Waitaki District Council

OAMARU — Country music and comedy superstars the Topp Twins will reward local creativity when they present prizes in Waitaki’s first ever ‘Steam Junk’ competition during their appearance at Totara Estate’s Harvest Home festival on Sunday, the 28th of March.

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OAMARU — It’s that time again.

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OTAGO — The Council is very pleased with the Ministry of Tourism’s announcement that they will provide $100,000 for a feasibility study of the proposed “Alps to Ocean” cycle track.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council supports the “call in” by the Minister for the Environment of the effluent discharge consents for three dairy farm proposals in the Mackenzie Basin.

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The Waitaki District Council would like to clarify its position in issuing land use consents for so called ‘factory farms’ in the Mackenzie Basin.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council has begun construction of the Wansbeck Street extension and the new Harbourside Walking & Cycling track.

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OAMARU — Construction of the Wansbeck Street extension and the new Walking & Cycling track that will connect Oamaru township to the Penguin Colony will commence early January 2010.

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OAMARU — Council has reappointed incumbent directors to the boards of three companies owned, and one company jointly-owned, by Council.

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OAMARU — Council has reappointed incumbent directors to the boards of three companies owned, and one company jointly-owned, by Council.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council will replace its Local Government Information System (LGIS) software with Civica’s ‘Authority’ system.

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OAMARU — Two Oamaru families have offered a combined $1,000 reward for information that identifies the person or people who damaged the World War 1 memorial crosses under the oaks on Severn Street in Oamaru.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council have asked the public for information on who vandalised the war memorial concrete crosses in Oamaru last week.

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OAMARU — Council has decided to trial an extended closure period for its Headquarters Building in Thames Street this Christmas.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council welcomes and encourages open discussion on the quality of water supplied by Council supplies to its customers.

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OMARAMA — At a Special Council Meeting today Councillors resolved to enact a temporary Liquor Ban in the township of Omarama.

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OAMARU — Council is delighted to have received a double shot of good news from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).

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OAMARU — Waitaki District Council will increase fees for building consents from 23 November  2009 as a slowing economy has caused a larger than expected fall in consent revenue.

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OAMARU — A debrief was held at the Waitaki District Civil Defence Headquarters this week to discuss and identify any issues following their activation as a result of the recent Samoan earthquake and tsunami warning.

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OAMARU — Council stopped selling the ‘kerbside’ black bags on 25 September 2009.

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OAMARU — Waitaki District Council began repairing the damaged Marine Parade seawall at Oamaru Harbour on October 1st   Council has contracted Rooneys Earthmoving to reclaim from the seabed a large quantity of stonework that had fallen loose onto the seabed over many years.

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OAMARU — Council’s decision to exit the refuse collection business will save $130,000 per year or $1.3 million over the ten years of the Community Plan 2009-19.

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OAMARU — Mr Tienie Cloete has been appointed as Waitaki District Council’s Community Services Group Manager and starts work in Oamaru on 1st December 2009.

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OAMARU — Waitaki District Council is working on two initiatives to make it easier and cheaper for people to dispose of garden waste : promoting home composting and initiating the ‘Greenwaste Saturday” program from October 24, 2009.

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OAMARU — The Council today confirmed that the black bag refuse service will cease from 27 November 2009.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council has identified land beside the Waitaki Resource Recovery Park in Chelmer Street as a potential site to build a refuse transfer station once the Oamaru Landfill closes - some time between 2013 and 2016.

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OAMARU — Undie 500 car rally participants are undeterred by Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin telling them they are not welcome in the city, and are scheduled to pass through Waitaki this Friday as part of the event.

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OTAGO — An innovative programme aimed at reducing drink-driving in Waitaki looks set to continue and could go nationwide after receiving the thumbs up in an independent report.

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OAMARU — Waitaki Libraries had ten new state-of-the-art computers installed this week courtesy of Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa (APN).

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OAMARU — The North Otago Museum is counting down the days until 28 August; Janet Frames birthday.

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OTAGO — Waitaki District Council’s Fire Authority would like to remind residents that a ‘Restricted Fire Season’ exists at present and also a reminder that the Waitaki District Council’s Urban Fire Prevention Bylaw came into effect on Wednesday 1 July 2009.

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OAMARU — Due to an accident involving a truck at the Coquet Street / Thames Street intersection it is currently not being controlled by traffic signals.

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OAMARU — Finding a good book to read has become a lot easier now that the Waitaki District Libraries’ catalogue is available online.

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OAMARU — Remember 2002? Oamaru water, discoloured, foul tasting and graded by the Ministry of Health as “Grade Ee - Completely unsatisfactory, very high level of risk” for both the water source and treatment, and the distribution system.

