Wyatt Ryder

Jun 28, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Wyatt Ryder

Our journalists are your neighboursWe are the South's eyes and ears in crucial council meetings, at court hearings, on the sidelines of sporting events and on the frontline of breaking news. As our region faces uncharted waters in the wake of a global pandemic, Otago Daily Times continues to bring you local stories that matter.

Jun 8, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Wyatt Ryder

The Waitaki District Council is looking at two different options for its own kerbside waste collection service. At present the only services are offered by private companies, but last week the council agreed to go ahead with a business case covering a council-run operation. It follows a Ministry for the Environment plan to make kerbside recycling services mandatory in towns of 1000 or more by 2027. The council agreed to look at two different options, one with a high circular economy and a low one.

Jun 8, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Wyatt Ryder

When I first left the Otago Daily Times I thought I would never be back. On to new and exciting things. Then I came back to New Zealand and was asked to come back to journalism, this time in my home patch. Community reporting is special. It’s like taking the fast lane in becoming an active and recognised member of society. I can’t walk down the street without meeting people I have dealt with. Give them the old smile, ‘‘g’day’’ and hope they liked what I wrote about them. I am sure not all of them did.

Jun 1, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Wyatt Ryder

It has been almost two years since the Waitaki District Council announced its "transformation", but since then there has been little clarity on what the $4.5million project actually entails. The promise has been a better, more efficient council. Last week it announced an untraditional restructure at an all-staff meeting, which has been speculated to mean redundancies. Reporter Wyatt Ryder sat down with chief executive Alex Parmley to get a clearer picture of what is going on beneath the clocktower.

May 31, 2024 | odt.co.nz | Wyatt Ryder

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsNorth OtagoThe love of costume and old trinkets is second to the shared passionate community which Steampunk offers. That is what those dressed in their finest science fiction/historically inspired costumes said before Oamaru’s annual Steampunk Festival last night, which took place in the town’s Victorian precinct.