The future of the Kakanui camping ground is still uncertain after resource consents issues were not settled at an Environment Court hearing in Oamaru yesterday.
Environment Court appeals opposing a planned $900 million hydro power scheme on the lower Waitaki River will be heard in Oamaru and Christchurch, may take up to five weeks and involve as many as 70 witnesses.
Tourism in North Otago is unlikely to be affected by a cement plant planned for the Waiareka Valley, University of Otago communication studies professor, Geoff Kearsley, believes.
The Waiareka Valley is not a "heritage landscape", and a plan to build a $300 million cement plant there should not be turned down because of any belief it is, the Environment Court in Oamaru was told yesterday.
Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd has rejected an accusation it is trying to buy community and Ngai Tahu support for the company's proposed cement plant near Weston.
A new $300 million cement plant near Weston could be producing cement as early as the end of 2012 if Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd gets the necessary resource consents and decides to build it.
If the Environment Court upheld resource consents then Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd chief executive Jeremy Smith would most likely recommend the $300 million plant near Weston be built.
"A classic Nimby case," is how Holcim (NZ) counsel Mark Christensen yesterday described to the Environment Court an appeal against a proposal for a $300 million cement plant, coal mine, sand and limestone quarries in the Waiareka Valley near Oamaru.
The surf was up and the day perfect for thousands of people who flocked to Campbells Bay on Saturday for the Kakanui Big Day Out and surf carnival.
The war of the roses came to Oamaru on Saturday when 11 South Island rose societies battled for the Rose Ranfurly Shield.
What started out 23 years ago as a birthday party with a few mates has turned into the biggest motorcycle rally in the South Island.
About 50 trucks were pulled over at Waitaki Bridge on State Highway 1 on Wednesday night - for a good cause.
The Waitaki District Council could be in the last stretch with the residential subdivision it wants to develop on Cape Wanbrow, overlooking Oamaru Harbour and the town.
Two North Otago community groups will be competing against 22 others this weekend for top honours and a healthy cheque in the national final of TrustPower's community awards.
Jillian Vuglar has plenty of puff.
The restored Opera House in Oamaru is the first building in New Zealand to have a sophisticated system which produces a spectacular light display first seen during the 10-day opening festival at the end of last month.
The $10.4 million redeveloped and restored Opera House will stage its first full opera when Southern Opera comes to Oamaru with its production of Puccini's Gianni Schicchion on March 21.
About 12,000 North Otago electricity consumers will share a $2 million bonus this month from electricity lines company Network Waitaki.
Oamaru people are demanding TVNZ put their town on the weather map after Westport, with a population less than half the size, was added.
Hay destined for drought-stricken farmers short of winter feed in the north was destroyed by fire on an Omarama farm yesterday.