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OAMARU — Waitaki District Council’s Urban Fire Prevention Bylaw comes into effect from Wednesday 1 July 2009.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council needs to update its computer system to continue to maintain core services.

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OAMARU — Oamaru is taking a holistic approach to promoting the health and well being of elderly residents living in Council-owned properties.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council has initiated a new service for elderly people living in community housing throughout Oamaru.

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OTAGO — Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Waitaki District Council Citizens’ Awards.

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OTAGO — The Ministry for the Environment conducts a Resource Management Act survey every two years with the assistance of local authorities.

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OAMARU — When most people hear the name Norm Hewitt, it will bring an image to mind - be it Rugby, Dancing with the Stars, or his intrepid journey to Borneo and living with the Iban Head Hunters.

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OAMARU — The daughter of William Graves, the man who raised much of the money to build Oamaru’s iconic Boer War memorial, will be the special guest at a ceremony later this month.

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OAMARU — Work to give the North Otago Museum’s interior a new lease on life begins today.

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OAMARU — The Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust is another step closer to realising its vision of making the historic precinct a must-see destination for visitors with a $500,000 loan from the Waitaki District Council.

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OAMARU — The future of Herbert Transfer Station was decided at a meeting of the Waitaki District Council on 26 May.

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OAMARU — As winter approaches, Oamaru women will be learning what can be done to make motoring safer on a cold frosty morning.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki Aquatic Centre, due to re-open next week after extensive renovations, will now be closed until 25 May because some of the components have not arrived from Australia.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council has received a record number of submissions to its Draft Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP).

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OAMARU — Learn how to save money and sustain the world at the same time.

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OAMARU — Oamaru is about to have more reserve land, extended linked walking tracks and more land available for in-fill residential development.

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GISBORNE — Forrester Gallery director Warwick Smith was presented with the Museums Aotearoa individual achievement award at a ceremony in Gisborne last Thursday night.

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Public Submissions to the Waitaki District Long Term Council Community Plan 2009-19 close this Wednesday April 22.

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For the first time, the Waitaki District Council has addressed the big sustainability issue in their plans for the future.

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OMARAMA — This Thursday night, Omarama will host the first of six public meetings that are being held around the District over the next few weeks to discuss the Waitaki District Council’s draft ten year plan – the Waitaki Community Plan 2009-19.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council is proposing to transfer ownership of the Otekaieke water race to the Otekaieke Water Company Ltd.

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OAMARU — Two small Waitaki District Council land holdings may go under the hammer if the Council decides to shed the transfer stations at Papakaio and Duntroon.

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WAITAKERE CITY — Waitakere’s young people can lend their voice to the water conservation message by joining the new Waitakere Water Ambassadors Kids Club.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council has reached its target of raising the $10.4million dollars needed to complete the Oamaru Opera House restoration and refurbishment project.

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OAMARU — A celebrity debate, to take place this Sunday February 22 as part of the Opera House opening festival, looks set to be one of the festival highlights and it's free for the community to attend.

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OAMARU — Waitaki to launch a Recidivist Drink Driving programme in partnership with Judge O’Driscoll, Police and the Waitaki District Council.

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OTAGO — Judging by the interest shown already in the proposed Waitaki Community Gardens it is no surprise that these gardens, which have sprouted up all around the country and the world, are thriving.

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OTAGO — Waitakis Walking and Cycling Strategy, designed to enhance walking and cycling opportunities in the District, is alive and well according to Waitaki District Councils Physical Activity Project Coordinator, Helen Algar.

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OAMARU — Oamaru is among 15 towns selected to compete for the title of New Zealands Top Town, it was announced by TV2 this morning.

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OTAGO — Ten Waitaki District residents will receive Citizens Awards this month.

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OTAGO — The public are being asked to stay clear of an area located on the seaward side of Haven Street in Moeraki while work to drain water from the site is completed.

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Alliance Party Health Spokesperson Tom Dowie is disappointed that the Department of Conservation isn’t in the job of conserving our drug and alcohol treatment facilities.

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OAMARU — After providing years of entertainment to the children of Oamaru, the elephant slide at the Oamaru Gardens is now easing into retirement.

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OAMARU — A District Wide Water Study, commissioned by the Council to examine options for supplying water to coastal water schemes, shows that localised water treatment plants are a much cheaper option than a previously proposed coastal pipeline.

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OTAGO — The Waitaki District Council Grants and Awards committee met recently to distribute funds.

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WAITAKERE CITY — The former Te Atatu South Library building will continue to be made available for hire to community groups.

