Tourism appointment
Tourism appointment
A new marketing manager has been appointed for Tourism Waitaki. Ian Elliott replaces Megan Howell, who left earlier this year to rejoin family in the North Island.
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Community group set for fight
Community group set for fight
A community group set up to protect the lower Waitaki River will fight changes to a water allocation plan, believing it is being driven by bureaucrats to avoid a fight.
Irrigators support water plan changes
Irrigators support water plan changes
Changes are needed to the Waitaki water allocation plan to ensure the multitude of benefits to the community from the lower river can continue in the future, the Waitaki Irrigators' Collective Ltd believes.
Man fined $750 for taking dog from pound
Man fined $750 for taking dog from pound
Breaking into the Oamaru animal pound to break out a dog has proved a costly exercise for the dog's owner.
Entries flood in
Entries flood in
A competition day organised by a co-ordinating committee for Otago and Southland Rural Women New Zealand and Women's Institute branches has attracted more entries than expected.
District council may have it covered
District council may have it covered
Savings of about $100,000 in insurance premiums over the past two years could be used by the Waitaki District Council for its own insurance scheme.
Board 'fully committed' to rector
Board 'fully committed' to rector
Waitaki Boys' High School's board of trustees is fully committed to and confident in rector Paul Jackson, board chairman Garry McLeod said yesterday.
Salmon run
Salmon run
Salmon are moved to trucks from new pens built by Mt Cook Alpine Salmon on Lake Ruataniwha, near Twizel, to be transferred to the company's pens on the Tekapo Canal on Sunday.
Recommendations assigned for action
Recommendations assigned for action
Outside and internal people are being used by the Waitaki Boys' High School Board of Trustees to act on recommendations in an independent assessment that said the school was ''at a point of crisis''.
Council seeking internet firewood seller
Council seeking internet firewood seller
A person who advertised firewood from Cape Wanbrow for sale on a website is now being pursued by the Waitaki District Council.
Out of the mists of time
Out of the mists of time
A blast from the past in the form of engineer Donald McLeod, who designed Oamaru's water scheme in 1876, greeted the Waitaki District Council this week as it considered a Waitaki water supply bylaw.
Waitaki Boys' rejects 'crisis' claim, but adopts recommendations
Waitaki Boys' rejects 'crisis' claim, but adopts recommendations
Waitaki Boys' High School is ''at a point of crisis'', an independent assessment has found, but the school's board of trustees rejects that conclusion, while still implementing the report's recommendations.
Craigmore holdings grow
Craigmore holdings grow
Farm investment company Craigmore Farming has added another property to its North Otago holdings as it spends more than $15 million on redevelopment.
River changes supported despite opposing views
River changes supported despite opposing views
Conflicting views on a proposal to alter water allocation and the minimum flow in the Waitaki River did not stop the Waitaki District Council from deciding to support the changes.
Retirement village planning to proceed
Retirement village planning to proceed
Waitaki District Health Services has more certainty about how to advance plans to build its $21 million Observatory Hill Retirement Village in Oamaru.
Agreement in principle on irrigation investment
Agreement in principle on irrigation investment
Ratepayers will not lose out on their investment in the North Otago Irrigation Company if the Waitaki District Council makes more money available and extends a loan.
Te Pari Products buys three business park sections
Te Pari Products buys three business park sections
Oamaru company Te Pari Products has now unconditionally bought three sections, owned by the Waitaki District Council in the North Oamaru Business Park, worth a total $1.5 million.
'Great loss of young people'
'Great loss of young people'
About 400 people did not forget those who served in World War 1, turning out yesterday for a mid-morning service in Oamaru commemorating 100 years since the war was declared in 1914.
Irrigation backing sought
Irrigation backing sought
A further $9.5 million could be invested by the Waitaki District Council in the North Otago Irrigation Company and its loan extended another eight years, taking the council's total investment to $22 million.
Mainland to reduce flights
Mainland to reduce flights
Flights to Oamaru Airport are to be reduced by Mainland Air in an attempt to keep the service operating, but it will be reviewed again by the end of this month.