Gate sales for festival
Gate sales for festival
Extra tickets for Oamaru's Food and Wine Festival tomorrow means people will be able to buy them at the gate.
David Bruce
Spray damage prompts plea
Spray damage prompts plea
Minor spray damage to two Waitaki Valley vineyards has prompted a plea from growers for neighbours to take care when spraying hormone chemicals.
Council to consider ways of trimming 6% rates rise
Council to consider ways of trimming 6% rates rise
The Waitaki District Council is about to start the process of setting its rates, considering how to cut back a predicted 6% rates increase for the next financial year.
Dairying options aired
Dairying options aired
Three companies wanting to develop 16 dairy farms in the Omarama and Ohau areas are proposing different uses for the land they own or plan to buy.
Selling stations not seen to reduce power prices
Selling stations not seen to reduce power prices
The Waitaki Power Trust has joined growing criticism over the Government's plan to force Meridian Energy Ltd to sell its Tekapo power stations on the Waitaki River system to competitor Genesis Energy Ltd.
Dog still ruled as dangerous but council waives higher fee
Dog still ruled as dangerous but council waives higher fee
An Oamaru couple's dog will remain classified as dangerous after it bit a woman, but they have been granted some relief by not having to pay a higher dog registration fee.
Seven redundant as Whitestone Contracting trims staff
Seven redundant as Whitestone Contracting trims staff
Seven redundant as Whitestone Contracting trims staff
Farmers co-operate on pylon upgrade
Farmers co-operate on pylon upgrade
North Otago farmers appear to be working with Transpower on upgrading power pylons on their properties, in contrast to South Canterbury where their counterparts are threatening to bar the company entry to their farms.
Complaint leads to tree removal
Complaint leads to tree removal
A Totara woman has to remove up to 200 trees she has planted along her boundary for shelter after a neighbour complained she was breaching the Waitaki district plan.
Flying visit for school mates
Flying visit for school mates
Robin Manson, of Enfield, and Keith Mitchell, now of Christchurch, were pupils at Waitaki Boys High School in the mid-1950s and met up again yesterday when Mr Mitchell piloted a DC-3 aircraft into Oamaru Airport as part of a South Island tour.
Waitaki mayor undecided
Waitaki mayor undecided
Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton has still not decided whether he will seek a second term in the local body elections this year.
Minimal interest in minimum wage protest
Minimal interest in minimum wage protest
A four-hour protest over a 25c-an-hour increase in the minimum wage in Oamaru on Saturday was called off after only the organiser and another person turned up.
Air discharge permit backed
Air discharge permit backed
The Waitaki District Council is throwing its support behind a resource consent application by the Alliance Group's Pukeuri freezing works because of its importance to the district's economy.
Upgrade for Christmas
Upgrade for Christmas
Oamaru is to get new Christmas decorations in time for the next festive season.
New campervan dump site eyed
New campervan dump site eyed
The Waitaki District Council is investigating a new site for a dump station in Oamaru to take effluent and waste water from campervans and caravans.
Call for total protection of harbour heritage
Call for total protection of harbour heritage
Protection is wanted for all of the Oamaru harbour, not just some sites in the area which the Waitaki District Council is looking at listing as heritage items under its district plan.
Youthtown to sponsor Waitaki sports awards
Youthtown to sponsor Waitaki sports awards
A sponsor has now been found for this year's Waitaki sports awards.
New war memorial to have a heart of stone
New war memorial to have a heart of stone
A huge rock has been transported from an Omarama farming station to the centre of the town to form the base for a new war memorial.
Family hopes TV programme will solve mystery
Family hopes TV programme will solve mystery
An Oamaru family hopes "someone will have a heart" and help explain how their son and brother came to die six years ago near Mt Dasher, in the Kakanui Mountains.
Caution over dairying options
Caution over dairying options
Waitaki First is taking a cautious approach to possible alternatives to 16 new dairy farms in the Omarama and Ohau areas being proposed by three companies.