North Otago

It's not the way it drives nor the fact it is 5.8 metres long and weighs two tonnes that led Milton and Vicki Mitchell to christen their Cadillac "Pig".

Dunedin singer Tahu Mackenzie performed before a crowd about 500 at the inaugural Waitati Music Festival on Saturday.

Proposed 7.5% average rate rise next financial year will be considered by the Waitaki District Council on Tuesday, in debate on the draft long-term plan.

At 95 years old, Oamaru man Bill Mitchell is about to take a walk down memory lane.