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The Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust could see its coffers grow if a new CD planned for release by an Oamaru folk singer proves a hit.

Kurow community groups, still smarting from the news that there will be no bank in town from next Friday, said they have no option but to hope a white knight will save the day.

Transtasman co-operation will be to the fore next week when penguin experts from New Zealand and Australia converge in Oamaru for the eighth annual Oamaru Penguin Symposium.

After an 18-month delay, a long-running restoration project to turn a 19th century smithy in Duntroon into a living history museum is back on track.

Rough seas on Saturday ensured that a 30-year wait to bring offshore power boat racing back to Oamaru came to naught.

No human casualties or illness have been reported following the mysterious deaths of more than half a dozen pigs at a farm in Ashburton, according to the Fire Service.

Resource consent for Equipment and Support Ltd to establish and operate more visitor accommodation at the Kakanui camping ground, South of Oamaru, was approved this week by an independent hearing commissioner.

A decade-long plan to drought-proof farms in the Waihao basin, west of Waimate, could come a step closer to reality next week, when farmers are given a chance to approve the tentative $37.5 million cost to build the Waihao Downs Irrigation Scheme.

A three-week police blitz on teenage motorists in Oamaru caught almost 30 young drivers failing to adhere to learner and restricted driver's licence rules.

Plans are under way to mark 50 years since Oamaru Intermediate School (OIS) opened, but organisers are not sure how many people will attend the celebrations next year.

A motorist had a lucky escape when a tree fell on to a car on State Highway 83 at Kurow this morning.