Cooking classes for beginners planned
Cooking classes for beginners planned
Providing people with hearty and nourishing meals on a budget is the aim of the new Reach Church community cooking classes.
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Harbour St stalwart changes hands
Harbour St stalwart changes hands
Dawn Brown has been the owner of the popular Presence on Harbour gift shop in Oamaru for almost a decade, and has been with the business from the beginning.
Locks shaved for cancer cause
Locks shaved for cancer cause
With a vision to cure and a mission to care, Mitre 10 Oamaru staff shaved their locks this week to raise money for Shave for a Cure for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer NZ.
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Waitaki knitters celebrate their craft with the world
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Waitaki knitters celebrate their craft with the world
A special craft group joined the World Wide Knit in Public Day event at the Oamaru Public Library yesterday.
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Entire board resigns at troubled school
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Entire board resigns at troubled school
A North Otago school will soon have a commissioner appointed to it following the resignation of all its board members.
Centenarian passionate about learning more
Centenarian passionate about learning more
About 25 Oamaru U3A (University of the Third Age — a nationwide network of learning groups aimed at encouraging older people to share their knowledge) members celebrated the 100th birthday of Raewyn Wylie (nee Cross) on Tuesday at the Order of St John Hall.
Deputy Mayor dines with Samoan head
Deputy Mayor dines with Samoan head
A Government House dinner to honour Samoa’s head of state was an opportunity for leading Samoan New Zealanders to share aspirations for Pasifika people and forge new bonds.
Alien reach
Alien reach
Get excited Steampunkers, this Metagalactic Pipe Organ is being upgraded to a "PanKosmicCyberPunkOrgel" for Steampunk Festival.
Learning carries on at 100
Learning carries on at 100
Crowned and gowned.
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Govt tampering irks councils
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Govt tampering irks councils
Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher has called a government move to tamper with Māori wards inconsistent and unfair.
Keeping community tidy, safe
Keeping community tidy, safe
Leaves, leaves and more leaves.
Local schools show dominance
Local schools show dominance
Waitaki schools took two first places at the Smokefree Rockquest regional finals last Friday in Timaru.
Disco ‘a hit’, raises $2500 for Waitaki Events Centre
Disco ‘a hit’, raises $2500 for Waitaki Events Centre
A disco fundraiser held last month for the new Waitaki Events Centre was a fun event, but also achieved its goal of boosting the profile of the trust tasked with raising money for the build.
Advice on safe relationships
Advice on safe relationships
To help promote abuse prevention, police are still maintaining workshops launched by Lesley Elliott in memory of her daughter who was murdered after a relationship went horribly wrong.
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Company makes it right — pays teens
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Company makes it right — pays teens
Teenage workers at an Oamaru fast-food chain have been battling for months to get owed wages after a franchise owner skipped town.
Appeal target exceeded
Appeal target exceeded
The Salvation Army has just completed its annual Red Shield Appeal week nationwide and Waitaki locals have given generously.
‘Impacted’ staffing likely: LSM
‘Impacted’ staffing likely: LSM
Issues around relational trust, governance and management relationships, communication breakdowns and pupils leaving are risking the operation of Totara School, a report from limited statutory...
RSA ‘chuffed’ with efforts
RSA ‘chuffed’ with efforts
Waitaki residents dug deep when giving to this year’s Poppy Day collection and the Returned and Services’ Association (RSA) welfare trust is "chuffed" with the amount raised.
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Alarm bells for school as roll spirals downwards
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Alarm bells for school as roll spirals downwards
Pupils are fleeing a troubled North Otago school, putting it at risk of losing teachers and staff as its roll spirals downwards, an official report warns.
Quake education aim of project
Quake education aim of project
Are you and your family ready for a magnitude 8 earthquake on the Alpine Fault?