Council not convinced Oamaru Harbour needs shark warning signs
Installing shark warning signs at Oamaru Harbour might be an overreaction, Waitaki District Council chief executive Alex Parmley says. Police approached
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Installing shark warning signs at Oamaru Harbour might be an overreaction, Waitaki District Council chief executive Alex Parmley says. Police approached
A video showing the bite marks sustained by a teenage girl in a shark attack in Ōamaru has been posted to social media. In the video, the 13-year-old girl
Oamaru teenager Alvira Repia-King is on the mend after being attacked by a shark at Friendly Bay on Sunday afternoon.
An Oamaru teenager was taken to hospital after being attacked by a shark in Oamaru Harbour this afternoon.
Disappointed, discouraged and attacked. Those were just some of the feelings Waitaki deputy mayor Melanie Tavendale was left with, following an influx of social media comments tearing down the district’s youth after last Friday’s School Strike 4 Climate Waitaki protest. More than 120 people – school pupils and members of the wider community -marched from Orana Park to Friendly Bay, holding banners and posters with different slogans demanding more urgent action on climate change in Waitaki and throughout the country. The group stopped at the Waitaki District Council office in Thames St a...