Athletic Marist Rugby Football Club's premier team has signed an innovative contract aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm in the Waitaki district.
The granting of a water resource consent for the Hunter Downs irrigation scheme in South Canterbury would be a "welcome boost" to farmers during the current dry period, South Canterbury Irrigation Trust chairman Don McFarlane said yesterday.
The Government is extending drought relief to a further four regions, including areas of Otago and South Canterbury, as some farmers describe the situation as "desperate".
The Ministry of Education has been asked to consult the boards of trustees at Hampden, Maheno and Weston schools on the possibility of retaining education on the Otepopo School site in Herbert as a "second campus" of one of the schools.
Investment and jobs are key factors in any decision to allow mining of New Zealand's protected land areas. OceanaGold has been digging in our backyard at the Macraes site in East Otago for 20 years. Sally Rae and Craig Baxter went underground to meet the workers.
Oamaru man Graeme Clark has urged the Waitaki District Council to consider all possibilities to retain and maintain the coastal road from Oamaru to the Waianakarua River mouth, saying it is not just a road but an "experience".
Tony Wood wanted to be an army medic.
Brian Sargent is on the road again.
The effects of drought on farming practice will be discussed at a meeting at Five Forks this month.
Blakely Pacific looks set to buy two forestry blocks, totalling just over 1100ha, from the Waimate District Council.
It could be considered the real estate steal of the year.
Salmon angling enthusiast Jack Chandra has been elected president of the newly formed Waitaki Riparian Enhancement Society.
North Otago Grey Power president Noel Bradshaw intends resigning next month, saying he has been the victim of a "smear campaign".
Ron Blackstock organised the previous Anzac Day service in Omarama in 1975, he could not get a guest speaker.
Hampden School does not want to decide what happens to Otepopo School at Herbert The Ministry of Education was asked to consult the boards of trustees at Hampden, Maheno and Weston schools on the possibility of retaining education at the Otepopo site as a second campus of one of the schools.
A $3 million heritage tourism project, using high technology to portray stories of early Oamaru, has failed in its bid to obtain funding from the Ministry of Economic Development Enterprising Partnerships fund.
Sport Waitaki's new co-ordinator Louise Bee is looking forward to working with the community.
When it comes to naming his dogs, North Otago shepherd Sean Murney likes being a little different.
St Patrick's Scouts Brian Driessens (left) and Jibi Kunnethedam, both 14, lay a poppy at a memorial oak tree in Severn St, Oamaru, yesterday.
Otago Adverse Support Trust chairman David Shepherd is pleased the Government is extending drought relief to parts of Otago and South Canterbury.
