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<article id="node-3448452" class="odt-story-teaser odt-story-teaser-featured node node-story clearfix" about="/regions/north-otago/memorial-draws-top-bowlers" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document">
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/memorial-draws-top-bowlers"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_landscape_medium_4_3/public/story/2025/09/om19rustymac.jpg?itok=LCpSO1zy" width="640" height="480" alt="Awamoa Bowling Club secretary Terry Lake (left), Annie McDonald and president Bob Kingan have..." /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">It is that time of year again.</div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Award-winning comedian and clinical psychologist Nicola Brown says her focus will be on "thriving through the transitions" as one of the guest speakers at the menopause conference at the Oamaru...</div></div></div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/missing-oamaru-teen-found-safe-and-well">Missing Oamaru teen found safe and well</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/missing-oamaru-teen-found-safe-and-well"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/police_back.png?itok=GJ0L0H38" width="140" height="140" alt="PHOTO: RNZ" /></a></div></div></div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/missing-oamaru-teen-found-safe-and-well">Missing Oamaru teen found safe and well</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">A teenage girl missing from Oamaru for more than two weeks has been found safe and well.</div></div></div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Oamaru teen missing for more than two weeks" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <header class="before-image">
<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/oamaru-teen-missing-more-two-weeks">Oamaru teen missing for more than two weeks</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/oamaru-teen-missing-more-two-weeks"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/548213794_1214887640671974_8426031777226730903_n.jpg?itok=ogck6Q_3" width="140" height="140" alt="Manaia was last seen in Oamaru on Sunday, August 31. Photo: NZ Police" /></a></div></div></div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/oamaru-teen-missing-more-two-weeks">Oamaru teen missing for more than two weeks</a></h3>
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<div class="summary">A missing Oamaru teenager last seen more than two weeks ago may have headed to Dunedin or further south, police say.</div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/interactive-learning">Interactive learning</a></h3>
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<div class="summary">Oamaru Penguins unveiled its revamped visitor exhibition yesterday.</div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="One critical, one seriously injured in Oamaru crash " class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <header class="before-image">
<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/one-critical-one-seriously-injured-oamaru-crash">One critical, one seriously injured in Oamaru crash </a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/one-critical-one-seriously-injured-oamaru-crash"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/img_3732.jpeg?itok=h1c8N56N" width="140" height="140" alt="Emergency services at the scene of the crash in Oamaru. Photo: Andrew Ashton " /></a></div></div></div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/one-critical-one-seriously-injured-oamaru-crash">One critical, one seriously injured in Oamaru crash </a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Two people were injured in Oamaru, one critically, when a car and motorcycle collided this afternoon.</div></div></div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Mayoral candidate’s comments ‘alarmist’" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <header class="before-image">
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/mayoral-candidate%E2%80%99s-comments-%E2%80%98alarmist%E2%80%99">Mayoral candidate’s comments ‘alarmist’</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/mayoral-candidate%E2%80%99s-comments-%E2%80%98alarmist%E2%80%99"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/david_headshot_0.jpg?itok=bNhI5VOH" width="140" height="140" alt="David Wilson. PHOTO: ODT FILES" /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="summary">A Waitaki mayoral candidate has been labelled "alarmist" for saying the new council should get a say in whether to extend chief executive Alex Parmley’s employment.</div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/large-north-otago-house-fire-under-control">Large North Otago house fire under control</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/large-north-otago-house-fire-under-control"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/img_3727.jpeg?itok=dLDbONmZ" width="140" height="140" alt="Smoke from a fire at Fuschia Creek fills the air. Photo: Andrew Ashton " /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">A large house fire at a North Otago property has been bought under control, as firefighters on the scene work to dampen down the embers.</div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/oceanagold-requests-more-time-update-plans"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/macraes_aerial_02_220325.jpg?itok=5Op55UpS" width="140" height="140" alt="OceanaGold’s Macraes mine northwest of Dunedin. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">OceanaGold says it needs more time to update expansion plans for its gold mine at Macraes after facing opposition from regulators and local Māori.</div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/new-owners-reopen-pub-%E2%80%98life%E2%80%99s-too-short%E2%80%99"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/maheno_tavern_290825.jpg?itok=zrv2JrQ8" width="140" height="140" alt="Maheno Tavern owners Johnny Johnston and Georgia Rea are excited to reopen the country pub. PHOTO..." /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Johnny Johnston and Georgia Rea know life is short.