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Service . . . Members of the Otematata Volunteer Fire Brigade at last year's annual awards night. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A whole lot of candles will need extinguishing when the Otematata Volunteer Fire Brigade celebrates its 50th anniversary later this year. Fire Brigade secretary Debbie Smith said celebrations were planned for October 8-10, and invitations were in the post. But Mrs Smith was hoping past members of the brigade who had moved on from the district would contact her, as she was finding it hard to track down some of them and had a long list of people she could not find. “We just have n...

Fed up . . . Ahuriri ward councillor Ross McRobie says the Labour Weekend problems at Loch Laird are not fair on the Otematata community. PHOTO: KAYLA HODGE Young people spending Labour Weekend at Loch Laird have always caused problems for the Otematata community, and now the district’s leaders have banded together to do something about it. Workshops involving Ahuriri Community Board members, councillors, local police officers and Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher started earlier this year to identify ways to reduce the issues. Suggestions have included banning glass, installing lights, increasing...