Farmers facing big rate rises because of increases in their property values were notable by their absence at a Waitaki District Council draft annual plan meeting at Five Forks last night.
Waitaki Valley residents appear to be satisfied with the Waitaki District Council's proposed 1.8% rate rise for the next financial year.
Small rural water schemes in the Waitaki district may not be able to survive because of the cost of a new regime of testing under new drinking water standards implemented by the Ministry of Health.
Steampunk fashion and a ball is creating such interest in Oamaru that tickets for the June 5 ball are selling fast - even before being printed.
Waitaki District Council staff and councillors outnumbered the public last night at the first of four public meetings to outline the council's draft annual plan and rates for the next financial year.
Omarama people want more out of their hall than an initial concept plan for a major upgrade proposes.
Environment Canterbury plans two valedictory meetings before the 14 councillors lose their jobs by the end of this month.
It took about seven hours and 946 lots yesterday to auction 45 years of antiques, collectables and other items owned by Evan Blair in his Oamaru antique shop, which closed on March 26.
A new way of managing water in the lower Waitaki catchment and Waimate district, giving more control to the local community, could be operating this year under a radical approach being implemented through Environment Canterbury (ECan).
The weather and the economic recession will be factors in the financial performance of the Omarama Airport this financial year, but it still turned in a better-than-expected surplus for the first six months.
"Best bang for the buck" to improve environmental performance was one of the parameters behind changes proposed for the Otematata sewage treatment scheme by the Waitaki District Council.
It is going to be a champagne year for winemaker Kurow Estates.
A marathon resource consent hearing spanning seven months to determine which of 110 applications will get water, mostly for irrigation, from the upper Waitaki catchment is nearing an end.
A gathering has been called in the Mackenzie Basin over Anzac weekend to protect the high country from intensive dairying and other agricultural development.
Omarama has a new visitors' information centre.
Waitaki district residents are paying a substantial amount for a comprehensive infrastructure because of the area's low population, a new state-of-the-environment report looking at utilities says.
The Waitaki district still has a total fire ban, despite some people thinking they can light fires after rain at the weekend.
The Waitaki district still has a total fire ban, despite some people thinking they can light fires after rain at the weekend.
A new 24-hour McDonald's restaurant, drive through and McCafe has been approved for Frankton but residents who oppose the plan still have a fortnight to appeal.
Whitestone Contracting Ltd expects "a more positive outcome" at the end of this financial year than the loss it has recorded in the first six months, according to chairman of directors John Walker.
