Progress on a North Otago project to help the people of Haiti will be outlined at a function in Oamaru on Wednesday, which will also be attended by former prime minister Helen Clark in her role as one of the United Nations' top managers.
A vision for Oamaru Harbour to create "one of the best little harbours in the country" is the aim of a development strategy the Waitaki District Council is being asked to approve.
The owners of cribs in a fishing village which has existed for about 90 years next to the Kakanui River at Gemmells Crossing may be granted leases to occupy Department of Conservation land.
The development of Forrester Gallery, North Otago Museum and Archives and the Oamaru Public Library has been brought together under one group set up yesterday by the Waitaki District Council's committee of the whole.
Waitaki residents will reap the fruits of a new programme by the Waitaki District Council which has planted about 300 trees in parks and reserves during the winter.
Fenwick School's $60,000 adventure playground opened yesterday and twins Sebastian and Lance Ruehorn were celebrating.
An Italian family-owned textile company has been given approval to take full ownership of two high-country merino stations in the Waitaki Valley, in a $4.8 million deal.
A two-stage hearing of appeals against a new $200 million irrigation scheme in the Waimate district has been set down by the Environment Court.
A rise in timber prices in the past year has provided a financial boost for the Waitaki District Council, in its sale of trees harvested from the Glen Eden and Glen Warren reserves in Oamaru.
The use and future of 29 community halls is to be reviewed by the Waitaki District Council because of major costs in upgrading them to meet fire safety requirements and possibly new earthquake-proofing requirements.
"The crack cocaine of gambling", was how Waitaki District Councillor Hugh Perkins has described poker machines, but his attempt to reduce numbers in the Waitaki district failed yesterday.
The cost of upgrading three East Otago water supplies to meet drinking-water standards has been reduced after the Waitaki District Council awarded a contract for a major component of the work.
One of Oamaru's most photographed corners in the historic precinct has been made more photogenic with the removal of a wooden power pole. It has been replaced by underground wiring.
About $500,000 could be spent constructing two cycle and walkways in Oamaru and Weston under a proposal to be considered by the Waitaki District Council's committee of the whole on Tuesday.
A greater awareness of healthy eating has had a spin-off for the Oamaru Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society with lifestylers buying their own poultry for eggs and meat.
Doug Wilson (75, pictured in Oamaru yesterday) is on a mission to raise awareness of glaucoma, which can rob people of their eyesight.
Teenage golfer Zain Pennycook was given a second-hand ball that his coach, Stephen Waby, said would perform better during his round in the men's Wednesday competition at the Lower Waitaki Golf Club.
Time is running out for a team from the National Party to front up to a debate in Hampden in September to argue in favour of asset sales.
Ouse St in Oamaru will reopen next week, but the Waitaki District Council still has to make a decision whether it will stay open.
A petition opposing closing Ouse St in Oamaru, the main route to residential areas of Derwent St and Reservoir Rd, has attracted 279 signatures.
