Waitaki District Council’s longest-serving councillor has been left annoyed and frustrated with fellow councillors’ inability find further ways of reducing rates bills.
While Moeraki’s yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho) are enjoying their annual "holiday" at sea, conservationists warn their battle for survival is far from over.
Waitaki district deputy mayor Hana Halalele has ruled out a tilt at the mayoralty but says she will continue her "big passion" for building better communities.
A rare parliamentary law change has waived a potential $1.4m bill relating to environmental cleanup work that left a 2.2km stretch of scenic coast road at Kakanui unusable.