Council may scrap cat rules changes
Council may scrap cat rules changes
The Waitaki District Council appears ready to scrap rules limiting the number of cats pet owners are permitted.
Hamish MacLean
Two airlifted after motorcycles crash
Two airlifted after three motorcycles crash
Two motorcyclists have been airlifted to Dunedin Hospital following a crash at Lindis Pass this afternoon.
Victorian delight, as fete would have it
Victorian delight, as fete would have it
Up to 5000 people turned out to enjoy Oamaru's Victorian Fete at the weekend.
Filipinos bring hoops zeal
Filipinos bring hoops zeal
With more Filipinos than ever now calling the Waitaki district home, the Filipino Waitaki Incorporated basketball league 2017-18 season has expanded to eight teams.
Nominations of historic places sought
Nominations of historic places sought
The Waitaki District Council has called for the public to nominate parts of the district’s history for protection in the district plan.
Stop sign fails to slow a special delivery
Stop sign fails to slow a special delivery
Maverick Alastair Mcwhirter does not know it yet, but the day he was born was an unforgettable one.
Time traveller or just in a hurry?
Time traveller or just in a hurry?
There’s a jarring anachronism in this photo, as a man inadvertently photo-bombs Oamaru’s Victorian Heritage Celebrations and manages to stand out even more than those whose intention was to do just...
Town ‘crawling’ with rabbits
Town ‘crawling’ with rabbits
Rabbit numbers on the Moeraki peninsula have skyrocketed and are at "plague" proportions, residents say.
Trains enhance spirit of Victorian heritage
Trains enhance spirit of Victorian heritage
If Oamaru Steam and Rail Society general manager Harry Andrew were a ticket collector, you would have to hand it to him.
Easter trade ban change voted down
Easter trade ban change voted down
Easter Sunday trading restrictions will remain in place in the Waitaki district despite a last-ditch appeal from the Waitaki Tourism Association to allow more shops to open.
More screening of council staff
More screening of council staff on way
Police checks and reduced powers for some Waitaki District Council staff are overdue, according to a councillor who regularly speaks out against staff policy at meetings.
Call to all rogues
Call to all rogues
Four years after Swiss police started using photographs to identify criminals in 1854, New York police opened a ``Rogues Gallery'' to the public to view society's criminal element.
Easter trading restrictions likely to stay
Easter trading restrictions likely to stay
After consulting with the public, the Waitaki District Council appears ready to continue restrictions on Easter Sunday trading in the district.
'Funding pressure' leads to deficit
'Funding pressure' leads to deficit
Waitaki District Health Services Limited's $593,945 deficit last year simply shows the health company needs to increase its revenue, chairman Chris Swann said.
Council staying mum on plans for building
Council staying mum on plans for building
The Waitaki District Council has yet to determine how many properties in Oamaru could be affected by the Act that scuppered lease negotiations for the former North Otago RSA building.
Otago shag colony seems set to become largest
Otago shag colony seems set to become largest
Established more than 50 years after the former northernmost colony of Otago shags, the colony at Oamaru Harbour appears set to become the largest colony of Otago's endemic seabird.
Penny-farthing rider sitting pretty for tour
Penny-farthing rider sitting pretty for tour
Some might think 70km a day on a penny-farthing would make a rider wheelie, wheelie tyred, but Oamaru Ordinary Cycle Club captain Graeme Simpson says it is no big deal.
$463k overdraft not a worry
$463k overdraft not a worry
The Waitaki District Council was overdrawn $463,521 in July - but it was all part of the plan.
Repatriation of N Otago artefacts considered unlikely
Repatriation of N Otago artefacts considered unlikely
The Forrester Gallery in Oamaru is unlikely to become home to repatriated artefacts from Otago Museum after representatives of the Dunedin museum said that was not the intention of the original...
Another 30 little blue penguin nesting boxes
Another 30 little blue penguin nesting boxes
With the addition of 30 new little blue penguin nesting boxes, the expansion of the Oamaru Creek penguin reserve is nearly complete.