Without Ministry of Education funding for a new classroom, Fenwick Primary School has opted for a cost-effective, but "not ideal'', solution to the pressures of a growing roll.
With 20 Pasifika students starting a business administration course in Oamaru this week, Ara Institute of Canterbury is "responding to the community", chief executive Kay Giles says.
While the Waitaki District Council is expecting "a positive financial result", the year-end surplus will not be as high as the anticipated $5.07million surplus indicated in the latest draft report,...
Audit New Zealand’s approach to best practice might not be best suited to councils the size of the Waitaki District Council, the council’s chief executive says.
Waitaki District Council chief executive Michael Ross and Waste Management NZ South Island general manager Gareth James signed the memorandum of understanding for the provision of waste services in...
Oamaru is missing out on commercial tourism opportunities without a helicopter landing pad at Oamaru Harbour, Venture Waitaki chairman Simon Berry says.
A zipline from the top of Cape Wanbrow to the end of the Oamaru Breakwater will be part of a Waitaki District Council concept design study for an adventure park at Oamaru Harbour.
When the new owner of one of Oamaru's most prominent homesteads takes over the 150-year-old property, a new focus on ``boutique concerts'' will be front and centre.
Since the turn of the century, New Zealanders have been drifting away from church but Oamaru’s Tongan community is bucking the trend, Hamish MacLean reports.
The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association has urged the Waitaki District Council to "take a step back" on its proposed Responsible Freedom Camping Bylaw.
While voters in Oamaru are spoiled for choice yet again, the Waitaki district’s Ahuriri ward and Corriedale ward will not require elections to determine which councillors will take a seat at the...