David Bruce

Twizel will be bursting at the seams next week with the Maadi Cup expected to set a record for competitors and retain the event's status as the biggest rowing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

Didymo is spreading in the upper Waitaki canals, used by Meridian Energy to feed water to its power stations.

No appeals have been received on the resource consents granted for the proposed $90 million Oceania Dairy milk-processing plant near Glenavy, with the appeal period ending this week.

A move by three companies wanting to develop dairy farms in the Omarama and Ohau areas to delay a Government-appointed board of inquiry dealing with the effluent discharges has been rejected by Minister for the Environment Nick Smith.

Large sections of the popular coastal road between Oamaru and Waianakarua via Kakanui may be abandoned by the Waitaki District Council if coastal erosion gets too bad.

Waitaki district is prospering despite the world-wide economic recession, doing better than the New Zealand average in economic growth and with a static population.

A concept plan to redevelop the Omarama Hall into a multi-purpose facility and medical centre has been produced for feedback from the community.

Race Relations Day is to be celebrated in Oamaru this year with a concert at the Opera House, organised by the Waitaki Multicultural Council.

A five-member steering committee established to look at riparian enhancement of the Waitaki River, including establishing a salmon hatchery, will present its findings to a public meeting at Glenavy next month.

The chequered history of the Kakanui camping ground may be coming to an end.