Historic ride marks town’s founding
Visitors, locals and returning residents rode back in time recently to mark 150 years from the founding of the North Otago township of Duntroon.
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Town set to host high wheelers
Town set to host high wheelers
Oamaru will play host to the National Penny Farthing and Heritage Bicycle Championships as part of the town’s Victorian Heritage Celebrations next Saturday.
Facilitator to be paid over $1600 a day
Facilitator to be paid over $1600 a day
Ratepayers will foot the bill for a well-paid Crown facilitator to help redo Waitaki District Council’s failed water reform plans — to the tune of more than $1600 a day.
Woolworths goes cage-free
Woolworths goes cage-free
Woolworths New Zealand Oamaru store manager Levi Kuiti shows off the store’s 100% cage-free egg shelves.
Pukeuri plant to stay open: Alliance
Pukeuri plant to stay open: Alliance
After months of uncertainty, Pukeuri meat plant workers have been reassured the Alliance Group-owned processing plant will stay open
Levy to fund local groups
Levy to fund local groups
North Otago community groups have had their voices heard, after the government this week confirmed it is introducing community funding returns through the Online Casino Gambling Bill.
Council’s paid parking proposal ‘not on’
Council’s paid parking proposal ‘not on’
Free parking could be restricted to the Monopoly board game if tentative proposals to remove a swathe of free-parking spots across Oamaru’s town centre go ahead.
Voter communication key to turnout
Voter communication key to turnout
The first meeting of the new Waitaki Power Trust took place last week, with Lichelle Guyan appointed chairwoman.
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Woolworths goes 100% cage-free
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Woolworths goes 100% cage-free
Woolworths New Zealand says it is proud to announce it is the first national retailer to confirm the egg-citing news that all its eggs on-shelf are now 100% cage-free.
Extension of chief executive’s contract to bring ‘stability’
Extension of chief executive’s contract to bring ‘stability’
The Waitaki District Council has agreed to a two-year extension for chief executive Alex Parmley.
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Mayor appoints second-term councillor deputy mayor
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Mayor appoints second-term councillor deputy mayor
The Waitaki district has an all-female leadership team after Waitaki’s newly elected first woman mayor Melanie Tavendale chose second-term councillor Rebecca Ryan as her deputy.
Keeping holiday vehicles on the go
Keeping holiday vehicles on the go
With a noticeable up-tick in visitors’ campervans around Waitaki recently, one Oamaru businessman is ensuring tourist stays are not cut short by broken-down campervans or leaky caravans.
Classic truck convoy passes through
Classic truck convoy passes through
A 100-strong classic truck convoy made a stir in Oamaru on Thursday, paying tribute to a Southland trucking industry icon.
Race double fundraiser
Race double fundraiser
This year’s annual Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations hope to start with a bang and a novel way to raise funds for both the festival and the Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society.
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Government intervention first task
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Government intervention first task
Sworn in just two days ago, the new Waitaki District Council’s first task will be decide how to deal with a surprise government intervention.
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GMOs seen as threat to ‘clean,green’ wine, grain image
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GMOs seen as threat to ‘clean,green’ wine, grain image
Wine and grain crops are at risk of being contaminated by "cheap and nasty" gene-edited, herbicide-resistant foreign crops, opponents of a proposed law change say.
National Historic Landmark status call
National Historic Landmark status call
Oamaru locals are being urged to support the move to grant National Historic Landmark status to the town’s historic Victorian precinct and port.
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WDC happy to find way forward on water: mayor-elect
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WDC happy to find way forward on water: mayor-elect
Waitaki's mayor-elect has been left scrambling by the government’s move to intervene in the council’s rewriting of its costly water plan.
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Mix of old and new faces on council
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Mix of old and new faces on council
The new Waitaki District Council will comprise a blend of new faces and experienced councillors when it is officially sworn in next Wednesday.
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Memorial Oak (106) felled due to line concerns
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Memorial Oak (106) felled due to line concerns
One of North Otago’s tributes to dead World War 1 soldiers was felled this week, almost exactly on the 108th anniversary of New Zealand’s biggest single-day loss of the war at Passchendaele.