Three companies who want to develop 16 dairy farms in the Omarama and Ohau areas have asked an Environment Canterbury panel whether it can deliver a decision on resource consents they need for irrigation of the properties and to dilute effluent from the cows.
An increase in the entry price for the Twizel salmon and wine festival last Saturday did not seem to affect attendances, organisers say.
A match-making service with a difference will be launched in Oamaru, encouraging people to swap what may otherwise be rubbish.
More than 200 members of Rural Women New Zealand are expected in Oamaru in May for the organisation's annual conference, in the Opera House.
The Morven Glenavy irrigation scheme can now irrigate more land with the same amount of water it takes from the Waitaki River.
The Clare St community housing complex with 17 units in Oamaru is to be sold by the Waitaki District Council, which will use the money to build more modern units on land it owns in Aln St.
As the Mackenzie Summer Salmon and Wine Festival enters its sixth year, tomorrow's event promises to be as big and entertaining as ever.
Fish, birds and plants will feature at Lake Wainono, near Waimate, tomorrow as part of World Wetlands Day.
Community initiatives to reduce bad behaviour in Waitaki Valley towns during Christmas and New Year were a success and could form a model for future holiday weekends.
Opponents of "industrial-scale" dairy farming in the Omarama and Ohau regions, and other interested parties, have welcomed yesterday's decision by Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith to "call in" the associated consent applications.
A salmon hatchery on the Waitaki River is not the only plan for boosting salmon numbers for anglers.
Two boys, aged 9 and 10, were injured when their motocross bikes were involved in a collision at a training day on a farm in Settlement Rd, near Duntroon, yesterday morning.
Sergeant Wayne Brew, of Oamaru, said it was initially thought the accident was serious, with emergency services being called from as far away as Oamaru and Otematata.
Enthusiasm for a salmon hatchery on the Waitaki River to boost the salmon fishery was evident when about 120 people turned out to a public meeting at Glenavy last night.
A private road used by the public as a scenic route from Tekapo to State Highway 8 remains closed after more than a year.
Alfred Gaze's family reckons he is lucky to be able to celebrate his 100th birthday today.
Cabinet will get a first-hand account of agricultural development in the Mackenzie, Ohau and Omarama Basins after a visit to the areas yesterday by Minister of Agriculture David Carter.
cOtepopo School parents and friends are defending the Herbert school and cannot believe Minister of Education Anne Tolley is satisfied it should close.
A farmer has been granted two resource consents to use groundwater in the Maerewhenua catchment for irrigation - the fifth decision on 52 resource consents in the lower Waitaki catchment being considered by Environment Canterbury (ECan).
North Otago groups, clubs and organisations get a chance to strut their stuff at the Oamaru Opera House in March during a "club day".
The Vanished World fossil and geological trail around the Waitaki district is to get a higher profile to boost visitor numbers, with help from Meridian Energy Ltd.
