Hamish MacLean

Additional IT roles needed, council told

Additional IT roles needed, council told

Three new full-time IT positions would help to lift the Waitaki District Council's digital game to a sustainable level, council information services group manager Bill Chou says.

Plan a sellout, friends of harbour say

Plan a sellout, friends of harbour say

Public opinion has been sold out to private development, the Friends of Oamaru Harbour group says.

Breakwater access breaches consent

Visitors stroll along Oamaru’s historic breakwater last year. The Waitaki District Council...

Breakwater access breaches consent

The gates on to Oamaru's "Breakwater Beach" will be locked until further notice.

Range of options in harbour proposal

Range of options in harbour proposal

Plans that include a lift at the old quarry at Cape Wanbrow, the establishment of a "harbour village", and commercialising Oamaru Harbour's red sheds could cost up to $35million.

Light plane forced down near Benmore

A mechanical issue caused a light plane to make an unscheduled landing in hills near Lake Benmore this afternoon.

Focus on geopark criticised

Tourism Waitaki is far too focused on something that may never happen, Waitaki district councillor Jim Hopkins says.

2.96% rates increase approved

An average rates rise of 2.96% has been approved by the Waitaki District Council.

22 resign in wake of hospital restructure plan

22 resign in wake of hospital restructure plan

Twenty-two staff members have resigned at Oamaru Hospital in the wake of a controversial organisational restructure proposal distributed to staff in February.

Landfills fail to gain funding

Erik van der Spek. PHOTO: HAMISH MACLEAN

Landfills fail to gain funding

Two unofficial Beach Rd landfills - which have spilled waste on to the beach below - have failed to attract Ministry for the Environment funding.

'Farm base area' among ideas in district plan discussion document

'Farm base area' among ideas in district plan discussion document

The Waitaki District Council could introduce a "farm base area" where more intensive development was allowed.

New point of contact at garden

Waitaki Community Gardens site and volunteer co-ordinator Ra McRostie is now the only manager at...

New point of contact at garden

Meet the new boss - she is the same as the old boss.

'High calibre' WBHS board elected

Outgoing Waitaki Boys' High School commissioner Craig Smith says he is "delighted'' with the calibre of the Oamaru high school's first elected board of trustees since 2014.

Group 'stonewalled' over staffing concerns

Oamaru and the Oamaru Harbour. Photo: ODT

Group 'stonewalled' over staffing concerns

Oamaru's community hospital action group says it has been "stonewalled'' as it raises concerns over an increasingly unsustainable staffing situation at Oamaru Hospital.

St John takes plans to public at Oamaru park

St John staff and volunteers met the public in a corner of Awamoa Park where the emergency rescue...

St John takes plans to public at Oamaru park

St John staked out the footprint of the building it wants to put up in Awamoa Park at the weekend as it welcomed all-comers "inside" to see where and why it wants a new ambulance station.

Landscape plan approved 'in principle'

The Waitaki District Council has put plans to remove nine trees at the edge of Oamaru Harbour in...

Landscape plan approved 'in principle'

The Waitaki District Council has approved a landscape plan for Tyne St "in principle".

More detail sought for geopark business case

The business case for the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark has been delayed a month as the window of opportunity for applying to the provincial growth fund (PGF) narrows, Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher has confirmed.

Tourism Waitaki given warning

Amid ongoing contract negotiations Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher has warned Tourism Waitaki it needs to build a "positive relationship" with the community

Stupid way of honouring crash victims: police

People driving dangerously near Waitaki Boys' High School isn't the way to honour former pupils involved in a fatal crash this week, police say.

Council approves $550,000 repair for Severn St wall

"Heavy maintenance'' will be used to rebuild the Severn St wall at the southern end of Oamaru.

Retirement village loan change frees funds

Retirement village loan change frees funds

Up to $2.3million could be freed up for further construction at Oamaru's Observatory Hill retirement village or to support a proposed redevelopment of Oamaru Hospital.

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