Whitestone Contracting Ltd has turned in a deficit for the last financial year, but that was after it paid more than $1 million to the council and paid more than $134,000 for donations and sponsorships.
It might have been a Sunday, but the lure of buying a little school memorabilia drew about 250 people to an auction in Kurow yesterday.
The first big contract for the $672 million upgrade of the electricity link between the South and North Islands, which includes a major expansion at the Benmore substation, has been awarded by Transpower.
The Waitaki Lakes and Rivers Committee is about to launch a comprehensive strategy for maintaining recreation areas created by large-scale tree plantings around the lakes. David Bruce reports.
A group of eight Waitaki Boys High School pupils have a big task ahead of them if they are to get away on a three-week educational and cultural tour of Asia next year.
This year's national penny-farthing championships will be even bigger, with organisers expecting about 100 entrants by including more modern bikes.
Mixed views have been received by the Waitaki District Council on a review of its liquor ban bylaw, with one person suggesting it is "an overreaction".
It may never be known exactly what happened at Lake Tekapo on board a small pleasure boat that resulted in one man dying and two others still missing.
At 75 years old, the "grand lady" still has it, pulling a big crowd on Sunday.
"Butchering again" was Hugh Muldrew's reaction when he walked back into what was the Hampden Quality Butchery.
"Appalled" police say they are adamant they are not going to babysit teenagers given alcohol by their parents and let loose to wander the streets.
Police cars and fire units were pelted with bottles thrown by young people camped at the Waitaki lakes near Otematata on Saturday night and nine people were arrested after two brawls in Cromwell during a weekend of violence and "loutish behaviour" in the region.
The "grand lady" still has it, at 75 years old, pulling a big crowd yesterday.
The developer of an Oamaru subdivision which could add up to 24 residential sections to the town is asking the Waitaki District Council to change its district plan so the development can go ahead.
The issue of safety during peak holiday periods on Lake Ruataniwha, where a death occurred in January 2006, has again been raised, with changes to navigation rules being trialled this summer.
A small North Otago community is taking on the Government over its economic growth policies and the greenhouse gas emissions they will create, leading to a greater threat of climate change.
A safety audit has doubled the cost of building a waste disposal station for camper vans and caravans in Oamaru.
The first step in a new green-waste programme for the Waitaki district takes place today with the first of weekly Greenwaste Saturday afternoons at the Oamaru landfill.
Waitaki district councillor Helen Stead was shocked this week by what she described as an "arrogant" move to stop a planning process to protect the historic and heritage values of the Oamaru Harbour.
Divergent views on changes to New Zealand's liquor laws emerged among councillors at a Waitaki District Council meeting this week - probably just as divergent as those of the community they represent.
