Penguin Club turns 25
Penguin Club turns 25
Hundreds of people turned out to hear music from eight bands as the Penguin Entertainers Club's celebrated 25 years at Friendly Bay on Sunday.
Hamish MacLean
Journey out of history
Journey out of history
Moeraki adventurer Tom MacTavish is returned from retracing Sir Ernest Shackleton's heroic crossing of the subantarctic island of South Georgia 100 years ago. North Otago reporter Hamish MacLean caught up with him back at home.
This year's carvings something special
This year's carvings something special
The 10th Oamaru Stone Symposium has produced the best work the town has seen since the spring carving celebration began, the symposium's chairman Matt King says.
Water scheme expanding down valley
Water scheme expanding down valley
The North Otago Irrigation Company's $57 million expansion down the Kakanui Valley is well under way.
Sea damage to breakwater brings repairs forward
Sea damage to breakwater brings repairs forward
Oamaru's historic harbour breakwater is being repaired.
Lathe-y afternoon in Oamaru
Lathe-y afternoon in Oamaru
John Bean, of Oamaru, (above) was one of about 50 keen woodturners who gathered at the club houses at the Oamaru Racecourse on Saturday.
Passionate drag racers out to test themselves
Passionate drag racers out to test themselves
Two by two, cars rolled to the start of the Oamaru Drag Races on Saturday.
Council urged to 'get with it' online
Council urged to 'get with it' online
The Waitaki District Council's website is sub-standard.
Factor in bridge work
Factor in bridge work
People travelling south from Oamaru to Dunedin for the Fleetwood Mac concert on November 18 should factor in some extra travel time.
No background checks on staff
No background checks on staff
The Waitaki District Council does not run police background checks on new employees despite granting them the power of authority, councillors learnt this week.
Fire influenced lodge's evolution
Fire influenced lodge's evolution
A fire in 1925 has helped to shape the expansion of an Oamaru heritage luxury lodge.
Artists invited to brighten up loo
Artists invited to brighten up loo
Hampden's planned $145,000 stand-alone public toilet block has the final nod from the Waitaki District Council, but not before councillors again questioned whether its planned austere design was a lost opportunity for the council.
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.
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.