Bill Campbell

The Palmerston and Waihemo A&P show needs support and there is little forthcoming from the wider East Otago community, according to A and P society president Gay Mills.

The Rev Bobby Kusilifu, who has been the Palmerston-Dunback parish minister for the past nine years, is moving to minister in two Masterton parishes which are about to combine.

Waikouaiti's former Bank of New Zealand building has been given the highest possible heritage listing by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

The five members of the Keen family, from Palmerston, and an international student staying with them, are all involved in this year's Waikouaiti Music and Drama theatre restaurant production Hooray for Hollywood.

A rural kerbside collection of recyclable items has begun in the Waihemo area.

A land stablisation advisory group has been formed to provide input into the development of options to control slip movement in Moeraki.

Television cameras attended Waikouaiti's Anzac Day service yesterday, adding a bit of mystery to what was largely a local affair.

Year 12 history pupils from East Otago High School and Taieri College yesterday set out for a 15-day exploration of Vietnam.

The East Otago On-course Food Fest staged on the Waikouaiti racecourse on Saturday provided some tasty delights for the crowd of about 2000.

The Dunedin Silver Fern railcar which will halt at Totara estate on the way to Oamaru on Sunday will be the first passenger train to stop there in almost 60 years.