What caused a Hororata pilot to fly his glider into the side of a mountain near Omarama in a fatal crash in January last year may never be known for certain.
''Build a steam boat'' was on Alan Atkins' bucket list when he retired.
Sparks from a broken power line started a fire yesterday in scrub and grass on hill country above Lake Waitaki, despite heavy rain in the area.
Roger McCaw believes he has the X factor, and so do judges who have selected him for the next round of live auditions for The X Factor NZ.
A coastguard and search and rescue service for the Waitaki and Mackenzie lakes has received a welcome boost with a $40,000 grant to build a combined base.
These stamps may not be legal postage, but the North Otago Philatelic Society hopes they, and the commemorative cover held by society member Peter Grenfell, will be a hit during the Scott centenary Terra Nova celebrations in Oamaru this week.
Saturday's open day at the Oamaru police station was such a success that North Otago commander Senior Sergeant Jason McCoy is considering doing it again.
"We are here for a fun weekend, to renew friendships and tell some stories," former Enfield School pupil and chairman of its reunion committee Bill Kingan told past pupils and staff on Saturday.
One of New Zealand's largest fundraising motorcycle trail rides took place on Saturday and is expected to raise more than $30,000 for Duntroon School.
The annual trail ride over about 120km of four trails of varying degrees of difficulty started in 2000 and had grown, this year attracting 970 riders, event spokeswoman Nicola Hutton said yesterday.
"Wear a life jacket" is the message from a Papakaio couple to whitebaiters and anyone else in the water after their son was swept out to sea while whitebaiting at the Rakaia River mouth on Sunday.
Heavier trucks on Waitaki roads could increase maintenance and replacement costs by 30% to 40% - and transport companies should have to pay, some Waitaki district councillors believe.
Property in the Waitaki district is now worth half a billion dollars more than three years ago, but Moeraki land values have plummeted because of questions over land stability.
Extra land is being bought for $1.64 million by Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd at the site of its proposed opencast lignite coal mine at Ngapara.
Oamaru Library heritage and reference librarian Chris Meech catches up on his reading with a historic edition of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop, part of a display of the author's work this month.
Waitaki rural firefighters spent about five hours fighting a scrub fire at the confluence of the Otekaieke and Waitaki Rivers on Monday night and early yesterday.
A Kurow farmer is in Dunedin Hospital after injuring his back while working at a pump shed on his property yesterday morning.
Waitaki River group is opposing any reduction in the river's minimum flow in a water allocation plan set in 2005.
What residents want from their parks and reserves will be the subject of four public forums planned by the Waitaki District Council over the next two weeks.
A special limited-stay, loyalty ticket for campers at Waitaki lakes camping grounds in the Waitaki district has been turned down by the Waitaki District Council.
Enfield School's bell will ring out again during the weekend of November 9-11, summoning former pupils, teachers and staff to events for a reunion.
