The annual discount for Network Waitaki consumers - this year about $162 for the average residential customer - has come as welcome news for consumers, and the power lines company has received many inquiries, including when it is due.
New Zealand's finest young eventing riders will converge on Oamaru in April for the New Zealand Pony Club Horse Trials Championships.
Juniors dominated the Waitaki sports awards presented in Oamaru last night, when 17-year-old cyclist Dylan Kennett took the top award after winning the men's title.
Campers around the Waitaki lakes who leave gear where it can be easily stolen - such as in insecure caravan awnings - will end up in Omarama constable Nayland Smith's black book.
A plan to restore the values of the Wainono Lagoon, on the coast of Waimate, has been given a boost with an $800,000 grant from a Government fund, taking money available for projects on the lagoon to more than $1 million.
A new community safety project could see the Waitaki district getting national and international recognition as an "International Safe Community" and access to more funding for special projects.
In February 1913, Oamaru was the centre of international focus when a sailing ship appeared at the Oamaru Harbour mouth with news that was to rock the world.
A draft water management plan for the upper Waitaki catchment has softened its approach to restricting new major irrigation schemes compared with a preliminary plan leaked to the Otago Daily Times in November.
The Takiroa Maori rock art site at Duntroon has re-opened, more than 18 months after a significant rock fall during heavy rain closed it in May 2010.
The Waitaki District Council and Oamaru Licensing Trust will continue to use the first-past-the-post system for its local body elections in October next year, with no-one demanding they change.
Traffic and competitor safety concerns have forced changes to the cycling and running routes originally planned for the Oamaru triathlon and duathlon yomorrow.
Oamaru court staff and criminal sittings will return to Oamaru this month after operating out of the Timaru courthouse for about three months.
For three days this weekend, Waimate Showgrounds could have the same population as the town next to it, if the annual March Hare motorcycle rally reaches its full potential.
An Omarama pond is being developed into an outdoor environmental learning area for the town's school.
Penny-farthing rider David Wilson acknowledges the big reception he received in the Oamaru historic precinct yesterday marking his ride the length of New Zealand.
If it was a dress rehearsal for the landmark 150th North Otago Agricultural Show next year, then organisers would have been more than happy with a better than expected crowd at the Friday night carnival and show day on Saturday.
The old wooden and steel pedestrian bridge over railway lines at the bottom of Wansbeck St is to get a new lease of life under a restoration project by a trust.
The harbour was the place to be in Oamaru for Waitangi Day yesterday, with two events combining to make for a fun family day out.
The Kakanui camping ground is a low-key operation offering a Kiwi-style holiday, according to its owner, but those opposing it do not agree.
An overall 7.41% increase in the rates take for 2012-13 is proposed by the Waitaki District Council in its draft 2012-22 long term plan.