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OAMARU — Waitaki District Council is consulting on a draft bylaw which will control outdoor fires in towns throughout the District until 11 November 2008.

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OAMARU — Waitaki’s Community Clean Up programme, aimed at getting young offenders working for the community, is to receive $20,000 in funding from the Perry Foundation, Community Safety Officer Alison Banks announced today.

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OAMARU — Dredging of the Oamaru Harbour, scheduled for September, has been delayed due to technical problems with the dredging equipment used by Council’s contractor.

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OAMARU — Council will be deciding on whether or not it will go ahead with a number of maintenance projects at the Waitaki Aquatic Centre during its meeting on 23 September.

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OAMARU — A one day Drive 2 Survive course is to be held for young drivers on Sunday, the 21^st of September at the Oamaru Fire Brigade Hall.

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OTAGO — The Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up and Graffiti Free Week is running from 5 to 12 September 2008.

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OTAGO — Council is continuing to take steps to address problems at the Hampden Closed Landfill, where rubbish has become exposed at the beach as a result of erosion that has worsened with recent high seas.

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OTAGO — A walkway at Hampden, located at the beach end of Stafford Street, was closed to the public by Council yesterday, due to slipping caused by coastal erosion.

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OAMARU — Mark Jurisich is stepping down from the position of Chief Executive of Waitaki Development Board in order to pursue other interests.

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OAMARU — The results of Waitaki District Council’s 2008 Residents Survey have been released and indicate the Council is performing better than other similar size Councils.

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OAMARU — The Oamaru Opera House will advertise for staff this weekend to enable a full compliment of services to be offered to community and corporate clients when the venue opens in February 2009.

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OAMARU — Heavy rain and storms over the past couple of days have resulted in minor damage to the Waitaki District’s roading network.

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OTAGO — Drink driving education is the main focus of Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD) nationally, but in Waitaki District students have also been promoting initiatives to get their peers home safely or keep them safe while socialising.

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OTAGO — The Waitaki District Council would like to remind everyone that nominations for the 2008 Waitaki Citizens’ Awards close at 5pm on Friday 1 August.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Councils Community Safety Officer has been granted $20,000 in Government funding, to develop and implement a Graffiti eradication and education programme.

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OAMARU — Mayor Alex Familton will welcome six Waitaki residents to New Zealand when they are sworn in as New Zealand citizens at a public ceremony in the Waitaki District Council Chamber at 3.30pm on Monday 21 July.

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OAMARU — The Waitaki District Council has unanimously decided to reappoint its current CEO, Michael Ross, for a further five year term.

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OTAGO — Following an engineers assessment of Elderslie Road bridge and Slaughter Yard Road bridge indicating there were serious safety concerns regarding these bridges, they are now facing possible closure within the next few months.

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OMARAMA — Public consultation on roading levels of service for the Waitaki District will close on Monday 30 June.

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OTAGO — The progression of kerbside refuse and recycling collection within the Waitaki District took another step forward this week with the Assets Committee recommending that Council adopt terms of reference for the Solid Waste subcommittee.

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OTAGO — Waitaki District residents could be using kerbside bins for recycled waste by early 2009.

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OTAGO — The 2008 Waitaki District Council Citizens Awards are now open for nominations.

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OTAGO — At Tuesdays meeting, Waitaki District Councillors resolved to undertake consultation with the community on the Councils role in issues such as energy efficiency, sustainable living and sustainable development.

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OTAGO — Waitaki District Council met on Tuesday 10 June to discuss changes to the Draft Annual Plan for 2008/09 arising from submissions.

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OAMARU — The Oamaru Opera House is to hold a volunteer launch next Tuesday as part of Volunteer Awareness Week, which runs from 15-21 June.

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OAMARU — This Thursday afternoon, 25 students from Ardgowan School will be helping plant some of the 1500 native plants that have been purchased for the New Zealand Native Plants Section of the Oamaru Public Gardens.

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OTAGO — A meeting was held today at the Waitaki District Council to discuss a proposal from organisers of the Undie 500.

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OAMARU — Council announced today that Mr Donald Taylor is to retire as the Chairman of Council-owned company Whitestone Contracting Limited at the end of June.

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OAMARU — Public consultation on roading levels of service for the Waitaki District begins today.

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OAMARU — Due to the good progress on the restoration and upgrade project to date, the Oamaru Opera House & Oamaru Operatic Society announces the staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma in November 2008 as part of a shakedown period for the Oamaru Opera House.

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OAMARU — One of the many highlights for Youth Week next week will be the visit of high profile psychologist Nigel Latta.

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