Call to recognise heritage, value of town's novel motorsport event
Call to recognise heritage, value of town's novel motorsport event
Despite six strong years, Waimate 50 organiser Rob Aikman is not about to take his foot off the gas.
Hamish MacLean
Celebrating identity
Celebrating identity
Performing at the North Otago Schools Fiefia Evening is Anita Ridvan (6), of Fenwick School.
Drone spray helicopter flies by wire
Drone spray helicopter flies by wire
Could unmanned helicopters be, as their manufacturer claims, ''the future of the agriculture industry''?
Rates request deferred
Rates request deferred
No decision was made on a rates remission request at the Waitaki District Council's finance, audit and risk committee meeting yesterday.
Historic locomotive in South
Historic locomotive in South
Hauled by historic steam locomotive AB608 (Passchendaele), a train pulled into the Oamaru Railway Station with about 130 passengers on board yesterday afternoon.
Call to boycott retailers
Call to boycott retailers
Only a boycott of retailers prepared to sell psychoactive substances can put an end to the ''scourge'' of legal highs, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says.
Renewed funding request next week
Renewed funding request next week
Whether the proposed $4.5million Curio Bay natural heritage centre can go ahead as planned will become clear in December.
DairyNZ HT swede analysis incomplete: vet
DairyNZ HT swede analysis incomplete: vet
The vet who raised the alarm about the toxic nature of herbicide tolerant (HT) swedes says the plant analysis released by DairyNZ yesterday is incomplete.
Maori sites blessed on Clutha trail
Maori sites blessed on Clutha trail
Two sites of significance to Maori on the Clutha Gold Trail were blessed this week ''to let the past be comfortable with us coming through''.
Search continues, 'flotsam' found
Search continues, 'flotsam' found
Searchers looking for two Owaka friends who failed to return from a fishing trip have today found some 'flotsam' from the pair's boat.
Final day of search for Owaka pair
Final day of search for Owaka pair
Today could be the last day searchers look for the two Owaka friends who did not return from a fishing trip last week.
Poverty line proves too low for pair
Poverty line proves too low for pair
Two Oamaru women who wanted to raise awareness of the lives of impoverished people, failed to go the distance, but say they no longer take their Kiwi lifestyle for granted.
Home to be major employer
Home to be major employer
When the new rest home in Tapanui opens later this year, it will make West Otago Health one of the biggest employers in the West Otago area.
Hundreds attend memorial for missing friends
Hundreds attend memorial for missing friends
The families of the two Owaka friends lost at sea were overwhelmed by the turnout at the memorial service held in the small Catlins community yesterday.
Council says no to pokies in TABs
Council says no to pokies in TABs
A New Zealand Racing Board objection to the Waitaki District Council's proposed gambling venues policy has not dissuaded councillors from sticking with it.
Hampden toilet's aesthetic debated
Hampden toilet's aesthetic debated
A new loo is in the works for Hampden, but not before Waitaki district councillors got into a wee debate over the aesthetic merit of the proposed design.
Community getting scheme
Community getting scheme
A small Waireka Valley community took a big step towards owning its own water supply this week.
Early childhood centre children treat Snowy and Squirt to 'guinea pig lollies'
Early childhood centre children treat Snowy and Squirt to 'guinea pig lollies'
Picking ''guinea pig lollies'', also known as dandelions, are (from left) Pippa McMillan (4), of Weston, Little Wonders Oamaru manager Pip Cleverley and Summer Brosnan (4), of Weston.
Blurred memory of 'horrific' dog attack
Blurred memory of 'horrific' dog attack
Chris Watson says he will be more wary after an attack by two dogs left him with puncture marks on his arm and a ''big cut'' from a bite that went to the bone on his shin.
McCaw towers over Kurow
McCaw towers over Kurow
How good could All Black captain Richie McCaw be if he was nearly 5m tall?