Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher uses a plumber's plunger to break a toilet-paper ribbon yesterday to open the new public toilets at the Friendly Bay Steampunk playground.
Oamaru has to grasp the opportunities offered from being the first town in the South Island to have its ultra-fast broadband fibre network completed, Communications Minister Amy Adams and Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher said yesterday.
A crowd of about 14,000 people - one of the largest crowds in recent years - enjoyed attending Waimate's 30th Strawberry Fare on Saturday.
The Waimate Rodeo on Saturday paid tribute to one of the stalwarts of the sport, the late Chris Robinson, who also had a family link with the inaugural event held in the South Canterbury town.
The Forrester Gallery has reopened with a ''new old'' floor.
In one of those ''clarifying moments'' that come very rarely in a lifetime, let alone at the age of 18, Isobel Ryan had ''an epiphany''.
A review of waste services in the Ahuriri area of the Waitaki Valley to examine issues concerning rubbish disposal is being undertaken by the Waitaki District Council.
An overgrown drain which has caused flooding in one area of Kurow is to be cleared by the Waitaki District Council, subject to approval from the Ahuriri Community Board at its meeting on Monday.
Communities have been assured by Waitaki District Council chief executive Michael Ross a new water bylaw approved yesterday will be applied ''sensibly''.
The first take on a budget for next financial year has the Waitaki District Council looking at an overall rates rise of 2.9%, slightly higher than the figure presented at the start of yesterday's meeting.
The bridge at the mouth of Oamaru Creek is likely to be closed and removed because of its poor condition.
Construction of a new multimillion-dollar sports stadium for Waimate should start late next year, ending years of planning and false starts.
Papakaio School's Catherine Wright (left) is coached by world kayak freestyle champion and world No 6 Courtney Kerin (front right), at the Lower Waitaki Water Sports Park yesterday.
A 2.7% average increase in rates will be the starting point for the Waitaki District Council when its 2015-16 budget becomes public for the first time on Wednesday.
The Waitaki Boys' High School commissioner will prepare a scoping report and action plan to resolve issues facing the school.
The prospect of 250 new jobs for Waimate has Mayor Craig Rowley ecstatic.
Good news, bad news would be the summary of an Education Review Office report on Waitaki Boys' High School sent out to staff and pupils' families by commissioner Nicola Hornsey yesterday.
Oamaru residents would welcome more health services in their community was the message delivered to the Southern District Health Board by about 40 people at a public meeting yesterday.
It is time for North Otago farmers to put their money where their mouths are and decide whether to invest in expanding an irrigation scheme that has already brought big economic, employment and social benefits to the region.
Small is beautiful for Peter King when it comes to ballooning.