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About 11,000 Waitaki connections affected by power cut
Thousands of Waitaki power consumers fell victim to a once-in-a-decade power cut on Saturday.
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Challenged over disclosure
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Challenged over disclosure
The Waitaki District Council is being challenged over the disclosure of an August 2024 Environment Court decision, potentially impacting its proposed district plan process.
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Review of staff numbers inevitable as budget honed
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Review of staff numbers inevitable as budget honed
A review of Waitaki District Council staffing is inevitable as it finalises a budget for the next few years.
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Address still fresh over 40 years later
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Address still fresh over 40 years later
Maheno's Anzac commemoration has had a distinctive figure at the helm for over 40 years: 94-year-old archdeacon the Ven Bernard Wilkinson.
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Council staff budgets to be honed
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Council staff budgets to be honed
A review of Waitaki District Council staffing is inevitable as it finalises a budget for the next few years.
Waitaki’s new Youth MP excited about taking up role
Waitaki’s new Youth MP excited about taking up role
Waitaki has a new youth MP.
School celebrates diversity
School celebrates diversity
Pembroke School has celebrated the growing diversity of their community and school with a cultural day.
Road safety central to upcoming events
Road safety central to upcoming events
Responsible road users are safe road users.
Residency ‘perfect’ for photographer
Residency ‘perfect’ for photographer
The Forrester Gallery’s first artist residency will begin in Kakanui next week.
Festival features geopark
Festival features geopark
The 10th annual Wild Dunedin New Zealand Festival of Nature had a North Otago flavour with the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark featuring in the 12-day festival.
Procession offers prayers
Procession offers prayers
Oamaruvians gathered to carry a symbolic wooden cross through the city centre on Good Friday morning.
Fifteen qualified in new programme
Fifteen qualified in new programme
Fifteen men have just achieved their electrical qualification at Network Waitaki’s primary training facility in Weston.
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Violent offender plans to work as a missionary
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Violent offender plans to work as a missionary
A man who tried to stab an Oamaru mother to death in front of her family says he wants to return to Tonga to work as a missionary.
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Locals 'ignored' as speed limit reversal questioned
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Locals 'ignored' as speed limit reversal questioned
A decision to revert a Waitaki speed limit to 100kmh on July 1 has taken the AA North Otago district council by "total surprise".
Find of early penguin eggs ‘really good news’
Find of early penguin eggs ‘really good news’
A record has been set at the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony.
Bumper penguin season on way for Ōamaru?
Bumper penguin season on way for Ōamaru?
Birds in the Ōamaru blue penguin colony have begun laying their eggs almost three months early, sparking hope of a bumper season.
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Civic trust’s audit costs ‘very, very sobering’
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Civic trust’s audit costs ‘very, very sobering’
A key driver for the Oamaru heritage tourism sector says "disproportionate" audit costs are a significance issue.
Vandalism of reserve ‘gutless’
Vandalism of reserve ‘gutless’
The action of a vandal doing burnouts on a community reserve in Kakanui has been called "pretty gutless".
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Pause possible for draft district plan
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Pause possible for draft district plan
Waitaki district councillors may yet pause the draft Waitaki district plan, despite it already being with the public for consultation.
Car crashes into post at railway crossing
Car crashes into post at railway crossing
A vehicle, apparently travelling at speed in the centre of Oamaru about 2.20pm on Saturday, hit a railway crossing alarm post on the Thames St level crossing - coming to a stop in dramatic fashion.