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Electricity provider Network Waitaki is confident it can keep up with the power demands of the district's growing population, despite already having issues providing electricity at peak load times.

Two buildings in the Oamaru Victorian Precinct are set for facelifts, after the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust was awarded grants from the Otago Community Trust and the Lion Foundation.

Residents and sporting groups in Waitaki appear happy to pay more for leisure activities, to improve the standards of facilities.

Plans are in place to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Oamaru Town Board, which marked the formal establishment of Oamaru.

Anglicans are planning to celebrate in style the 150th anniversary of the church's presence in North Otago next week.

A North Otago iwi is claiming that a parliamentary select committee could have acted in breach of natural justice when it accepted late submissions on a Bill that continues to divide local opinion.

The North Otago public hearings on proposed changes to water quality rules in Otago ended yesterday with a call for best management practices to be given more weight.

Passenger flights could return to Oamaru Airport for the first time in three years, but only if public demand is high enough.

Although the Department of Conservation (Doc) is warning whitebaiters travelling to the West Coast to check the regulations before they go, North Otago whitebaiters appear to have little reason to leave town, following a stunning start to the season.

North Otago irrigation companies are questioning the legitimacy of proposed changes to Otago regional water policy.

More than 100 potential jobs which could be created by a new cement works at Weston are still at least six years away.

The parliamentary select committee submission process has been labelled "unfair", after a select committee accepted late submissions on a controversial Bill to reverse reserve land status in Oamaru.

Following the success of the Cancer Society's inaugural Relay For Life event in Oamaru in March, in which 54 teams raised $75,000, organisers have confirmed the event will return next year.

Waimate boat users on Lake Aviemore and Lake Benmore will continue to have free use of boat ramps, but Waitaki users will still be charged between $50 and $80.