"The World's Fastest Indian" is helping the Christchurch earthquake relief effort, with the children of Burt Munro auctioning a hand-made piston from the world-record-breaking motorcycle.
The Oamaru Borough Council's home for 82 years could become the permanent meeting venue for the Waitaki District Council.
Smartening up Kurow is the aim of a group of three local people who plan to organise a public meeting next month to involve the community in planning for its future development.
Waimate's Edwardian heritage celebrations started yesterday. While Maureen and Noel Bradshaw's (pictured) home town may be "Victorian Oamaru", they said they enjoyed Waimate's Edwardian celebrations just as much.
There may have been showers, but that did not dampen the enthusiasm for teams getting ready yesterday for Oamaru's first Relay for Life Cancer Society fundraiser.
The Waitaki District Council is not planning to take its draft annual plan on the road this year, dropping rates meetings it used to hold around the district.
A decision by the Mackenzie District Council to become involved with an environmental trust for the Omarama and Mackenzie Basins means the neighbouring Waitaki District Council will also now participate.
Part of Oamaru's main street is to get a half-million dollar make-over, including heritage-style kerbing and channelling on one side of lower Thames St.
A $50,000 loan from the Waitaki District Council will enable the Weston Progress League to complete the redevelopment of the town's hall.
An overall 4.55% increase in rates is being proposed by the Waitaki District Council in its 2011-12 draft annual plan, but some individual ratepayers face rises of 20% or more.
Late submission on the Waitaki District Council's review of its Gambling Venues Policy covering poker machines has led to it delaying any decisions.
Boat owners face higher fees to moor their crafts in the Oamaru Harbour and paying to use ramps at the Waitaki lakes under proposed changes to fees and charges next financial year by the Waitaki District Council.
Whitestone Cheese has had its biggest haul of awards and medals at the national cheese awards since the company was established in Oamaru in 1987.
An overall rates rise of 4.55% proposed by the Waitaki District Council in its draft annual plan will get a final scrutiny at a council meeting on Tuesday.
Network Waitaki electricity customers are to get a $2.67 million payout in the form of a discount on their monthly electricity bills.
Debris has now been cleared from the twin bridges across the Waitaki River between Kurow and Hakataramea after two days' work by contractors for the New Zealand Transport Agency.
Oamaru is to host about 250 Lions for their annual district convention on March 25 to 27.
When it comes to art, Russell Cundall likes to keep it simple - "less is more", he says.
Work to remove debris from about 20 piers on the twin bridges on State Highway 82 between Kurow and Hakataramea will take place today, the New Zealand Transport Agency has confirmed.
The response to Oamaru's first Relay for Life Cancer Society fundraising event has amazed organisers, with 54 teams registered.
