Dilemma over irrigation scheme
Dilemma over irrigation scheme
The North Otago Irrigation Company faces a dilemma as it starts the second stage of adding another 10,000ha to its scheme - and it wants the community to help solve it.
David Bruce
Debate to go ahead
Debate to go ahead
A Government team will be going to Hampden early next year to debate economic growth.
Credit card locked up
Credit card locked up
The Waitaki District Council has only one credit card and "it lives in the council safe", chief executive Michael Ross says.
Amendment could cost ratepayers $70,000 pa
Amendment could cost ratepayers $70,000 pa
Waitaki ratepayers could pay an extra $70,000 a year to meet new Government requirements aimed at ensuring local bodies' costs, rates and activities are better controlled.
Subdivision bid fails
Subdivision bid fails
The debate over the Forrester Heights residential subdivision in Oamaru may not be over, even though a move by Cr Helen Stead to stop the Waitaki District Council development failed yesterday.
2.65% rate rise confirmed; lowest in Otago
2.65% rate rise confirmed; lowest in Otago
With hardly a murmur, the Waitaki District Council yesterday confirmed a 2.65% rise in its total rates collection for the new financial year, which starts today.
Water quality community responsibility, forum told
Water quality community responsibility, forum told
Communities taking control of water quality in their catchments was the aim of a forum held by the Otago Regional Council in Oamaru yesterday.
Staff praised for flood work
Staff praised for flood work
Civil Defence staff have been praised for their handling of two major floods in North Otago at the end of May and beginning of this month.
Work to begin soon on sea wall
Work to begin soon on sea wall
A new sea wall to halt coastal erosion along the Oamaru foreshore, which is threatening an historic building, is to be built north of the Oamaru Creek mouth.
Oceania eyes Studholme dairy plant
Oceania eyes Studholme dairy plant
Oceania Dairy Group has put plans for a new dairy factory near Glenavy on hold, while it eyes the possibility of being able to buy the New Zealand Dairies Ltd plant at nearby Studholme.
Coastal road closure plan set aside
Coastal road closure plan set aside
The Waitaki District Council has changed its mind on a draft strategy that would have closed sections of the coastal road between Oamaru and the Waianakarua River mouth that had been eroded, or were likely to be eroded by the sea.
Farmer injured in tractor accident
Farmer injured in tractor accident
A 51-year-old Airedale man was lucky to escape serious injury when his tractor and a trailer went over a bluff on an Airedale farm about 10am yesterday.
Pursuit of `drunken fool' abandoned; man charged
Pursuit of `drunken fool' abandoned; man charged
An Oamaru man has been described by police as "a drunken fool behind the wheel putting others' lives at risk" after a police pursuit was called off on Saturday night because of his erratic driving.
Support for move to halt subdivision
Support for move to halt subdivision
A move by a Waitaki district councillor to halt the Forrester Heights residential subdivision in Oamaru has "100% support" from the Waitaki Citizens and Ratepayers' Association, its chairman, Warren Crawford, said yesterday.
Community links to hydro industry marked
Community links to hydro industry marked
Otematata's link with the Benmore dam and powerhouse has been reinforced with a 36-tonne piece of steel now on display on the highway through the Waitaki Valley township.
Fish and Game supports licence fee increase
Fish and Game supports licence fee increase
A increase in fishing and game licence fees has been supported by the Central South Island Fish and Game Council.
New committee for water management
New committee for water management
A new and innovative way to manage water in the lower Waitaki catchment and Waimate district could be in operation by the end of the year under the Canterbury water management strategy.
Reception counter winner
Reception counter winner
An Oamaru company's first foray into a national joinery competition has been rewarded with an award.
Work about to start on dump station
Work about to start on dump station
Work is scheduled to start this month on a dump station in Oamaru to take effluent and waste water from campervans and caravans.
Subdivision opponent to fore
Subdivision opponent to fore
A move to halt the Waitaki District Council's Forrester Heights residential subdivision will come to a head this Wednesday with a councillor's notice of motion.