</div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/award-winning-lyrics-tell-story-unrequited-love"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/neave_meikle.jpg?itok=slD_AsfB" width="140" height="140" alt="Neave Meikle, of Oamaru, has won an Apra Lyric Award at the Smokefree Rockquest. PHOTO: GREGOR..." /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">A story about unrequited love has propelled an Oamaru teenager to a top award at the Smokefree Rockquest.</div></div></div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/wellbeing-students-our-highest-priority">Wellbeing of students 'our highest priority'</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/wellbeing-students-our-highest-priority"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/wghs-sept5_1.jpg?itok=VDRiQpNs" width="140" height="140" alt="Waitaki Girls’ High School’s now has a limited statutory manager in place. PHOTO: ANDREW ASHTON
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<div class="summary">Waitaki Girls’ High School’s newly appointed manager says the wellbeing of the students is his highest priority following his shock appointment last week.</div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/artist-grateful-police-and-community-car-recovered"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/polytech_sculpture_160523_0_0.jpg?itok=N1GhmgCC" width="140" height="140" alt="Zac Whiteside. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/artist-grateful-police-and-community-car-recovered">Artist grateful to police and community as car recovered</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Police have managed to retrieve a car and property that was stolen from a young Dunedin artist, Zac Whiteside, who is based in Oamaru for an artist residency.</div></div></div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/water-delivery-plan-submitted">Water delivery plan submitted</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Local Government Minister Simon Watts has confirmed all local authorities, including Waitaki, have submitted their water services delivery plans on time.</div></div></div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/samoan-adventure-oamaru-helicopter-firm">Samoan adventure for Oamaru helicopter firm</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/samoan-adventure-oamaru-helicopter-firm"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/helisamoa1.jpg?itok=OLKX2zIw" width="140" height="140" alt="Heliventures' New Zealand team members, local landowners and Samoan funding organisations'..." /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Heliventures, an Oamaru-based helicopter company, has gone international, working in Samoa on a conservation project.</div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/students-show-%E2%80%98-goodness-people%E2%80%99"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/omsept12shaveforacure1.jpg?itok=lMt9cETA" width="140" height="140" alt="Vivo hair stylist Tammy Shepherd holds Phoebe Wang’s hair plait after the chop. PHOTOS: JULES CHIN" /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">"Be the reason someone smiles, be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people."</div></div></div>
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<article id="node-3442985" class="odt-story-teaser odt-story-teaser-default node node-story clearfix contextual-links-region" about="/regions/north-otago/finding-human-touch-ai" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document">
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/finding-human-touch-ai"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/t.mccallumlandscape.jpg?itok=1H3TpVpv" width="140" height="140" alt="Waitaki District Council chief digital officer Teresa McCallum. PHOTO: ANDREW ASHTON" /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Although artificial intelligence has been around for a while, Waitaki District Council did not start to think seriously about how it could use the technology until the arrival of its new chief...</div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/success-refocused-jobs-task-force"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/omsept12mayorstaskforce.jpg?itok=JIOAAiDe" width="140" height="140" alt="New Mayor’s Task Force for Jobs officer Greg Pestell with Kadin Turner, 24, at the council’s..." /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Waitakian Kadin Turner is the first young person to be placed into an employment opportunity under the revamped Mayors Task Force For Jobs (MTFJ) programme.</div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/keen-unleash-airport%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98potential%E2%80%99"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/matt_sisson_at_oamaru_airpo.jpg?itok=hJKk5St4" width="140" height="140" alt="Oamaru Airport’s first airport manager, Matt Sisson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Six weeks into his new role, Matt Sisson, the recently appointed manager of the district’s aerodrome, says he’s "excited" about the future of the airport and is keen to unlock its potential.</div></div></div>
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<h3><a href="/regions/north-otago/700k-boost-leadership-project">$700k boost for leadership project</a></h3>
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<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/regions/north-otago/700k-boost-leadership-project"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/files/styles/odt_square_2col/public/story/2025/09/te_ha_o_maru_12.jpg?itok=6zf70CKc" width="140" height="140" alt="Otago Community Trust has announced funding of $700,000 over three years to support Te Hā o Maru..." /></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">A Māori leadership programme for youth has received $700,000 from the Otago Community Trust.</div></div></div>
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