Marketzone and Carpark open this week Published on 09 December 2024 Work on the Marketzone and Carpark by the Scotts Brewery will near completion this week with the Oamaru Farmers Market taking up residence in their new home from Sunday 15 December. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Project Reclaim and Beach Road Published on 09 December 2024 Earlier this year Council removed 67,000 tonne of historic landfill and fly-tipped waste from three sites: 48,000 tonne from the former Hampden Landfill, and 19,000 tonne two sites on Beach Road. When the road was severed in two places by excavation, and the cost of re-routing became clear, Council opted to close the road and conduct a consultation with the community about re-routing options, and Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Observatory Village Lifecare to repay Council loan Published on 09 December 2024 Waitaki District Council is pleased at the news that Observatory Village Lifecare will be repaying the funding loans made by Council. This includes the $15.6 million of core funding, as well as a $2.5 million short-term facility. The total of $18.3 million will be returned to Council in January 2025. Tagged as: , Business & Economy
Waitaki Biodiversity Fund Grants Awarded Published on 06 December 2024 In September the Waitaki Biodiversity Fund committee met to award grants to landowners in the Waitaki District who are taking practical steps to enhance and protect indigenous biodiversity in the Waitaki District, on private land. Tagged as: , Community, Media Releases
Director-General completes Bill of Rights analysis on fluoridation Published on 04 December 2024 The Director-General of Health has written to Waitaki District Council announcing the completion of the required New Zealand Bill of Rights Act analysis for the direction to fluoridate made in 2022. She has reconfirmed the direction to fluoridate the Ōamaru water supply. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Waitaki Waste Minimisation Fund Grants Awarded Published on 03 December 2024 At the meeting of the Waitaki Waste Minimisation Fund committee on October 8, thirteen applications were awarded grant funding to encourage the reduction of rubbish, the reuse, recycling and recovery of waste material. Tagged as: , Community, Media Releases
Heritage Grants Awarded Published on 02 December 2024 At the meeting of the Heritage Grant Committee on October 15 2024, the following grants were awarded for the following projects in the Waitaki District Tagged as: , Community, Media Releases
Sort your paperwork before Santa arrives! Published on 29 November 2024 Waitaki District Council would like the community to have a happy holiday this year, and that means getting your paperwork in before we close down for the year. Here's the dates. Tagged as: , Council & Community Boards
New Water Play Area to open at Oamaru Public Gardens Published on 29 November 2024 Monday will see the brand new water play area open at the Oamaru Public Gardens. Replacing the two splash-pools which had served the community is a new, larger, interactive water play area. The new play area is fed by three differing water pumps, and two water jets which can be operated by young and old, allowing water play and exploration. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Lights, camera, road closures! Published on 28 November 2024 It may be one of the worst kept secrets in Oamaru, but the visit of a production team for a film project will mean road closures in and around the Heritage Precinct in early January. Tagged as: , Media Releases