Community groups, emergency services and young people are combining this year in an attempt to avoid trouble breaking out in and around Otematata again this Labour Weekend.
The Opera House in Oamaru has exceeded its projected use and income for the first year of operation after a $10.3 million redevelopment, but recorded a higher-than-expected loss because of problems with its heating system.
Just before fulltime, a deal has been worked out between rugby and cricket over who will use the Whitestone Contracting Centennial Park oval on February 11.
A row has broken out over the Oamaru Licensing Trust annual accounts for the past financial year as campaigning intensifies for places on the trust board in next month's local body elections.
A leopard seal had come ashore at Oamaru Harbour yesterday with fur and skin missing, causing consternation among tourists, who reported it injured.
Tax changes in the Government's May Budget have had an impact on the Waitaki District Council-owned Whitestone Contracting Ltd, turning what would have been a surplus into an after-tax deficit.
Bread delivery was delayed in North Otago yesterday after this truck's trailer (above) tipped over just before 6pm on the Waianakarua straight between Hampden and Herbert.
Rates was the favourite topic of 22 candidates for the Waitaki District Council who attended an election meeting in Oamaru on Saturday.
An agreement which guarantees a $2.75 million government grant for the Alps 2 Ocean cycle trail through the Mackenzie and Waitaki districts was signed on Friday at Twizel.
The Weston Hall turned 120 on Saturday and yesterday the hall's $380,000 extension was officially opened.
Waitaki mayoral candidates are unanimous - the Waitaki district needs to grow.
Farmers' rates rises were the hot topic at a public forum for Waitaki mayoralty and Corriedale ward candidates held on Wednesday night at Five Forks.
Waitaki district councillor Rod Bidois has withdrawn his nomination for next month's local body elections.
Two sporting codes have clashed over the use of the Centennial Park Oval on February 11.
The owner of an Omarama high country farm is challenging a Save the Mackenzie Country campaign.
A community group spawned by the abandoned Project Aqua power scheme along the lower Waitaki River has now became a major guardian with an important role to play in the future.
Geological issues have led to a rethink of a proposed major new power scheme on the lower Waitaki River.
Oamaru young people are attempting to stop problems occurring in the Waitaki Valley, particularly at Otematata, again this Labour Weekend holidays.
Some major changes could occur on the Waitaki District Council in next month's election, with new contenders replacing some long-serving councillors and four candidates wanting to be mayor.
Six staff and volunteers from the Waitaki District Council have gone to Christchurch to help with the ongoing relief effort from the earthquake, which hit the Canterbury area over a week ago, and its aftershocks.
