A Waitaki Boys' High School head of department teacher tried to talk to two separate boards of trustees chairmen about issues within the school before she left at the end of last year.
Issues at Waitaki Boys' High School have been raised by teachers with their union for at least a year, the Post Primary Teachers' Association told the Otago Daily Times yesterday.
Details of a meeting last night between the Waitaki Boys' High School board of trustees and Ministry of Education over pupil behaviour will remain secret at least until today, when a statement will be released about the discussions, board chairman Garry McLeod says.
A former Waitaki Boys' High School teacher wants it to confront and resolve issues for the benefit of the school and wider community.
Waimate District Council chief executive Tony Alden has lost his job after it was advertised by the council and he was not reappointed.
Waimate needs a better sports stadium, but whether it should be brand new or a $3.8 million redevelopment of the existing facility has caused divisions.
Six people, including two directors standing down by rotation, have offered themselves as directors of Network Waitaki, the community-owned North Otago electricity distribution company.
A Facebook site was set up yesterday calling for those supportive of the school and rector Paul Jackson to post comments.
Farmers between Duntroon and Kurow are considering plans to upgrade their irrigation schemes and preliminary estimates for the work range from almost $30 million to $53.6 million.
Thousands of books, most only $1 each, were stacked in the Oamaru Club and more than 100 people were waiting outside when the Oamaru Rotary Club sale opened at 9am.
A new bond is being negotiated to keep a film set at the Falstone reserve on the shore of Lake Benmore, originally built in 2008 for a proposed film about the life of Jesus Christ.
Four Corriedale rural water schemes will be run by a new consumers' group from July 1 after the Waitaki District Council this week decided to hand over their management and operation.
A digger yesterday started clearing overgrown flood channels next to State Highway 1 at Hilderthorpe, north of Oamaru, to alleviate flooding after heavy rain which closed the highway.
Two meetings have been held by the Waitaki Boys' High School board of trustees and another is planned for tonight as it moves through the process of dealing with comments and complaints about the school.
The second of two new bridges across the Waitaki River between Kurow and Hakataramea will be officially opened in three weeks' time, ahead of schedule.
Six search teams tramping through bush and riverbeds managed to find and treat six ''missing'' trampers with various ''injuries'' on Saturday, part of a Land Search and Rescue exercise involving about 70 people at Herbert.
Kiwi Concrete staff clean up after this loaded cement truck went off the road at a corner on Whitestone-Five Forks Rd yesterday.
A plan to bring water from Lake Tekapo to irrigate South Canterbury farms is not financially viable, but a report on the proposal has not been a waste of resources.
Public comment on a draft plan that outlines how Waitaki's parks and reserves will be managed closes on June 4 and the Waitaki District Council wants to ensure everyone has a chance to have a say.
A special meeting will be held next week by the Waitaki Boys' High School board of trustees to start working through complaints and comments about the school.
