Easter and Anzac Day holiday closing hours 2025 Published on 18 April 2025 Check here for updated lists of Council services opening hours over Easter and Anzac Day holiday period. Tagged as: , Community, Media Releases
Seasonal planting underway Published on 08 April 2025 You might have noticed our contractors Green by Nature, refreshing the town beds for Anzac day and winter. We asked them for a list of what's going where, so you know what beautiful flowers you'll be seeing over this season at our town's war memorial and other flower bed sites. Tagged as: , Community, Projects & Works
Council agrees preferred option for Local Water Done Well consultation Published on 04 April 2025 The Waitaki District Mayor and Councillors today agreed upon a preferred option for consultation with the community for the future of Water Services Delivery as part of the Government’s Local Water Done Well reform programme. Tagged as: , Council & Community Boards
AF8 roadshow rocks in to Ōmārama Published on 03 April 2025 Join us at Ōmarama Community Hall, on Thursday 3 April, 7pm for a public science talk presented by Associate Professor Caroline Orchiston (University of Otago) to hear about the likely impacts of a large Alpine Fault earthquake in our region. Tagged as: , Events & Activities
Kakanui Bridge replacement work to get underway Published on 01 April 2025 The replacement of the 126-year-old Kakanui Bridge will get underway this week, following the award of contract to Concrete Structures (NZ) Ltd. The total cost of the bridge replacement will be $11.06 million, funded 57% by NZTA and 43% by Waitaki District Council. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Thames Street trial ends this weekend Published on 27 March 2025 The six-week Streetscape trial on Lower Thames Street, East Bank on Thames, will end this weekend with the project team and other contributing contractors removing the extended pedestrian area, planters, beams and other features of the trial on Sunday 30 March. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Water treatment solutions in place for Ōmārama and Lake Ōhau Published on 27 March 2025 Residents of Ōmārama and Lake Ōhau are benefiting from Waitaki District Council’s investment in long-term water treatment infrastructure in the Ahuriri ward.Lake Ōhau’s new water treatment plant, the first for the village, was commissioned earlier this month. This follows the replacement of the Ōmārama water treatment plant in 2024. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Conserve water notice for Waihemo lifted Published on 26 March 2025 The Conserve Water Notice for the Palmerston, Dunback and Goodwood areas of the Waihemo Water Supply has been lifted, after water usage remained within consent limits over the 2024/2025 summer period. Tagged as: , Alerts & Announcements
Top Pond top priority for silt removal Published on 20 March 2025 Work will begin on removing around 1,045mᶾ of silt from the Top Pond, or around 1/3 of the silt in the pond, in the Oamaru Public Gardens next week. Tagged as: , Projects & Works
Draft Long Term Plan heads to deliberation stage Published on 20 March 2025 After two days of in-person submission hearings, the Draft Long Term Plan setting out the budget and project direction for the Waitaki District will now be deliberated by the Mayor and Councillors in early April. Tagged as: , Media Releases