Property owners who would be affected by the closure of two bridges near Enfield are being given a chance to put their views to the Waitaki District Council.
"Every cloud of smoke has a silver lining," was principal David Atkinson's quip yesterday when the Kakanui School library was reopened after a major fire on August 4 last year.
"Totally bewildered" is Coastcare environmentalist Lorraine Adams' reaction to a fence being built at the Oamaru Harbour to protect a blue penguin reserve.
"Welcome. Welcome home," Waitaki Boys High School rector Paul Baker said as he greeted former staff and pupils yesterday at the opening of the school's 125th anniversary celebrations.
Like the pupils they once were, they queued up yesterday to register for the Waitaki Boys High School 125th anniversary, being held this weekend, even before the doors opened.
Pupils and staff from the 1950s will be drawn to the Forrester Gallery in Oamaru to see if they are in a painting by a former pupil, which is part of a special exhibition to mark the 125th anniversary of Waitaki Boys' High School this weekend.
The Friendly Bay Society has defended its action in the Environment Court challenging the legality of the Waitaki District Council's Forrester Heights subdivision on Cape Wanbrow in Oamaru.
Back-yard rubbish fires in residential areas of the Waitaki district may be banned under a bylaw review by the Waitaki District Council.
Kerbside recycling is a step closer with the Waitaki District Council yesterday deciding to ask four companies for proposals to provide the service.
Waitaki district ratepayers will pay an average 6.6% more, although the increase on individual properties will vary because of changes in property values and what special rates they pay for services.
An Oamaru watchdog group will have to go to the High Court to try to prove the Waitaki District Council's Forrester Heights residential subdivision in Oamaru is unlawful.
Fay Birtles went shopping yesterday morning, but when she returned home she found her Taward St house on fire.
One of Oamaru's St John ambulances is being sent to Wanaka to temporarily cater for the winter ski season - but that will not affect coverage in North Otago.
A Waihemo resident for more than 30 years who is passionate about improving the community, Diane Curtis has been elected to the Waihemo Community Board.
Two bridges in North Otago may be closed after a report to the Waitaki District Council identified serious safety concerns.
Ratepayers will have to foot a bill of almost $15,000 incurred by the Waitaki District Council to fight an Environment Court challenge over its Forrester Heights subdivision on Cape Wanbrow.
Anglers and duck shooters will have to pay more for their sport next season.
New Zealand's largest freshwater yacht race can celebrate its 20th running in style this year, secure in the knowledge it has retained its major sponsor.
Oamaru lost two of its takeaway restaurants in an early morning fire yesterday which caused major damage to a two-storey building on the corner of Nen and Thames Sts.
The dream of a Japanese businessman of creating an international centre in North Otago for health sciences, organic foods and their processing, ended when he died nearly three years ago, and now Nikken Seil is selling some of the land involved.
