The Waitaki Ratepayers and Concerned Citizens Association has disbanded, but the group made a final contribution to the Waitaki community yesterday by presenting its remaining funds to St John Oamaru.
One person remains in hospital after being injured in a crash in the Hakataramea Valley last month.
With a sense of sadness, the Oamaru Wine and Food Festival committee members have unanimously voted to wind up the event after financial losses in recent years.
Construction of a 30km sub-transmission line between Network Waitaki's Kurow and Duntroon substations is progressing well, but motorists travelling along State Highway 83 can expect delays soon as new wires are installed.
Practising yoga and using food as medicine helped Jae Omnet through some of her most challenging years.
The annual Steampunk New Zealand Festival, held in Oamaru, is now ''quite firmly placed'' on the international steampunk calendar, organisers say.
The coastline at Kakanui will be reassessed after huge waves pounded the Otago coast this week.
Hosting a Tourism Export Council board meeting has been a great opportunity to promote the Waitaki district as a ''top-quality tourism destination'', Tourism Waitaki says.
Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher will seek funding for the district's rural communities as part of the Government's Rural Broadband Initiative.
A ''very special'' exhibition in honour of the late Chris Meder opens to the public at Steampunk HQ in Oamaru this week.
A Kurow man is lucky not to be facing more serious consequences after he drove straight through the Special School Rd intersection with State Highway 83 and crashed on Friday night, police say.
A 23-year-old Oamaru woman was arrested early on Saturday after a warrant for her arrest had been issued when she failed to appear in the Oamaru District Court on Wednesday.
More than 1000 wallabies, 100 possums and 60 pigs were shot over the weekend as hunters turned out in force for the annual Waimate Pest Quest.
Two Oamaru breweries have shown their class on the world stage, having been awarded gold, silver and bronze medals at the prestigious Australian International Beer Awards in Melbourne this week.
Flooding closed State Highway 83 and a rock fall reduced SH82 to one lane on Saturday night, as a short burst of rain hit the Waitaki Valley and South Canterbury.
Two missing Oamaru men were rescued from an island on the Waitaki River early this morning.
The Waitaki District Council has not ruled out buying the historic Oamaru courthouse, restrengthening it and leasing it back to the Ministry of Justice.
Police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself to an 11-year-old girl and a tourist in Oamaru.
Dunedin Railways is introducing a timetabled passenger train service to Oamaru.
The Penguin Entertainers Club in Oamaru continues in the same way as it started - with an idea, a need and a group effort. Rebecca Ryan reports on a true ''musicians' own'' venue as it celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
