Whitestone Cheese has signed on as the first ''section guardian'' of the Alps 2 Ocean cycle trail and will contribute to maintenance and upkeep of the Duntroon to Oamaru section until at least 2018.
There is an ''absolute wealth'' of activities for visitors in Oamaru and a major tourism opportunity for the North Otago town is to place a greater value on what is already here, an international consultant says.
Nominations are open for the 2015 Network Waitaki Sports Awards.
Each week, the Oamaru police are called to between five and 10 family violence-related incidents.
AS the Hampden Rural Fire Force controller, Graham Aston has always told the volunteer firefighters ''if there's anything going on, I want to know - I don't want to hear it second hand''. But...
Waitaki District Health Services is proposing to develop a new medical centre in Oamaru's Pipe Band Hall.
Fire in Weston? Chances are a member of the Koppert family will be fighting it. North Otago reporter Rebecca Ryan reports on one family's dedication to their community.
Waitaki District Council road safety co-ordinator Elton Crane holds a new poster promoting safe transport options.
Network Waitaki's largest capital project has gone live.
After launching in April, stand-alone economic development body Venture Waitaki has been very busy behind the scenes.
Oamaru Railway Station owner Don Paterson says his latest plans for the historic building are ''completely off the wall'' and not something anyone would expect to find there. Dinosaurs.
Just one week after Don Paterson was handed the keys to the Oamaru Railway Station, Toby and Debs Bennett knocked on the door to discuss the possibility of leasing space to open a restaurant and brewery.
A St Kevin's College pupil has been selected to help foster cultural relations between Thailand and New Zealand next year, as part of an exchange programme sponsored by the Royal Thai embassy.
Police from Timaru and Pleasant Point were called to assist Waimate officers after a large brawl broke out in the town.
Once upon a time, Lewis Carroll penned a story about a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole.
The Waitaki District population is the highest it has been in close to 20 years, according to new figures from Statistics New Zealand.
The safety of a section of State Highway 1 where a 5-year-old Oamaru girl was killed in a head-on crash earlier this year is being improved.
A public planting day to support the continuing restoration of Cape Wanbrow attracted about 60 people on Saturday morning.
After four years at the helm of Waitaki Boys' High School, Rector Paul Jackson will be leaving the school at the end of the year.
The temperature in Oamaru did not drop below 20.3degC on Tuesday night, the warmest night on record for the North Otago town since 1991.
