About 60 pits will start to appear this week across the Waimate landscape as part of an investigation into a $200 million, 40,000ha irrigation scheme which could create up to 1200 jobs in the district.
A new Government policy on renewable electricity generation will have more effect in the Waitaki district than in some other areas of New Zealand, Waitaki district councillor Jim Hopkins believes.
The Waitaki District Council may wait for the outcome of two Christchurch earthquake investigations before reviewing its policy on earthquake-prone buildings.
The Waitaki district fared better during the economic recession than New Zealand as a whole, according to an economic profile for 2010 compiled for the Waitaki Development Board.
A civil defence alert system has been suggested for the lower Waitaki Valley, in particular to warn residents if a dam breaks.
Approval for the formation of a company to build, market and operate the Alps 2 Ocean cycleway has been given by the Waitaki District Council.
Salmon anglers would have been drooling: eight large salmon penned up in Welcome Creek, a tributary of the lower Waitaki River.
The North Otago Museum is waiting for its first entry in the "Re-create the smell of Lane's Emulsion" competition, but suspects people may be taking time to experiment to get it right.
A bylaw to manage freedom camping may be delayed by the Waitaki District Council until it knows the details of a new law to go to Parliament.
Oamaru Performing Arts Society annual competitions started yesterday at the Opera House
A new fee to launch boats from ramps at the Waitaki lakes was questioned during annual plan submissions to the Waitaki District Council this week.
A "wait and see" attitude may be adopted by the Waitaki District Council over the future of the Oamaru wine and food festival.
Fruit and other species of trees on roadsides should be protected, Oamaru resident Wayne Hollows told the Waitaki District Council's 2011-12 draft annual plan meeting this week.
A road safety course aimed at older drivers attracted so much interest in Oamaru more courses are needed to cope with demand.
A new club could be formed at the Waitaki Community Gardens in Oamaru to encourage people to breed and keep bees.
A music festival will rock Centennial Park, home of North Otago rugby, as part of celebrations for the Rugby World Cup.
New clinic to get their teeth intoA new era in dental care for North Otago children was marked yesterday when a new $400,000 community dental clinic was officially opened at Oamaru North School.
The Waitaki District Council has been told collecting money from developers to fund expansion of infrastructure could be illegal.
Improvements made to facilities at the Omarama Airfield have increased costs faced by Omarama Airfield Ltd, a company jointly owned by the Waitaki District Council and Omarama Soaring Centre.
Waitaki residents seem to be reasonably comfortable with a proposed average increase of 4.55% in the Waitaki District Council's total rates take for the 2011-12 year.
