Hamish MacLean

Waitaki District Council chief executive Michael Ross and Waste Management NZ South Island general manager Gareth James signed the memorandum of understanding for the provision of waste services in...

Oamaru is missing out on commercial tourism opportunities without a helicopter landing pad at Oamaru Harbour, Venture Waitaki chairman Simon Berry says.

A Timaru contractor has been given the task of shepherding two Waitaki film sets to their final resting place - the landfill.

Waitaki Boys’ High School  is to  make its third attempt in less than a year at recruiting a rector.

A zipline from the top of Cape Wanbrow to the end of the Oamaru Breakwater will be part of a Waitaki District Council concept design study for an adventure park at Oamaru Harbour.

When the new owner of one of Oamaru's most prominent homesteads takes over the 150-year-old property, a new focus on ``boutique concerts'' will be front and centre.

Since the turn of the century, New Zealanders have been drifting away from church but Oamaru’s Tongan community is bucking the trend, Hamish MacLean reports.

The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association has urged the Waitaki District Council to "take a step back" on its proposed Responsible Freedom Camping Bylaw.

While voters in Oamaru are spoiled for choice yet again, the Waitaki district’s Ahuriri ward and Corriedale ward will not require elections to determine which councillors will take a seat at the...

Heritage New Zealand will meet submitters on the proposed extension of the Oamaru Historic Area after receiving 11 submissions in July.

The legal battle between an Oamaru meat works and the meat workers union will resume next month.

After years of disappointing returns in the late 2000s, the Oamaru Licensing Trust has reported a strong financial position — and in the coming year the trust will focus on upgrading one of its...

A blood test at birth revealed Oamaru twins Jake and Emma Gawn (18) both have cystic fibrosis, but their lives are far from the normal existence of  many who have  the genetic disorder.

The meat workers union is "at the mercy" of the Court of Appeal as it waits for a court date in an ongoing battle with Lean Meats Oamaru Ltd over unpaid rest breaks at an Oamaru abattoir.

The Waitaki District Council has contracted Christchurch-based consultant Chris Black to study the district's visitor accommodation market.