping women

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.

Cromwell troublemakers face bar bans

Kia ora: Cromwell

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

German tourists critically hurt in Cromwell Gorge crash

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

Father's case shifts north

Father's anguish over son's lake death

A father facing charges over the death of his three-year-old son told last night of his heartbreak.

Five-legged calf off to entertain tourists

Teen convicted for throwing cleaver

Violent Cromwell man still on run

TV Pick of the week: Rivers

Take me to the river.

A slice of railway history up for sale

Teen aims nail gun at cop

Teen threatens officer with nailgun

A teenager on home detention chased a police officer with a nailgun in the Otago town of Cromwell early this morning, before crashing during a police pursuit.