Month: August 2023

Oamaru Rotary member Sven Thelning (centre) receives a generous donation from the Waitaki Multicultural playgroup for its Toyarama sale, which has been postponed. PHOTO: Supplied Oamaru Rotary’s Toyarama is being postponed. The proposed fundraiser, which was supposed to open on Friday (August 18) came off the back of ever-successful Bookarama, as a possible way to recycle used toys and raise money for the community at the same time. Organiser Ele […]

Waitaki electorate Labour candidate Ethan Reille and his team of helpers have been busy putting up hoardings to drum up support for October's election. PHOTO: Supplied As the general election looms, hoardings have been popping up around the electorate, but as Waitaki electorate Labour candidate Ethan Reille has discovered, they’re not always a welcome addition to the neighbourhood. Last Saturday (August 12), was the official start date for the hoardings […]

(L to R),Mayor Gary Kircher, Chloe Renshaw (United Kingdom), Andrew John Bradley (England), Jan Ralph Pavo Roa , Jan Alexander Montes Roa, Maria Ellaine Montes Roa (Phillipines) and Joanna Lee Perkins (Australia),  Upoko David Higgins of Te Rūnanga o Moeraki. On Tuesday this week, Waitaki District Council co-hosted a formal Citizenship Ceremony with Te Rūnanga o Moeraki at the Moeraki Marae on Tenby Street. This is the third ceremony to […]