David Bruce

About 30 former teachers and pupils of the Teschemakers Catholic girls' boarding school were this week reunited with a statue that played an important role in their lives.

A steam locomotive which ran in New Zealand about 80 years ago is back on track.

A car park and picnic area are to be built near the Takiroa Maori rock art site just west of Duntroon, because of safety fears with more traffic on State Highway 83.

Waihemo residents are setting up their own wastebusters organisation and aim to have a plan by the end of this year.

Retired Oamaru monumental mason Gordon Anderson "felt so sad" when a priceless Italian statue at the former Teschemakers girls' boarding school was vandalised in January that he decided to do something about it.

Oamaru and Palmerston libraries will get free internet and wireless access from the end of next month, in a programme being introduced by the Waitaki District Council and the Aotearoa Peoples' Network.

Transpower wants to more than double the size of its substation at Benmore to cope with an upgrade of the electricity link between the South and North Islands, likely to cost up to $672 million.

Meridian Energy Ltd is preparing for a major engineering feasibility study into its proposed Waitaki River north bank tunnel power scheme to finalise the design, derive an up-to-date costing and determine its commercial viability.

A draft policy on art in outdoor public spaces prompted Waitaki district councillor Cathy Dennison to yesterday question who should judge what was art.

Alfie and Win Gaze may have set a record - but they do not know for sure. Today, at Totara Lodge, the Oamaru couple will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.