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Event centre roof on track

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

Sunday, 1 June 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsNorth OtagoThe construction of the Network Waitaki Event Centre has reached a major milestone. The roof has started to go on and will be completed by the end of the week. It now means contractors are not burdened by weather to continue progressing the interior.
Centenarian ‘good fella to be around’

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

Sunday, 1 June 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsNorth Otago"Take things as they come."Those were Kenneth Bamford’s words of advice from his 100 years of life. His family gathered in Del Mar on Monday to celebrate the milestone. Kenneth’s son Mark said his father was a good man with a good heart. "He’s always had a good heart.
Crop competition aids charities

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. SouthlandThe EnsignPauline and Peter Dodd won the Crop That Caught The Judges’ Eye award at the Waianakarua and Waiareka Valley Lions Clubs Winter Crop Competition awards evening last week. The competition went off with a bang, organisers said. It was held for for the first time since 2023 and attracted about 100 entries.
Breakfasts hosted to give support

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsNorth OtagoOamaru had a tinge of pink yesterday. Fat Sally’s Bar and Restaurant and Del Mar restaurant hosted Pink Ribbon Breakfasts to raise money for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. More than 100 people in total dressed in their best pink outfit to attend the events.
Strong defence deals blow to champs

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

Valley fronted up in a big way defensively to beat the defending Citizens Shield champions on Saturday. The 20-13 win over Excelsior avenged their loss earlier this season. It was a clinical performance on defence as it took Blues more than 80 minutes to score a try. Valley controlled most of the possession and territory of the match, but small errors at important moments prevented them building a commanding lead.
Pupils add a string to their bows

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsNorth OtagoSt Joseph’s School pupils were on target during a recent visit from Oamaru Archers. Instructors John McCabe and Ken Hedges taught the pupils how to shoot a bow and arrow at a target they set up on the school’s field. They had run similar sessions with St Kevin’s College and Waitaki Boys’ High School students but this was their first time at a primary school, Mr McCabe said.
Blood pressure checks, advice offered for all

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsNorth OtagoNew Zealand is under pressure and the Heart Foundation is doing something about it. It has launched a nationwide blood pressure awareness campaign to encourage New Zealanders to get their blood pressure checked. Pop-ups are being held across the country, including Oamaru, this month, offering free blood pressure checks.
Waitaki Boys’ not willing to commit to breakaway SI schools' competition

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

A proposed South Island First XV breakaway competition could have one less team. Waitaki Boys’ High School rector Darryl Paterson said yesterday the school had opted out of joining the competition in 2026 at this stage but would revisit its stance once it knew more. "Our reasons for opting out are around how we would resource our involvement both financially and with respect to player depth.
Bringing up century like a ‘hole in one’

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

Saturday, 24 May 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsNorth OtagoIf you ask Margaret Kyle, life is a lot like golf. And turning 100 is a lot like getting a hole in one. "A hole in one is what everyone aspires to," she said. "But the thing with a hole in one is, you’ve got to hit the length for it to go in the hole, you’ve got to hit it a bit straight and then it’s in the lap of the gods.
Sri Lanka trip ‘awesome experience’

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Nic Duff

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsNorth OtagoFrom Oamaru to Auckland and as far away as Sri Lanka — rugby has taken Ben Sinnamon across the globe. The former Waitaki Boys’ High School head boy has made a name for himself in the coaching ranks. He recently returned home from Sri Lanka where he was an assistant coach for the New Zealand Under-85kg team.