North Otago

Retaining existing businesses and industries in the Waitaki district and determining what impediments there are to expansion is the subject of a survey being undertaken by the Waitaki Development Board.

Dairy farms proposed for the Omarama and Ohau areas were "a world-class proposal" which was a victim of misinformation, the three companies behind the development said yesterday.

Waitaki tourism has gone against the national trend with an increase in tourists to the area last year, boosted by more New Zealand visitors.

Meet the Zapps.

Herman and Candelaria Zapp and their children, Pampa, Tehue, Paloma and Wallaby, are not your conventional family.