North Otago

Waitaki Valley winegrower Grant Taylor takes a break at the Grants Road Vineyard area in Otiake....

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Call for 1km protection zones around vineyards

The Waitaki Winegrowers Association is calling on the Waitaki District Council to urgently establish a designated winegrowing protection zone in the proposed district plan, warning that the region...

Founding member calls time

For the last 51 years Bevan Koppert has been a mainstay of the Weston Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Surface flooding in Central Otago as snow melts

Melting snow is raising river and creek levels leading to surface flooding and road closures in Central Otago.

Group asks MP to help get speed limit reversed

Group asks MP to help get speed limit reversed

Efforts to keep a lower speed limit in place across the Waitaki bridge have found an ally.

WDC after more public transport in region

The Waitaki District Council headquarters in Oamaru's Thames St. Photo: ODT files

WDC after more public transport in region

Oamaru commuters wanting to catch a bus to Dunedin will have to wait at least three more years under draft regional transport plans but the region’s politicians want funding for even more transport...

Bull pulls a record price

Bull pulls a record price

Angus bull Fossil Creek Urban U032 AB bellows after being sold for $71,000 at the 25th annual Fossil Creek bull sale in North Otago yesterday.

Council’s liaison team to be in library

The journey of transformation for the Waitaki District Council will take a step forward later this month.

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Award-winning Oamaru restaurant hired teens with no contract

Cucina owners Yanina and Pablo Tacchini. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Award-winning Oamaru restaurant hired teens with no contract

An award-winning Oamaru restaurant must pay two teenagers $500 each after they were employed with no contract.

Campervan driver head-butts man on SH1

'Astonishing road rage': Campervan driver head-butts man on SH1

A campervan driver head-butted a 71-year-old who stopped on the side of SH1 in North Otago and confronted him about his dangerous driving.

Organic vege grower in liquidation

Organic Solutions director and co-founder James Porteous packs a truck with organic vegetables in...

Organic vege grower in liquidation

A North Otago organic vegetable growing business, recently approached to appear on Country Calendar, has gone into voluntary liquidation owing more than $1 million.

Misplaced belt finds way home

Noel Dickel and Faye Ormandy look at the photo of the 1921 relay team wearing their medals. PHOTO...

Misplaced belt finds way home

The mystery surrounding a World War 1 soldier’s army money belt has come full circle.

Fundraising for new station to begin

An artistic concept of the planned Weston Rd Hato Hone St John station. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Fundraising for new station to begin

Fundraising for Oamaru’s new Hato Hone St John ambulance station starts next week.

Economist backs new water services model

Economist backs new water services model

One of New Zealand’s best-known economists is backing the maths behind a move to shift control of Waitaki’s water services and assets to a new company, jointly-formed by four Otago district councils.

Owners face dog registrations hike

Owning a dog will be more expensive from July 1, the date from which the Waitaki District Council...

Owners face dog registrations hike

Waitaki residents face price rises for a host of services provided by the district council with swimming, dog ownership and dying all about to get more expensive.