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The Oamaru Mail, 16 Oct 2026

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The Oamaru Mail has proudly served the Waitaki district since 1876, delivering trusted news, sharing local stories, and highlighting the milestones that shape the region. It remains a cornerstone of the community and a strong voice for North Otago.

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ArticleAcclaimed acts in fest­ival

After a three­year hiatus, the Waitaki Arts Fest­ival is back and bolder than ever, organ­isers say. New Zea­l­and’s premier musical col­lect­ive Fly My Pret­ties get the event star­ted on Fri­day even­ing. The fest­ival brings 10 days of music,...

Acclaimed acts in fest­ival

ArticleMONDAY

Cit­izens Advice Bur­eau, 100 Thames St, 10am-12 noon. club­rooms, 10am-12 noon. Free. Stoke St : Plun­ket Rooms, 10.30am-12.30pm. Waitaki Recre­ation Centre, Orwell St, 11.30am12.30pm, 12.30pm-1pm (and Thursday 1.30-2.30pm). Oamaru Race­course, 1pm.

MONDAY

ArticleSATURDAY

Every Sat­urday, time and loc­a­tion on their Face­book page. Depart Med­way car­park, 8am. Oamaru Pub­lic Gar­dens, meet­ing point is west of the band rotunda. 8.50am first-timer brief­ing, 8.55am main brief­ing, 9am start. Palmer­ston, 9am. Corner...

SATURDAY

ArticleFRIDAY

Nicol’s Black­smith: Nicol’s Black­smith Shop, Dun­troon. Open daily. New­comers Cof­fee Group: Oamaru Opera House, 10am-11.30am. Gene­a­logy Help: Oamaru Pub­lic Lib­rary, 10am-12 noon. Alco­hol­ics Anonym­ous: Orwell St Church, 12.15pm. Oamaru...

FRIDAY

ArticleTUESDAY

Oamaru Baptist Church, 14 Sandring­ham St, 11am-12 noon. Orwell Street Church Hall, 1.30pm. Waitaki Com­munity

TUESDAY

ArticleSUNDAY

9.30am-1pm. Har­bour area, 44 Tyne St, 10am-2pm (and Tues­day, Thursday).

SUNDAY

ArticleDis­trict’s rate­able value nears $16b

The value of res­id­en­tial hous­ing in the Waitaki dis­trict has risen by an aver­age of 4.6% in three years — and now the total rate­able value for the dis­trict is just shy of $16 bil­lion. Quot­able Value (QV), which car­ries out revalu­ations on...

Dis­trict’s rate­able value nears $16b

ArticleCau­tion urged after car hits pig

A vehicle came off second best after col­lid­ing with a wild pig near Dun­back on Sunday night. The crash occurred at 10pm on Dun­back­mor­ris­ons Rd. The vehicle had to be towed away. The pig ran off and could not be loc­ated, Oamaru Ser­geant Tony...

Cau­tion urged after car hits pig

ArticleCharge for boulders access from cafe

Vis­it­ors access­ing the Moeraki Boulders (Te Kaih¯ınaki) from the cafe at the pop­u­lar site will soon pay $5 to do so — which own­ers Te Ru¯ nanga o Moeraki say will help sup­port hun­dreds of thou­sands worth of invest­ment in vis­itor facil­it­ies...

Charge for boulders access from cafe

Article‘End of an era’ as church to be sold

Maheno’s Pres­by­terian church is to be sold as dwind­ling num­bers spell the end of the insti­tu­tion in the small North Otago town­ship. St Paul’s Maheno Ote­popo Pres­by­terian Par­ish mem­bers met last Sat­urday to dis­cuss the future of the...

‘End of an era’ as church to be sold