Hamish MacLean

Feasibility study funding sought

Feasibility study funding sought

The Waitaki District Council’s community and culture committee has baulked at spending $20,000 of the council’s Whitestone Contracting Ltd dividend on a feasibility study for a "community hub" in...

Search for northernmost shag outpost

Dr Chris Lalas and Rosalie Goldsworthy search at the Waitaki River mouth, where Otago shags have...

Search for northernmost shag outpost

Otago shags do not start a new colony with just a few nests.

‘Community health hub’ to be considered

‘Community health hub’ to be considered

Waitaki District Health Services will consider whether it becomes a "community health hub" as it implements its plan to change the way health care is carried out in the district, Waitaki District...

Consultation on harbour plan to get started soon

Consultation on Oamaru Harbour will include public meetings, drop-in sessions, and a public...

Consultation on harbour plan to get started soon

Public engagement on Oamaru's ''harbour and heritage quarter'' masterplan could begin this month.

Work on harbour causeway gets going

Work on harbour causeway gets going

Excavators have started building a causeway in the first stage of dredging Oamaru Harbour, expected to last a month.

Rates impact not factor in boundary decisions: mayor

Drawing the ward maps in the Waitaki district could have unintended consequences for some ratepayers.

Drivers to get more time in Harbour St precinct

Harbour St in Oamaru’s heritage quarter is likely to be pedestrian-only for fewer hours each weekend this summer.

Fete opts to return to feeling of ‘busy-ness’ for this year

Victorian Fete stall co-ordinator Alice Hore (left), Fete co-ordinator Frances McMillan, and...

Fete opts to return to feeling of ‘busy-ness’ for this year

As fete would have it, punters like the congestion in Harbour St during the Victorian Fete.

Rock thrown through window hits driver

A KiwiRail driver suffered minor injuries yesterday after a rock, thrown through the window of his locomotive, struck him in the face.

'Some plonker': Train driver hit with rock in Oamaru

A KwiRail driver suffered minor injuries this afternoon after a rock, thrown through the window of his locomotive, struck him in the face.

51st Waimate Shears starts: 'we're keeping it growing'

Jack Fagan switches on the shearing machine for his father, Sir David Fagan, halfway through the...

51st Waimate Shears starts: 'we're keeping it growing'

Waimate will be "buzzing" today as the 51st Waimate Shears starts.

'Gutted' to be vacating premises

Station Cafe owner Casey Linklater is still looking for a silver lining after being asked to...

'Gutted' to be vacating premises

A 25-year-old Palmerston cafe owner says she is "gutted" to be closing the doors of her four-year-old Bond St business today, and that she has learned a harsh business lesson.

Surplus hit by weather

Extreme weather events over the last year have been a major factor in the Waitaki District Council's reduced surplus expectations this financial year.

Pensioner’s car stolen, set on fire

Oamaru pensioner John Verkerk says he could barely recognise his light green 1995 Nissan Presea when he saw it.

Pelton wheel comes full circle

Oamaru heritage engineering advocate Bruce Comfort with an original Pelton wheel turbine which he...

Pelton wheel comes full circle

A century ago the Oamaru town water supply system was used to generate electricity for the first time in the North Otago town.

Holding a photo of Allan Adamson's dahlia cultivar, Granddad's Ebony, at the North Otago Horticultural Society's 150th spring show on Sunday are Mr Adamson and his granddaughter Ebony Heta (13), of...

Sisters set to make history at championships

The Mills sisters Karen Devlin (60, left), Jan Stringer (62) and Sally Marsh (64), all of Oamaru,...

Sisters set to make history at championships

Teeing off tomorrow at the North Otago Golf Club finals, three Oamaru sisters will make club history whether they hit birdies or bogeys.

Long-term goal for CBD

Long-term goal for CBD

The Waimate town centre could be on the cusp of a refresh as up to six properties could be demolished to make way for redevelopments by a local firm.

Female leopard seal makes appearance at ‘Wee Beach’

A female leopard seal, slightly smaller than the 2m young adult male that has made several visits to Oamaru Harbour since the beginning of "leopard seal sighting season", spent the weekend at what...

WDC to hire events planner

The Waitaki District Council is hiring an events co-ordinator after councillors established a budget to run the community’s "key events".

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