Rugby: Timaru Boys' wins 130th clash
Rugby: Timaru Boys' wins 130th clash
Waitaki Boys' High School could not quite deliver the perfect finish to its special day yesterday.
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Top awards for officers
Top awards for officers
Two Waitaki police officers yesterday received official recognition, with top awards, for their battles to rid the district of drug misuse and child abuse.
Farmers warned over muddy roads
Farmers warned over muddy roads
Farmers in Waitaki are being warned they could face both heavy fines and police action if they do not keep the district's rural roads free of mud.
Community moves to help overseas workers
Community moves to help overseas workers
Oamaru community groups are rallying around overseas freezing workers who were left high and dry and unable to access unemployment benefits when exports from the Pukeuri meat works were suspended two weeks ago.
Too few try for place on board
Too few try for place on board
An Otematata man has a second chance to stand in the local body elections after his nomination for the Ahuriri Community Board was rejected, failing to meet the noon deadline on Friday.
Decision closer on courthouse
Decision closer on courthouse
Almost two years since the Oamaru Courthouse was closed as an earthquake-prone building, a decision on how the category 1-listed building should be strengthened could be a step closer, following a review of various engineering options.
Harbour differential stays
Harbour differential stays
Boat owners from outside Oamaru will have to continue paying an ''out-of-towner'' charge to use the town's harbour mooring facilities, despite objections from some boat owners.
Swimming coach to go
Swimming coach to go
Competitive swimmers in Oamaru will have to wait to see if they will be left without a head coach, following the resignation of a well-respected mentor.
Call for input on marine areas
Call for input on marine areas
Little blue penguins and yellow-eyed penguins living on the Oamaru coastline are among the Otago sea-life that could be better protected if marine protection areas are introduced in Otago, but the Department of Conservation (Doc) says public support and input is needed to decide where those should be.
Dam lower to fight aquatic weed
Dam lower to fight aquatic weed
Previously untouched areas of Lake Benmore in North Otago have been infected by an invasive aquatic weed, but an operation to lower the lake and help halt the spread of the lagarosiphon weed started earlier this week.
Extra $20,000 from meters
Extra $20,000 from meters
New parking meters installed around central Oamaru have collected an extra $20,000 from motorists in the past seven months.
PM faces mother's grilling
PM faces mother's grilling
Prime Minister John Key used a visit to the National-held Waitaki electorate yesterday to push the Government's good news line on issues like economic growth and unemployment. But if he had been...
Tearooms cause concerns over access
Tearooms cause concerns over access
Work to build a controversial new business venture at Friendly Bay in Oamaru is well under way, with council approval, even though some residents say they had not had a chance to object to a project they claim will reduce access to the foreshore.
Found in empty building
Found in empty building
A missing Oamaru man was yesterday found safe and well, following a two-day search and rescue operation in the town's South Hill area.
Fight, damage linked to post-ball party
Fight, damage linked to post-ball party
A fight involving teenage boys and a spate of wilful damage reported to the police in Oamaru over the weekend are being linked to the drunken aftermath of a local secondary school post-ball party.
Two-car crash
Two-car crash
A police officer checks the damage to one of two cars involved in a crash at the Stirling St-Thames Highway intersection in Oamaru's North End yesterday.
Rock lobster catch and outlook strong
Rock lobster catch and outlook strong
Despite being hampered by a 20-tonne reduction in catch quotas this year, lobster fishermen in North Otago have been pulling up ''significantly'' more rock lobsters this year than in 2012, and could be set for five more bumper years, if a scientific study conducted in Moeraki continues to provide accurate forecasts of lobster populations.
Intended Twizel site for auction
Intended Twizel site for auction
Almost 20ha of land beside Lake Pukaki, earmarked more than 50 years ago as the place where the town of Twizel was to be relocated to, is to go under the hammer.
School bus speed warning
School bus speed warning
Motorists who ignore the 20kmh speed limit for passing parked school buses have been put on notice, after Waitaki Police said they would continue to monitor driving behaviour.
Premises for Landsar, Coastguard take shape
Premises for Landsar, Coastguard take shape
Land Search and Rescue (Landsar) volunteers in the Mackenzie district are just three months away from moving out of a garden shed and into a new combined Landsar and Coastguard operations base in Twizel.