Waitaki health authorities will lead the implementation of recommendations from a services review made public yesterday, the Southern District Health Board says.
Negotiations for land access for the $5.2 million pipeline to supply Oamaru water to southern Waitaki towns are continuing with a "small number of landowners".
"It's famous because it’s good." The slogan for New Zealand’s "national tonic", Lane’s Emulsion, could apply to this year’s Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations as well.
Federated Farmers hopes the naming and shaming of a North Otago dairy farmer who broke the tails of nearly 50 cows will act as a major deterrent for other farm workers.
November marks a new era for some North Otago farmers as the North Otago Irrigation Company is expected to reach two milestones in its $57million expansion project.
A pregnant woman suffered injuries thought to be serious after the car she was travelling in rolled on the Waitaki plains, north of Oamaru, yesterday afternoon.