Rebecca Ryan

The annual Waimate Shears competition will be held at the Waimate Stadium for the last time this weekendWaimate Shears president Warren White said interest in the event had been good and some of the country's best shearers and woolhandlers would be competing.

A woman has been charged with careless driving after speeding through the scene of a head-on crash at Moeraki on Monday night, allegedly almost colliding with emergency services personnel.

After four years at the helm of Waitaki Boys' High School, rector Paul Jackson has announced he is leaving at the end of the year.

An Oamaru team won the fours at the Blossom Festival Indoor Bowling Tournament for the first time since 1998 on Saturday, but for two of the team members the win was bittersweet.

An energy-absorbing tyre barrier installed at the intersection of Oamaru's Orwell and Humber Sts after a drink-driver ploughed into a house last year had its first major test yesterday morning.

A large vegetation fire in the Waitaki River bed was fuelled by high winds yesterday afternoon and threatened at least one property.

Brent and Kirsty Cowles believe the Waitaki Valley area is about to grow dramatically. The Otematata Holiday Park & Lodge owners have this week taken over the Otematata Lakes Hotel. North Otago reporter Rebecca Ryan catches up with them about their venture and their love for the small Waitaki Valley village. 

One of Waitaki Boys High School's staunchest supporters says there is just something special about the school and she is sure others will agree.

Constable Amy Stewart, of Dunedin, has been appointed to a newly established position within the Oamaru police crime investigation unit.

The female driver of a Toyota Cavalier car, similar to this one, is being sought by police after a crash at the intersection on Thames Hwy and Stirling St last month.

A drone has been used to capture a ''totally new perspective'' on erosion on the Kakanui coastline.

A freight train clipped a car that attempted to race it through a rural level crossing north of Oamaru yesterday afternoon.

The Oamaru teenager hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing on State Highway 1 on Sunday is in a stable condition in Dunedin Hospital, as police continue to investigate what happened.

A teenager is in a serious condition after being hit by a car while on a pedestrian crossing in Oamaru today.

Three people were arrested after police executed a search warrant at an Oamaru address on Saturday morning, officers seizing 7g of class A controlled drug methamphetamine and some cash.

The North Otago community has raised more than $20,000 in less than a month to support a baby rescue project in the slums of Cambodia.

The Waitaki District Council has introduced smartphone technology to monitor road surface conditions.