The Central App was opened 18,000 times over the last week, with the news section receiving over 11,000 individual clicks in seven days. 

The weather consistently makes the top three read stories each week, however last week saw a change. 

The most read story was the news of a Man self-isolating after travelling from Whangārei to Queenstown

The man flew from Whangārei to Wellington on a commercial flight on Saturday.

He stayed overnight at a hotel near Wellington Airport on Saturday night before flying to Queenstown on Sunday morning.

Police confirmed the man was travelling for employment but did not have the necessary documentation to allow him to leave Whangārei under alert level 3.

He is now self-isolating in Queenstown.

In second place, with 917 clicks, was the news Nine Out of Fourteen Applicants Gain Grants at last week’s Vincent Community Board meeting. 

An “absolutely fabulous” public art sculpture and a big screen for Molyneux Park were among the five projects who failed to gain council funding this week. Nine others were successful, sharing over $114,000 in community grants.

Again proving the weather is a popular topic for Central Otago locals, in third place was the weekend weather forecast, with 808 people checking out how the weather would affect their week.