A Kakanui man was lucky to escape with only injuries after the front of his Toyota utility was virtually demolished when he hit a truck at the Springfield-Fortification Rds intersection about 3.30pm yesterday.
Licensing trusts need more scrutiny, accountability and help as some struggle to survive, Controller and Auditor-general Lyn Provost says in a special report to to Parliament.
A drilling rig near the base of the Pukaki Dam and a digger working nearby have had some people perplexed about what the dam's owner, Meridian Energy Ltd, is doing.
A decision to spend about $750,000 on the Omarama Memorial Hall to redevelop it as a community centre has paid a dividend in its first year of operation.
Significant changes have been made by the Oamaru Licensing Trust which president Ali Brosnan is confident will get it back into profit and answer criticism from the auditor-general.
The grand old dame of the Waitaki hydro electricity generation system is undergoing its biggest makeover - at 80 years old.
Whether a new SPCA animal shelter is built in Oamaru depends in part on a resource consent application filed with the Waitaki District Council being successful.
More than 100 owners of unregistered dogs in the Waitaki district face penalty fees for failing to take advantage of a three-month amnesty.
Oamaru's intrepid cyclists headed out yesterday for their Oamaru Ordinary Cycle Club annual tour, before the Victorian heritage Celebrations which start on Wednesday and finish on Sunday, November 16.
A heritage programme for North Otago schools has started in Oamaru, with Maya Murray (10), of Kakanui School, and Juliet Brunton (right) making a bullock wagonat the Custom House art gallery in Oamaru last week.
A teenager hit by a milk tanker while walking on State Highway 1 at Maheno early on Sunday had crashed his car on a country road not long before.
Omarama School has made progress in resolving the issues which led to it having four different principals last year and its board of trustees seeking help from the Ministry of Education.
The 108-year-old North Otago Club has unanimously voted to wind up, donating what money it has left to St John North Otago.
An urgent community meeting has been called to discuss the future of Waitaki Valley rest-home Whalan Lodge, which has been struggling financially because of a lack of residents since late last year.
More visitors staying longer and spending more money is the aim of a strategic plan to more than double income from tourism in the Waitaki district.
The population of the Waitaki district is expected to continue to grow although it will be older, and the number of rate-paying properties to rise, spreading costs, a new report predicts.
How the Waitaki District Council consults the community is to be laid out in a draft policy which will help identify issues of importance it needs feedback on.
About 70 teams have so far entered the inaugural Waitaki Boys' High School Amazing Race tomorrow, which is a fundraiser for sport at the school.
A doctor in a following race car rushed to the aid of a father and son injured in a high-speed crash in the Targa South Island Rally in North Otago yesterday afternoon.
More restrictions on gaming machines are needed in the Waitaki district, the Southern District Health Board says, but five other organisations want them relaxed.
