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Wednesday 05th June, 2019
One of Dunedin's best-known restauranteurs has now swapped his chef's hat for a business one.
Michael Coughlin has been spending the last few years promoting Provenance Meat, which encourages farming in an organically sensitive and sustainable way.
Thursday 16th May, 2019
Year nine pupils from East Otago High School have visited Oamaru as part of a term-long, multi-subject project on sustainability.
Their main port of call was the Waitaki Resource Recovery Park, looking for inspiration amongst the myriad of recycling materials.
Thursday 09th May, 2019
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The Oamaru Steam and Rail Society is working hard to improve safety and infrastructure at a busy intersection near its workshop and Harbourside Station.
Volunteers from the society are installing electronic sensors to control the crossings light and barrier arms, as opposed to triggering them manually.
Tuesday 16th April, 2019
Members of the Black Ferns rugby team were at Saint Kevin's College, in Oamaru, this week, to take a training session for female pupils in the Waitaki Region - and they brought along a special trophy to help inspire the next generation.
Monday 15th April, 2019
The Waitaki-Community Hospital Action-Group has continued its calls, for the Chief Executive, and the Board Chairman, of Waitaki-District Health-Services, to stand down.
Their concern has arisen over the company's handling, of its controversial 'Proposal for Change' document, with the group holding a protest-march over the weekend, to show their discontent.
Thursday 07th March, 2019
Screams for help could be heard from the Saint Kevin's College campus in Oamaru on Wednesday.
But the pupils screaming were merely acting, for the benefit of a large multi-agency emergency services exercise, staged in Oamaru.
Wednesday 06th March, 2019
Services won't be cut, following a proposal to change staffing at Oamaru Hospital.
That was the upshot of a community meeting organised by Waitaki District Health Services yesterday.
This follows the ODT's discovery of a confidential document proposing the restructuring of staff and changes to the hospital's layout.
Monday 04th March, 2019
The Waitaki Community Hospital Action Group is vowing to keep the pressure on proposed staff cuts at Oamaru Hospital.
That's the message from the protest group who staged a peaceful picket in Oamaru.
Friday 01st March, 2019
The Alps 2 Ocean ultra distance race is due to wrap up in Oamaru over the weekend.
Competitors who finish the race will have run, walked, and stumbled more than three hundred kilometres from the centre of the South Island to Oamaru.
Its the first ultra-distance race for one local, who's vowing to finish the course.
Thursday 28th February, 2019
The second annual Alps 2 Ocean event has seen more than a 100 people begin, and many retire along the seven stage, 323 kilometre ultra-endurance race so far.
At more than 320km, it takes the better part of a week to complete the run to Oamaru from Mount Cook, which the race director describes as a travelling circus.