Pick of the crop at garden market
Pick of the crop at garden market
As summer hits, an organic vege market — with the gardens’ own fresh picked produce — has sprung up at the Waitaki Community Gardens.
Hamish MacLean
Councillors favour ambitious gallery expansion
Councillors favour ambitious gallery expansion
The Waitaki District Council will seek external funding to complete a $3.4 million expansion of Oamaru’s public art gallery, the Forrester Gallery.
Museum and archives get upgrade, name change
Museum and archives get upgrade, name change
The Waitaki District Council unanimously approved a $1,435,000 upgrade of the council’s museum and archives in Thames St yesterday as the council moved ahead with standalone upgrades of its two...
Airport infrastructure building plans brought forward
Airport infrastructure building plans brought forward
Increased interest in Oamaru Airport has pushed forward infrastructure plans at the Waitaki District Council facility.
Profit hopes as recycling market recovers
Profit hopes as recycling market recovers
The Waitaki Resource Recovery Trust’s income has nose-dived after the collapse of global recycling markets — but the trust says it is confident that markets are recovering and it will again return...
Chamber urges care with zoning
Chamber urges care with zoning
The Otago Chamber of Commerce has warned against restrictive heritage zoning in Oamaru’s town centre.
Fitting-out preference is $2.7m more, report says
Fitting-out preference is $2.7m more, report says
Another $2.7 million would be required to complete the Waitaki District Council staff’s preference for fitting out Oamaru’s Forrester Gallery, North Otago Museum, and Waitaki District Archives.
Shrinking roll means funding shortfall
Shrinking roll means funding shortfall
Change required at the Waitaki Boys’ High School hostel has been described as "urgent" and the Ministry of Education has confirmed a new low predicted for the roll at the school next year.
Champion of champions bloom despite hailstorms
Champion of champions bloom despite hailstorms
Hailstorms last week missed Kakanui and Alison Ludemann’s champion of champions Paddy Stephens, crowned at this year’s North Otago rose show at the Foundation of the Blind Association Hall, in...
Woman 'forced to withdraw cash from ATM'
Woman 'forced to withdraw cash from ATM'
A man and woman have been arrested after allegedly forcing another woman to withdraw cash from an ATM in Timaru earlier this week.
Truck rolls, breaks man's leg
Truck rolls, breaks man's leg
A man sustained a broken leg after an unoccupied small truck hit him in Moeraki this afternoon.
Red-billed gulls quit town
Red-billed gulls quit town
Gone are the Hitchcockian scenes of red-billed gulls swirling over Oamaru’s town centre at dusk.
Ocean outfall concerns trigger public meeting
Ocean outfall concerns trigger public meeting
As public concern about a proposed ocean outfall at Glenavy grows, the company behind the plan has called a public meeting at Waimate.
Sumpter Wharf inspected
Sumpter Wharf inspected
The 1884 Sumpter Wharf in Oamaru Harbour, home to the world’s largest colony of Otago shags, has been inspected by Bluff-based Bay Underwater Services NZ, the Waitaki District Council has confirmed.
Volunteer fire brigade marks 50 years of serving area
Volunteer fire brigade marks 50 years of serving area
Not all the memories that stand out for the veterans of the 50-year-old Hampden Volunteer Fire Brigade are those they like to talk about.
North Otago RSA could house Gallipoli exhibition
North Otago RSA could house Gallipoli exhibition
A Kakanui communications consultant says the Waitaki district's connection to World War 1 could put Oamaru's vacant North Otago RSA building in the running to house a part of a Te Papa exhibition.
Source of sheen on harbour still unclear
Source of sheen on harbour still unclear
An Oamaru fuel company ordered to dig up underground storage tanks after an investigation into a suspected fuel leak at Oamaru Harbour has done so - and McKeown Group Ltd believes it has been...
Second geopark approach
Second geopark approach
A second application for the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark's Unesco aspirations will be submitted to Paris on Monday, Waitaki Whitestone Geopark Trust executive manager Gerard Quinn has confirmed.
Dairy firm wants ocean wastewater outfall
Dairy firm wants ocean wastewater outfall
An expanding Glenavy dairy plant wants to build a 7.5km pipeline to discharge treated wastewater to future-proof its current land-based wastewater disposal.
Council misses own deadline for information
Council misses own deadline for information
The Waitaki District Council failed to meet a self-imposed deadline for the release of public information this week.