Rise in rents for community housing
Rise in rents for community housing
Rents are likely to rise for tenants in Waitaki District Council-owned community housing from September 1, the first increase since July 2004.
David Bruce
Rugby: Meridian renews sponsorship of North Otago for three more years
Rugby: Meridian renews sponsorship of North Otago for three more years
North Otago should be electrifying again in this year's Heartland championship, with state-owned Meridian Energy renewing its sponsorship for another three years.
Waitaki rates to rise 6.6%
Waitaki rates to rise 6.6%
The Waitaki District Council yesterday settled on a 6.6% overall rates increase for the coming year - slightly higher than the 6.4% it signalled in its draft annual plan two months ago.
Waimate unwilling to cough up for sewerage
Waimate unwilling to cough up for sewerage
More than half of Waimate residents who would be able to connect to the town's sewerage scheme if it was extended are not interested or not keen to pay for the privilege, a survey said.
Healthy Homes project funding at risk
Healthy Homes project funding at risk
A project to insulate more old homes in the Waitaki district and make them more energy efficient may not get off the ground in the coming year.
Wheelie bin loss recycling option
Wheelie bin loss recycling option
Waimate residents may lose their wheelie bins to reduce the amount of rubbish they dump and encourage more recycling.
Students get tree-mendous experience
Students get tree-mendous experience
North Otago's World War 1 memorial oak trees are receiving some much needed attention, and giving Otago Polytechnic aboriculture students some valuable hands-on experience.
Minor injuries after hit by train
Minor injuries after hit by train
A courier driver was "really, really lucky" not to have been badly injured or killed when her Fastway Couriers van was hit by a freight train at the Foyle St railway crossing in Oamaru yesterday morning, rail officials said.
Dinner nets $12,000
Dinner nets $12,000
About $12,000 was raised for a new co-response vehicle for the Omarama community at a fund-raising dinner featuring All Black great Sir Brian Lochore on Saturday night.
Trooper Jack to dismount
Trooper Jack to dismount
Trooper Jack is going on parade.
Offer to build new road
Offer to build new road
An offer by contractors and farmers to give time and equipment to build a new road to the Oamaru harbour is being pursued by the Waitaki District Council.
Views wanted on roading proposals
Views wanted on roading proposals
Waitaki District Council ratepayers are being asked for their views on three proposed roading policy changes which could have a major impact on the rates they pay in the future.
Club reeling in the years
Club reeling in the years
"Its good for the soul," is how Yvonne Plant describes Scottish country dancing.
End in sight for 17-year debate over road safety
End in sight for 17-year debate over road safety
The controversy over shifting Oamaru's Boer War monument has raged off and on for almost 17 years.
Stonemasons have their job cut out
Stonemasons have their job cut out
How do you shift a 960-tonne, 12m-high war monument about 40m along the road?
Boer War memorial shifts with the times
Boer War memorial shifts with the times
To those passing along State Highway 1, the Boer War monument is probably Oamaru's most recognisable landmark. Now, work has begun on shifting the 960-tonne structure. Bureau chief David Bruce reports.
Rabbit poisoning planned
Rabbit poisoning planned
Rabbit-poisoning operations will be carried out on more than 500ha of land in the Maerewhenua and Hakataramea riverbeds over the next two months.
Fund-raiser to feature Lochore
Fund-raiser to feature Lochore
A dinner this Saturday featuring former All Black Sir Brian Lochore will help the Omarama and Surrounding Communities Trust buy a new co-response vehicle.
Maori rock art listings proposed
Maori rock art listings proposed
Two Maori rock art sites near Duntroon in the Waitaki Valley may be given greater protection under a proposal by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust to list them as historic areas.
11,000 fish rescued from low-flowing Hakataramea
11,000 fish rescued from low-flowing Hakataramea
About 11,000 trout and salmon have been rescued from the Hakataramea River during what Central South Island Fish and Game Council officer Graeme Hughes termed "the big dry" since the beginning of the year.