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    ‘Much-needed’ visitor centre faces closure soon

    The end of council funding for the Oamaru and Waitaki Visitor Information Centre could lead to the closure of the "much-needed" resource in the historic precinct, staff have warned.

    Volunteer shuttle extended

    Photo: Supplied

    Volunteer shuttle extended

    A "critical" volunteer-run community shuttle service that operates from Oamaru to Palmerston and Dunedin has been extended by a further six months and will now run until the end of September.

    Artisan market nearing second anniversary

    Waikouaiti Artisan Markets founder Lisa Willmott and her mother Julie at the market.

    Artisan market nearing second anniversary

    A market which celebrates the talented artisans of East Otago is approaching its two-year anniversary.

    Breakfast to raise awareness, funds

    Co-organisers Heather McGregor (left) and Sonya Watson (right) with a balloon creation made by...

    Breakfast to raise awareness, funds

    The 14th annual Pink Ribbon Breakfast event takes place next month at the Palmerston Sports Hall continuing to raise awareness and funds for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ.

    ‘Exciting’ bid to create area plan

    Waikouaiti Beach. PHOTO: CHARLEY-KAI JOHN

    ‘Exciting’ bid to create area plan

    What do you think about the place you live?

    Lodge handed over

    Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust and Masonic lodge members at the lodge key handover. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Lodge handed over

    An official handover took place this week to gift the Masonic Lodge to the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust.

    Event centre hoped to open for winter sports

    The Network Waitaki Event Centre. PHOTO: NIC DUFF

    Event centre hoped to open for winter sports

    The opening of the new Network Waitaki Event Centre has been delayed but the project remains ‘‘comfortably under budget’’ and it is hoped the facility will be ready in time to play winter sports,...

    Walk of the Cross ‘pinnacle’ of year

    The procession continues in Thames St after departing from St Luke’s Anglican Church and stopping...

    Walk of the Cross ‘pinnacle’ of year

    A long-standing Good Friday tradition was continued over Easter — the ‘‘pinnacle of the church year’’ — as about 150 people took part in the Walk of the Cross procession.

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    'Serious concern' over condition of Oamaru aviaries

    Photo: ODT Files

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    'Serious concern' over condition of Oamaru aviaries

    Staff working at Oamaru’s aviaries have no professional animal care qualifications and there is ‘‘serious concern’’ about food storage areas where a ‘‘considerable amount’’ of rodent faeces was...

    Feathered friends in need of new homes

    Jimmy, the sulphur-crested cockatoo, is one of the birds at the aviaries in the Oamaru Public...

    Feathered friends in need of new homes

    Have you got a home for five grey cockatiels, two budgies and one Jimmy?

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    Oamaru principal seeks media gag amid bullying probes

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    Oamaru principal seeks media gag amid bullying probes

    A submission to Parliament by an Oamaru school principal is seeking to restrict media reporting on school incidents, councillors have been told.

    Contestants proud to take centre stage

    The Catlins Area School student Ezekiel Lealava’a, 16, speaks at the Pasifika Voices contest.

    Contestants proud to take centre stage

    Pasifika  voices rang out loud in Balclutha last week, as high school students from across Otago gathered for a festival of speech-making.

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    High school's hostel may close at end of year

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    High school's hostel may close at end of year

    Waitaki Girls’ High School’s hostel could close at the end of the year, the school’s board has announced.

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    Beef hearts give black stilts ‘fighting chance’

    Juvenile black stilts tuck into some of the beef heart pro vided by Alliance Group. PHOTO: DOC

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    Beef hearts give black stilts ‘fighting chance’

    Endangered birds which are close to extinction are being given a ‘‘fighting chance’’ by being fed hearty food — 5000kg of it a year — from a North Otago meat processor.

    Organ restoration nears completion

    PHOTO: JULES CHIN

    Organ restoration nears completion

    Waitaki Boys’ High School rector Darryl Paterson (right) and organ builder Ron Newton stand together in the Hall of Memories as the final stages of the organ’s restoration are under way.

    Waitaki Boys’ athletes begin tour of Australia

    Waitaki Boys’ High School senior and junior basketball teams flew out to Australia earlier this...

    Waitaki Boys’ athletes begin tour of Australia

    Waitaki Boys’ High School is starting the basketball season with a a bang.

    Acclaim for ‘fast, high’ Puketapu gravel ride

    Celi Moir (right) leads eventual women’s championship class winner Rachel Thow during the...

    Acclaim for ‘fast, high’ Puketapu gravel ride

    The 2026 edition of Gravel In Paradise rages on.

    Twizel team honoured

    Twizel Medical Centre lead nurse Paula Trembath, practice manager Debbie Anstis, district nurse...

    Twizel team honoured

    The Twizel Medical Centre’s Primary Response in Medical Emergency (Prime) team has received this year’s National Award for Emergency Response and Healthcare, following their response to a high...

    Couple ‘nearly one person’

    Val and Colin Winter have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. PHOTO: NIC DUFF

    Couple ‘nearly one person’

    Love was in the air for an Oamaru couple this week — after 60 years of marriage.

    Sustainability focus of classes

    Scott Wilson taught a class about the myocillium network and how to grow edible mushrooms at home...

    Sustainability focus of classes

    The Waitaki Community Gardens group is holding the spring edition of its Community Classroom event this month.
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