The new season is bringing us some new things – the Art and Craft Fair Oamaru is starting its Summer season on 1st October alongside the Farmers Market, then every first Sunday in the month. Expression of interest; We are receiving more and more advertisers requesting colour adverts.. But due Continue Reading
Rock Vale Stone and Garden
Spring gardening – warm one day – wet and cold the next – but not complaining. Nothing worse for North Otago to go into Summer after a dry Spring. I have been enjoying the Blossom, Bulbs, sun and bees, while planting out bedding and perennial plants on warm days and Continue Reading
Chest Pain
Chest pain is quite common. If you or a family member has chest pain, it will probably be caused by something minor. But chest pain can also indicate a serious problem like a heart attack, a blood clot moving to the lungs, or pneumonia. So don’t just put up with Continue Reading
N.O. Tramping & Mounteering Club 40th reunion
Our club has been running for 40 years and celebrating this time and all it’s adventures during the weekend of October 28th and 29th. The club has grown since its first meeting of 13 people to 45 today. During this time members have joined and left, but we are hoping Continue Reading
History of daylight saving in NZ
New Zealand first introduced daylight saving time in 1927. The current times have been fixed since 2007. 1868 — New Zealand officially set a national standard time — called New Zealand Mean Time — at 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). 1927 — New Zealand Continue Reading
Indoor Bowls
The Eveline team skipped by Gordon Robb, won the 2017 Champion of Champion Fours, with Meadowbank team of Denise and Bob Lewis, Rosie Oliver,and Barbara Allan being the runners up. Photo shows the winning team of Gordon Robb, Stefan Robb,Jack McNamara and Diana McGregor.
Easter Sunday Shop Trading
Should we have an Easter Sunday Shop Trading policy in the district, allowing more businesses to open on Easter Sunday? Late last year, Central Government gave us the right to have a policy allowing more businesses to open on Easter Sunday. We think that the time is right to have Continue Reading
Poultry, bees and other animals
We have a General Bylaw which sets out the requirements for keeping animals in the Waitaki District. Although the Bylaw has general provisions for keeping animals in any area of the District, it has a particular focus on urban areas. Unless carefully controlled, stock and other animals in urban areas Continue Reading