Trust to put station up for sale
An Oamaru-based heritage group could net almost a quarter of a million dollars if a new owner can be found for the 114-year-old Oamaru Railway Station.
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Search and rescue base testament to community
Search and rescue base testament to community
A new search and rescue base in Twizel is already proving its worth, even before the paint has dried on the community-funded $100,000 building.
Last card played
Last card played
After more than three decades of helping out in the community, a Kurow charity has folded.
Cricket: Johnson mixing it with the big boys
Cricket: Johnson mixing it with the big boys
A year after hitting the highest score in half a century of South Island primary school cricket, Waitaki Boys' High School pupil Llewellyn Johnson (14) has his eye on helping his school to a long-awaited team achievement.
Whisky firm looks to future
Whisky firm looks to future
Just a week after attaining one of the top honours in the whisky world, the New Zealand Whisky Company is planning to ensure a rosy future for both its Oamaru-based premises and its Dunedin-made product.
Some Whitestone cheese recalled after listeria find
Some Whitestone cheese recalled after listeria find
About half a tonne of cheese from an Oamaru factory is being recalled because of a listeria scare.
Festival to fund trees
Festival to fund trees
The organisers of a North Otago music festival say they hope proceeds from the event will help fill the bellies of Oamaru families struggling to put food on the table.
Interest in Oamaru drag racing grows
Interest in Oamaru drag racing grows
Just a year after drag racing returned to Oamaru after more than a decade, the town is gaining a growing reputation among South Island hot-rodders as the place to be.
Planets aligning in our skies
Planets aligning in our skies
Following the recent appearance of Mars in the night sky, stargazers in the Mackenzie Basin are in a prime position to get a clear view of a rare triumvirate of celestial bodies.
New gates mark plant's centenary
New gates mark plant's centenary
Alliance Group Pukeuri meat processing plant manager Geoff Proctor addresses the crowd before opening new gates at the plant entrance yesterday, to mark 100 years to the day since the plant opened.
Council keeps going with cellphones
Council keeps going with cellphones
It was a case of local government by cellphone for most of Waitaki yesterday, after a Telecom fault left the Waitaki District Council's Oamaru headquarters without telephone lines.
Council keeps going with cellphones
Council keeps going with cellphones
It was a case of local government by cellphone for most of Waitaki yesterday, after a Telecom fault left the Waitaki District Council's Oamaru headquarters without telephone lines.
Special stadium charge
Special stadium charge
Waimate district rates could rise by just under 4.3% but residents could also have to pay a hefty special charge on top of that to fund the redevelopment of the town's sports stadium.
Council in cash surplus
Council in cash surplus
Over half a million dollars more than expected could be invested back in the Waitaki district, a new report says.
Councils aghast changes could cost billions
Councils aghast changes could cost billions
South Island councils are expected to offer a ''united front'' in opposing new Government building regulations that could cost councils billions of dollars to implement.
CT scans could go local
CT scans could go local
Patient costs for Oamaru residents needing CT scans could be reduced if the Southern District Health Board passes on more work to regional hospitals, a report from the Waitaki District Health Services (WDHS) says.
Considering council loan for village
Considering council loan for village
A third of the money needed to build a $15 million retirement village in Oamaru could be funded from council savings.
Disaster averted as truck goes up
Disaster averted as truck goes up
Oamaru firefighters believe they may have saved several vehicles and equipment worth ''hundreds of thousands of dollars'', after they turned out to a fire at a heavy goods yard workshop yesterday to find ''black, black smoke'' billowing from ''everywhere''.
Land sale process pleases Meridian
Land sale process pleases Meridian
Energy company Meridian yesterday confirmed it was in the final stages of selling almost 900ha of farmland originally earmarked for use in the controversial Project Aqua hydroelectricity scheme in Waitaki, netting the company tens of millions of dollars.
Meating the market 100 years
Meating the market 100 years
A week of celebrations to mark the 100-year-old link between the people of Oamaru and the Pukeuri meat processing plant began on Friday with a centennial reunion for past and present employees.