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Waimate (New Zealand)

Type: City

Name: Waimate (New Zealand)

Country: New Zealand

Latitude: -35.310001

Longitude: 173.880005

population: 2,799

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Still proud to call Waimate home

Waimate restaurant owner Danny Tan has no hard feelings towards those responsible for a series of racially motivated attacks on his business.It was revealed during Tuesday's Waimate District Council meeting that ARTrio had been targeted by vandals in ... [Published Timaru Herald - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Waimate (New Zealand), Danny Tan, John Coles, Malaysia

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Cold front forecast to sweep over South Island

A cold front is expected to set in over the South Island later this week, forecasters have warned.While MetService has lifted all weather warnings today, forecasters predict that yesterday's onslaught of persistent rain will pave the way for cold and ... [Published ONE News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Flooding, Tapanui (New Zealand), Waimate (New Zealand)

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Flood warnings in place

The New Zealand Transport Agency has posted road warnings for flooding across much of South Canterbury and North Otago this morning after heavy rainfalls overnight.Flood alerts were posted for State Highway 1 south of Timaru to Glenavy, around Waimate ... [Published Timaru Herald - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Waimate (New Zealand), Fairlie (New Zealand), Twizel (New Zealand), Oamaru (New Zealand), Timaru (New Zealand)

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Let kids be kids, scooter parents say

Kids will be kids no matter how stringent New Zealand's cotton wool mentality is, according to a group of South Canterbury parents.Their comments come after child safety group Safekids announced a nationwide campaign to introduce a compulsory helmet law ... [Published Timaru Herald - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Waimate (New Zealand), Timaru (New Zealand), Cotton

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Service a central part of their lives

It is estimated that more than one million people volunteer their time around New Zealand, and National Volunteer Week from June 16 to June 22 is a way of celebrating those incredible contributions. This year's theme is He Tangata! He Tangata! He Tangata! ... [Published Timaru Herald - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: David Holmes, Waimate (New Zealand), Timaru (New Zealand)

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Language issues leave Nepalese in the cold

Nepalese migrant dairy workers are not getting the help they need, says a Timaru English language tutor.Unlike other migrant communities in the district there are fewer Nepalese and even fewer Kiwis who speak their language which can lead to social isolation ... [Published Timaru Herald - May 30 2013]

Entities: Waimate (New Zealand), Immigration New Zealand, Workers

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Council audit trail goes in a circle

Audit fees cost South Canterbury's three district councils $275,000 a year, but finding out exactly how that total is reached is not easy.For the year ended June, the Timaru District Council was billed $111,000 by Audit New Zealand, Waimate $84,500 and ... [Published Timaru Herald - May 29 2013]

Entities: Audit Trail, Waimate (New Zealand), Lyn Provost, Timaru (New Zealand)

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Perfection in a pan

It's an unlikely mix, but paella in Waimate might just take the region by storm.Rene Bullock and his partner Beverly Knowles have spent the past six months creating a little bit of Spain in quintessential small-town New Zealand.They opened their takeaway ... [Published Timaru Herald - May 29 2013]

Entities: Waimate (New Zealand), Timaru (New Zealand), Spain

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Pair have the ability to help find jobs

With a background in rehabilitation and career development, Cath Bakkum has all the right credentials to help others back into the workforce. Business reporter Emma Bailey talks to her about the vocational business she set up with Dawn Baird. Friends ... [Published Timaru Herald - May 27 2013]

Entities: Waimate (New Zealand), Timaru (New Zealand), Rehabilitation, Disability

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Hort NZ and Transpower sign agreement

Horticulture New Zealand and Transpower have signed an agreement with the aim of trying to avoid the sorts of disputes that the lines company is having with farmers in some areas.Farmers have been challenging the national grid operator's push to have ... [Published Radio New Zealand - May 26 2013]

Entities: Waimate (New Zealand), Zoning, New Zealand, Radio New Zealand

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Supreme winners

The supreme winners of the New Zealand Royal Agricultural Society's National Golden Fleece competition were announced in Mosgiel last night.The supreme strong wool fleece award was won by Edith Cromie, of Waimate, while the supreme fine wool fleece was ... [Published Otago Daily Times - May 24 2013]

Entities: Ranfurly (New Zealand), Waimate (New Zealand), Invercargill (New Zealand), Leicester

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Stair race hot work for pair

Two Waimate men have helped raise $7000 through their efforts in the Sky Tower Stair Challenge in Auckland.After six months of training, Brad Keen and Dan Mitchell tackled the challenge earlier this month.The challenge is a New Zealand tradition, when ... [Published Timaru Herald - May 22 2013]

Entities: Dan Mitchell, Waimate (New Zealand), Auckland

Quotes

"Since then, we have made friends, as well as gained community support, established a business and purchased a home for myself, Mike and Tat. This four-year period in Waimate has been the best of our lives and has created many long-lasting friendships."

Still proud to call Waimate home [Published Timaru Herald - 7 hours ago]

"This very intense and significant winter storm will slowly ease by the weekend, leaving cold frosty nights in its wake" Mr Corbett said

Winter blast with 'bark and bite' to hit [Published ONE News - Jun 18 2013]

"The message from the Council remains the same, continue boiling and conserving all of your water and avoid all non-essential travel" he said

Otago river levels remain high following heavy rain [Published ONE News - Jun 17 2013]

"The latest from the Waitaki Regional Council is that a number of rivers are still in flood - the Clutha about 80km south of Dunedin, through to the Taieri River near Dunedin and all the way up to the Kakanui River, south of Oamaru."

Motorists urged to be cautious on South Island roads [Published ONE News - Jun 17 2013]