Sea damage to breakwater brings repairs forward
Sea damage to breakwater brings repairs forward
Oamaru's historic harbour breakwater is being repaired.
Hamish MacLean
Lathe-y afternoon in Oamaru
Lathe-y afternoon in Oamaru
John Bean, of Oamaru, (above) was one of about 50 keen woodturners who gathered at the club houses at the Oamaru Racecourse on Saturday.
Passionate drag racers out to test themselves
Passionate drag racers out to test themselves
Two by two, cars rolled to the start of the Oamaru Drag Races on Saturday.
Council urged to 'get with it' online
Council urged to 'get with it' online
The Waitaki District Council's website is sub-standard.
Factor in bridge work
Factor in bridge work
People travelling south from Oamaru to Dunedin for the Fleetwood Mac concert on November 18 should factor in some extra travel time.
No background checks on staff
No background checks on staff
The Waitaki District Council does not run police background checks on new employees despite granting them the power of authority, councillors learnt this week.
Fire influenced lodge's evolution
Fire influenced lodge's evolution
A fire in 1925 has helped to shape the expansion of an Oamaru heritage luxury lodge.
Artists invited to brighten up loo
Artists invited to brighten up loo
Hampden's planned $145,000 stand-alone public toilet block has the final nod from the Waitaki District Council, but not before councillors again questioned whether its planned austere design was a lost opportunity for the council.
Call to recognise heritage, value of town's novel motorsport event
Call to recognise heritage, value of town's novel motorsport event
Despite six strong years, Waimate 50 organiser Rob Aikman is not about to take his foot off the gas.
Celebrating identity
Celebrating identity
Performing at the North Otago Schools Fiefia Evening is Anita Ridvan (6), of Fenwick School.
Drone spray helicopter flies by wire
Drone spray helicopter flies by wire
Could unmanned helicopters be, as their manufacturer claims, ''the future of the agriculture industry''?
Rates request deferred
Rates request deferred
No decision was made on a rates remission request at the Waitaki District Council's finance, audit and risk committee meeting yesterday.
Historic locomotive in South
Historic locomotive in South
Hauled by historic steam locomotive AB608 (Passchendaele), a train pulled into the Oamaru Railway Station with about 130 passengers on board yesterday afternoon.
Call to boycott retailers
Call to boycott retailers
Only a boycott of retailers prepared to sell psychoactive substances can put an end to the ''scourge'' of legal highs, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says.
Renewed funding request next week
Renewed funding request next week
Whether the proposed $4.5million Curio Bay natural heritage centre can go ahead as planned will become clear in December.
DairyNZ HT swede analysis incomplete: vet
DairyNZ HT swede analysis incomplete: vet
The vet who raised the alarm about the toxic nature of herbicide tolerant (HT) swedes says the plant analysis released by DairyNZ yesterday is incomplete.
Maori sites blessed on Clutha trail
Maori sites blessed on Clutha trail
Two sites of significance to Maori on the Clutha Gold Trail were blessed this week ''to let the past be comfortable with us coming through''.
Search continues, 'flotsam' found
Search continues, 'flotsam' found
Searchers looking for two Owaka friends who failed to return from a fishing trip have today found some 'flotsam' from the pair's boat.
Final day of search for Owaka pair
Final day of search for Owaka pair
Today could be the last day searchers look for the two Owaka friends who did not return from a fishing trip last week.
Poverty line proves too low for pair
Poverty line proves too low for pair
Two Oamaru women who wanted to raise awareness of the lives of impoverished people, failed to go the distance, but say they no longer take their Kiwi lifestyle for granted.