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A proposal for a new electric vehicle charging station at the Oamaru Harbour has been declined. Network Waitaki’s chosen site at the eastern side of Scotts Brewing Co was voted down by the Waitaki District Council’s harbour area committee on Tuesday. Network Waitaki has received government funding to install new charging stations, which it is required to use by June 30, and wanted to install a second charging station in Oamaru to meet growing demand. Several of the harbour area committee’s community representatives were concerned about the “sight line” where the charging station was...

Precious cargo . . . Philippa and Joe Cameron, with daughters Evelyn (4) and Flora (5). The Camerons refuse to allow Flora to travel to school on the bus, until it has seatbelts fitted. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Philippa Cameron will continue driving a 64km round trip to Kurow twice a day until she can be assured her young daughters will be safely belted in on their school bus ride. The Otematata mother, who has more than 16,900 followers on her Instagram page What’s for Smoko, has launched a petition to get seatbelts on school buses and has managed to collect about 3000 signatures so far. The issue ...

Network Waitaki chief executive Geoff Douch. PHOTO: REBECCA RYAN Over the past four years, use of Network Waitaki’s electric vehicle fast-charging stations has more than quadrupled. After offering free use of the stations since 2017, the trust-owned lines company started charging users of its four 50kW fast-chargers in the Waitaki district from April 1. Network Waitaki chief executive Geoff Douch said the company’s challenge was to meet the demand of increasingly high usage, expand its fast-charger network, and ease congestion at existing stations. The company’s four chargers – in Oam...

'Obey the restrictions': Easter fire bans in place across Otago due to 'extreme risk' Newshub 3 days ago © Getty Open-air fires will be prohibited in central Otago. Fire bans have been put in place across the Otago region over Easter due to high-risk conditions. Open-air fires will be prohibited in central Otago from 6am Sunday until the same time on Tuesday, Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) says. The Central Otago area includes Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, Wanaka, Lake Hawea, Naseby, Ranfurly, Kurow, Otematata, Omarama and Middlemarch. The wider Otago region - which comprises coasta...