Irrigation expansion in North Otago has received a boost from the dry spell, although the declaration of a drought is not expected to bring a deluge of extra inquiries about buying in.
Waimate is to get a new multimillion-dollar indoor stadium, with the Waimate District Council making the final decision for the project to go ahead after a decade of uncertainty.
Kakanui recreational fishermen (from left) Warwick Ormandy and Glenn McGregor discuss possible future marine management with Southeast Coast Marine Protection Forum member Philippa Agnew (right) and chairwoman Maree Baker-Galloway.
Last year's Waitaki Sportsperson of the Year, Oamaru rower Johannah Kearney, is a contender again after being listed in this year's finalists, up against what is believed to be one of the strongest lists ever.
Last week it was the Victorian Open, yesterday it was the Legends for Australian professional Peter Fowler.
The Waitaki District Council is doing better financially for the first six months of this financial year than it expected, recording a surplus after tax of $1.630 million.
A crash yesterday in which a woman was injured highlights how bad some Oamaru drivers are at stop signs, police say.
Last year's Waimate High School head boy, Dion Batchelor, has been awarded the inaugural Oceania Dairy scholarship - $3000 a year for three years of study at the University of Otago.
''Done with love,'' is how Christy Rolfe describes maintaining her 30 year old, handcrafted Native American guide boat she imported from Montana.
The future use of water from the lower Waitaki River may be determined this year under proposed changes to a water allocation plan originally prepared in 2005.
Contractors carefully work around lime trees in Oamaru's Reed St to fulfil a road works contract for the Waitaki District Council.
The first step towards closing Oamaru's landfill has started with heavy machinery (above) capping a large section of Bushy Beach Rd.
The first step in a community-driven project to reopen the main road into Moeraki started yesterday with a digger clearing drainage below the slumped part of Haven St.
A new website for the Waitaki District Council was launched yesterday.
Waitaki Boys' High School will be under new management next week after Tekapo lawyer Nicola Hornsey was named by the Ministry of Education as commissioner to replace the board of trustees, which stood down last Monday.
Waitaki Boys' High School in Oamaru will now be governed by a commissioner, whose role will be to turn around a school in crisis. Otago Daily Times Oamaru bureau chief David Bruce reports on how it reached that stage.
Entries are picking up for this year's Rainbow Run in Oamaru, but people are being urged not to wait until the last minute, with places limited to 1000.
Oamaru is to get another set of traffic lights, this time for pedestrians in the North End shopping area.
When it comes to playing, the Oamaru Intergalactic Ukulele Ensemble will be hard to beat this weekend.
The driver of a Subaru Forrester wagon was lucky to escape uninjured when his vehicle was hit by an articulated truck on State Highway 1 at Deborah, just south of Oamaru, yesterday.
