Oamaru's historic area was well exposed on Saturday when about 250 photographers from throughout New Zealand came to town as part of their national convention.
The design of a new $200 million cement plant near Weston is continuing even though its proponent, Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd, is having appeals against its plans lodged with the Environment Court.
A plan by contractor Whitestone Ltd to expand its yard at Deborah to meet the demands of its growing business has been blocked by the Environment Court.
A surf carnival and market day at Campbells Bay could become bigger next year, as a major fund-raiser for Kakanui School.
Residential and commercial properties in Oamaru face rate rises greater than the draft 6.4% increase proposed by the Waitaki District Council for the next financial year.
A tax windfall of almost half a million dollars will help Oamaru Hospital's owners, Waitaki District Health Services Ltd, pay a GST bill when it writes off a $5 million suspensory loan in December.
Twizel's population is expected to increase five-fold next week, as competitors and supporters arrive for the Maadi Cup rowing at Lake Ruataniwha, including extra police.
A multi-million dollar development plan for Tekapo's town centre has been put on hold because conditions proposed by the Mackenzie District Council for a resource consent threaten the commercial viability of the project.
Whitestone Civic Trust deputy chairman Bill Blair has lost his place on the trust board, but is happy with the candidate who beat him by just two votes.
Waitaki district patients cannot use the new CT scanner at Oamaru Hospital under the publicly funded health service unless they pay between $300 and $800.
People now get a chance to have their say on whether a draft 6.4% rates rise by the Waitaki District in the coming financial year is acceptable.
A new CT scanner has been commissioned at Oamaru Hospital, part of a $1.8 million radiology department upgrade funded by the Waitaki District Health Services Trust.
Meridian Energy Ltd could more than double the money it spent buying land in the Waitaki Valley for its Project Aqua power scheme.
Closing 1.2km of Beach Rd between Oamaru and Kakanui would be a cheaper option than continuously repairing erosion from the sea, a report prepared for the Waitaki District Council's assets committee says.
Creating more residential land in Omarama to meet a demand for housing has been supported by the Ahuriri Community Board.
The next stage to set minimum flows for Trotter's Creek, just south of Moeraki, will take place in about two months, following on from a public meeting organised by the Otago Regional Council on Tuesday night.
Five district councils in the central South Island are establishing a fund to investigate setting up their own regional council.
Improving access to the lower Waitaki River is one of the priorities for the Lower Waitaki River Management Society, enthusiastic about tackling the problem after a visit to a Southland trust on the Waiau River.
From the ancient to the modern in sight and sound, a new exhibition will be opened tonight at the Forrester Gallery in Oamaru with a powhiri.
The same number of books are there and the shelving is about the same length, but the Oamaru Library looks to have grown inside as a result of a $295,000 upgrade.
