Waitaki district councillors appear happy with the way their council and community boards are operating, but the ultimate proof will be in what a working party looking into representation thinks.
A book on the history of the Kakanui Rural Fire Brigade is to be launched at a reunion later this month after more than a year of work by its author, Murray Turner.
An annual limit on rates increases is being proposed for the first time by the Waitaki District Council to meet new legislation that requires all local authorities to have a rates cap.
Summer weather has boosted construction on the Alps 2 Ocean cycle trail and the aim is to have most of the sections linked by next summer.
Murray Frew has a big red rowdy mystery on his hands, but he is determined to solve it.
A comprehensive conservation plan for the St Albans Vicarage at Kurow has been described as an "amazing report".
The Fitzgerald family, of Oamaru (from left) Dee-Ann, Zara (10), Gemma (9), and Scott, head out on the Over the Tunnels mountain bike and walking event yesterday from Tokarahi to Windsor.
A five-hour planning session has set the foundation for this year's Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations from November 14-18, and the following two years.
A major part of the structure of the old pedestrian rail bridge at Oamaru Harbour was lifted back into place yesterday afternoon in a community project that will restore the structure.
The guardian of many of Oamaru's major heritage buildings has turned in a healthy financial surplus, boosted by a $100,000 donation from an Auckland group which preserved that city's historic properties.
The first step in a review of heritage items in the district worth protecting has been taken by the Waitaki District Council with a proposal to consult interested groups, including owners of buildings and items.
Restoration, by the Duntroon community, of a wetland as a visitor attraction has received a boost with support from Meridian Energy Ltd which owns it.
Old friendships were renewed at the weekend when about 300 former pupils returned to St Patrick's Dominican College, just south of Oamaru.
A Waitaki Valley wetland has undergone restoration work with funding assistance to the landowner from Environment Canterbury's Immediate Steps programme and the Department of Conservation.
Described as "a unique model", the saviour of hospital and health services in the Waitaki district is being promoted as the answer for small communities under similar pressure, David Bruce reports.
About 300 former pupils will gather tomorrow at the former Catholic girls' Teschemakers boarding school to celebrate its centenary.
The Oamaru Baptist Church, built in 1889, is for sale by tender, offering a rare opportunity for a development site facing State Highway 1 next to the Oamaru central business district.
Lake Benmore is at its lowest level for 13 years.
North Otago residential property sales last month continued to improve, compared with the same month last year, building on trends of a slow recovery.
Kurow residents next month will learn about a new plan that will help their community to better cope with emergencies caused by natural disasters.
