Hamish MacLean

The $40,000 needs assessment and feasibility study that could lead to a new Oamaru indoor recreation centre was approved at the Waitaki District Council meeting yesterday.

The 104-year-old Italian marble fountain at the Oamaru Public Gardens could return in working order, and bathed in light at night, next March.

Allowing a Cromwell vineyard cellar door to sell craft beer would establish a ''significant precedent'' for alcohol sale from the region's vineyards, the Central Otago District Council's planning...

The North Otago Irrigation Company has not hit its target of a September 1 commissioning for all shareholders, but chief executive Robyn Wells says the work programme for its $57million expansion...

The venerable grass courts at Chelmer St, in Oamaru, could serve up a fresh look if a North Otago Tennis Association plan turns out to be a winner.

What do you know about the candidates who are contesting the various mayoral seats around the wider Otago and Southland regions? Hamish MacLean puts the questions to candidates for mayor of the...

What do you know about the candidates who are contesting the various mayoral seats around the wider Otago and Southland regions? Hamish MacLean puts the questions to candidates for mayor of the...

A new, multimillion-dollar sports facility could be on the cards for Oamaru.

The ''moving feast'' of environmental targets is creating unnecessary uncertainty, according to a farmer affected by Environment Canterbury's Plan Change 5.

The noise and smell coming from a recycling plant across the road from a camping ground is driving tourists away from Oamaru, the holiday park's owner says.

Changes at the top of the Waitaki District Council will be a key challenge for the next Waitaki mayor, both candidates for the position say.

Penny-farthings, penguins and now ... potatoes.

Entertainer Jackie Clarke sings with a choir of 250 children  during the second night of the World Vision Kids for Kids concert at the Oamaru Opera House  last night.

Without Ministry of Education funding for a new classroom, Fenwick Primary School has opted for a cost-effective, but "not ideal'', solution to the pressures of a growing roll.

A redeveloped Waitaki Resource Recovery Park could help to encourage area residents to change their waste-producing ways.

With 20 Pasifika students starting a business administration course in Oamaru this week, Ara Institute of Canterbury is "responding to the community", chief executive Kay Giles says.

While the Waitaki District Council is expecting "a positive financial result", the year-end surplus will not be as high as the anticipated $5.07million surplus indicated in the latest draft report,...

The Waitaki District Council’s customer services committee will vote on an amended draft freedom camping bylaw next week.