Hamish MacLean

More than 200 ''treasure hunters'' were scouring Oamaru and the Waitaki district at the weekend.

Otago is to be the second region in New Zealand to have its nationally significant historical sites recognised by a new joint agency programme,  Landmarks Whenua Tohunga.

The only council in Otago not supporting Enviroschools could adopt the sustainability school programme in time for the next school year.

Cuts to red tape could ease the pressure on Waitaki District Council  building teams and speed up the building process for locals.

An easement through a neighbouring reserve could be the solution to the final legal hurdle for the Waitaki Resource Recovery Park’s long-awaited redevelopment

With 110 drivers tearing through the central business district’s closed streets, Waimate — population 3500 — is set to become the loudest small town in New Zealand this weekend.

After a trip from Dunedin to Oamaru fraught with trouble two sailors needed some local know-how to get into Oamaru Harbour at the weekend.

The Waitaki District Council appears set to restrict the pedestrianisation of Oamaru’s Harbour St to  the warmer months. 

With two fewer nests at Moeraki this year, Penguin Rescue volunteers would be "thrilled" if last year’s breeding success was repeated at mainland New Zealand’s largest yellow-eyed penguin colony.

Waitaki Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale has tried to scrap a limit on the number of cats pet owners are permitted from proposed new rules for the district.

At Lake Wakatipu the top unlimited class boats in the 2017 World Jet Boat Marathon could hit an eye-watering top speed of 225kmh.

A vast majority of Harbour St businesses are in favour of pedestrian-only access to the Oamaru historic street, a Waitaki District Council survey shows.

After the adult artists had all but left the Oamaru Stone Symposium at Friendly Bay yesterday, children were still chiselling away at their blocks of  limestone.

After a slow start to breeding this year, the Oamaru Creek little blue penguin colony is catching up to its popular counterpart across Oamaru Harbour.

With a new minimum flow regime in effect, Waitaki irrigators and Meridian Energy signed an agreement last  week to manage water levels in the lower Waitaki River.

How fast can a moa go?

A third section of the Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail was closed this week.