Hamish MacLean

Next year’s potato "roll off" could benefit from a steeper street, organisers say.

Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher says he is “very pleased”  with today’s election win in the mayoral race in the Waitaki district.

Whitestone Contracting Ltd’s return to the Waitaki District Council has jumped about 35% this year.

Hamish MacLean talks to helicopter pilot Greg Isbister (32) about returning to Oamaru and his continued pursuit of "good wine, good food, good people".

The Waitaki District Council supports the Waitaki Resource Recovery Trust, that much is clear.

The Dunedin man who died in a crash on State Highway 1 north of Oamaru early on Sunday was a ‘‘great mate’’ and a ‘‘bloody good truck driver’’.

Many of the historic buildings in Oamaru's Victorian Precinct could provide more attractive retail spaces with a little work, the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust operations manager says.

The milk tanker driver who died in a crash on State Highway 1 north of Oamaru early on Sunday was a Dunedin man, police said last night.

Vanessa Kelly-Brown performs with VKB and the Fellas at The Great Gatsby Art and Music Extravaganza in Oamaru on Saturday night. 

Oamaru's long-awaited BMX park should clear a final hurdle early next month when a BMX club is formed.

Waimate's ANZ bank could be the next in a string of small-town bank closures.

Renewed negotiations with the Southern District Health Board have changed the nature of the "South Canterbury option" for Waitaki health services.

The Lean Meats Oamaru Ltd appeal of an October 2015 Employment Court decision in favour of the New Zealand Meat Workers Union was heard in the Court of Appeal in Wellington yesterday.