Native plants were planted recently by Marian Shore, Roger Blackburn and Annie Beattie and (front, from left) Jan Armour, Maxine Woodhouse and Gloria Hurst, to celebrate the first anniversary of the Waitaki Community Garden.
A projected rates rise of 9% has been cut by almost two-thirds by the seven Environment Canterbury commissioners appointed by the Government to run the Christchurch-based regional council.
Waitaki deputy mayor Gary Kircher will contest the Waitaki mayoralty against incumbent Alex Familton and at least two other candidates.
About 10cm of snow closed roads and stranded motorists in the Omarama-Twizel area yesterday.
Life jackets could become compulsory for anyone in small boats on Canterbury waterways under a review of navigation bylaws planned by Environment Canterbury (ECan).
A Kakanui couple's battle for more than a decade to establish a camping ground in the coastal town has entered another phase, as the Environment Court has declined a resource consent to legalise it.
About 40 primary, intermediate and secondary school pupils competed in the Lions Zone 4 speech competition held on Sunday.
Lake Benmore anglers may get a surprise when they next fish the Haldon Arm - about 10,000 salmon from a Twizel salmon farm have been released there over the past two days.
Transpower needs to be more aware of the needs of electricity consumers in rural communities when it plans work on its grid, to avoid major disruption such as that which affected North Otago just over a week ago when there was a power outage.
Businesses in the Waitaki district have been called to a workshop to discuss how they can benefit from an influx of more than 80,000 visitors to New Zealand for next year's Rugby World Cup.
Receivers are negotiating with interested parties to sell assets of the New Zealand Malt Whisky Company and its associated company Preston Associates to recover about $3.1 million owing to creditors.
Willow Bennett (17 months), of Oamaru, shows her mother Candy one of more than 1000 exhibits in the Burns exhibition of children's and teenagers' art, which will run at the Forrester Gallery in Oamaru until July 18.
Proponents of the 314km-long Alps to Ocean cycle trail through the Mackenzie Basin and North Otago are now waiting for a decision at the end of this month on whether they will get the $2.75 million they need to plan and build it.
The closure of Bradshaws Bridge, near Waimate, since recent flooding is a "disgrace", local farmer Murray Bruce says.
Pilots trying to avoid paying landing fees at Oamaru Airport are still being caught out by a security camera the Waitaki District Council installed in January.
The community housing complex in Clare St, Oamaru, has been sold for $635,000 to an Oamaru company by the Waitaki District Council.
A $5 million expansion which would almost double the size of the Forrester Gallery in Oamaru was unveiled yesterday.
Five camping grounds around the Waitaki lakes will come under the full control of the Waimate District Council in a move to have them vested as local body reserves.
Repairing flood damage to Waitaki district roads will cost about $1.5 million.
A power cut which affected about 10,000 homes in North Otago on Friday night could have been resolved in minutes instead of about 1 hours if Transpower had identified sooner the fault was on its...
