'Perfect location' for flight school
'Perfect location' for flight school
Oamaru is the ''perfect location'' for a flight school, New Zealand Airline Academy director Jonathan Manuel says.
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Flight school boost for Waitaki district: mayor
Flight school boost for Waitaki district: mayor
Ten jobs will be created and up to 50 commercial pilot trainees will be in the Waitaki district as an international flight school is created at Oamaru Airport, the Waitaki District Council says.
Bone technique helps fill gaps on diet of early inhabitants
Bone technique helps fill gaps on diet of early inhabitants
The same technique used by University of Otago Prof Neil Gemmell to investigate the truth about the Loch Ness monster has been put to use to learn about the behaviour and diet of NZ's first human inhabitants.
'Poshtel' and art gallery to open in 2019
'Poshtel' and art gallery to open in 2019
A new 15-room boutique luxury accommodation offering - and art gallery - will open in Oamaru's main street next year, the developer says.
‘Senseless damage’ to course by 4WD
‘Senseless damage’ to course by 4WD
North Otago Golf Club members were angered by the "senseless damage" done to their Oamaru course after a 4WD was driven over greens and fairways on Friday night or Saturday morning.
New cultural facility possible
New cultural facility possible
THE $6 million redevelopment of the Forrester Gallery remains listed as a "major project" in the Waitaki District Council’s long-term plan, despite the council pushing the reset button on the 7...
Plastic bricks could cut waste mountain
Plastic bricks could cut waste mountain
A Dunedin company is eyeing Oamaru’s resource recovery park as a possible solution to a growing plastics problem.
Esplanade Rd plans 'on hold' - council
Esplanade Rd plans 'on hold' - council
Talks with developers are "on hold" for a premium site in Esplanade Rd slated for visitor accommodation at Oamaru Harbour, Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher says.
Heading upfield
Heading upfield
St Kevin's College striker Tim Jorgensen (No 9) dribbles past Waitaki Boys' High School defenders as the two first XI football teams clash during the Oamaru combined schools sports week.
Floating hotel proposed for Oamaru
Floating hotel proposed for Oamaru
A new proposal has been floated for the resurgent Oamaru Harbour.
Council raises rumble-strip danger to cyclists
Council raises rumble-strip danger to cyclists
Rumble strips in the Waitaki Valley could be putting users of the Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail at risk.
Intern programme bringing benefits
Intern programme bringing benefits
Despite providing accommodation and transport - bicycles - for the international student internship programme, the Waitaki District Council faces very little financial risk, council chief executive Fergus Power says.
12 anti-dairy activists arrested in Mackenzie
12 anti-dairy activists arrested in Mackenzie
Watching 12 activists - including an 88-year-old man - being arrested yesterday afternoon at a protest against dairy expansion in the Mackenzie Basin was "pretty moving'', Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop says.
New bridge open at creek mouth
New bridge open at creek mouth
A timber suspension bridge now spans Oamaru Creek at its mouth.
New blue cod strategy to address rules, data lack
New blue cod strategy to address rules, data lack
A new national blue cod strategy to be released in the "coming months" will address recreational rules; a lack of recreational catch data, and fine-scale commercial data; and a lack of education...
Zipline firm to make call within 4 weeks
Zipline firm to make call within 4 weeks
The company proposing a zipline for Oamaru Harbour will decide within four weeks whether to go ahead with the project.
School's rock stars set mark for future
School's rock stars set mark for future
An "urban myth" has been circulating at Palmerston's East Otago High School this year.
Eggcellent news for penguin colony
Eggcellent news for blue penguin colony
The breeding season has begun at the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony.
Land reviews concern hunters
Land reviews concern hunters
Recreational hunters can't compete with commercial aerial operations and there's a ''huge concern'' among some hunters valuable recreational hunting areas could be opened up to Wild Animal Recovery Operations as Doc refreshes its 2015 maps.
Rural waste costs rise in new plan
Rural waste costs rise in new plan
The Waitaki District Council needs to seek ''creative ways to reduce costs'' for rural waste recovery, Cr Craig Dawson says.