Hamish MacLean

For 27 years, Frances Mcmillan , of Oamaru, has lived with a large port wine stain birthmark on the left side of her face.

Changes at the top of the Southern District Health Board (SDHB) should not affect the ongoing contract negotiations between the board and Waitaki District Health Services (WDHS).

The pupils of Kakanui School played their part in improving water quality, reducing soil erosion and increasing biodiversity in the Kakanui River yesterday.

After just one year back in her home town, an Oamaru lawyer has accepted a new role in Wellington where she will be able to "make a difference on a bigger scale''.

Plantings rather than stone could replace the failed wall in Severn St, Oamaru, which came tumbling down after heavy rain before the start of winter.

Pracitcal skills are the focus for a suite of Literacy North Otago classes beginning next week.

Waitaki's freedom camping bylaw submissions closed this week, drawing only a "light'' response from the district's ratepayers.

Waitaki District Council building officers have noted a "concerning level'' of non-compliance at building sites this winter, customer services group manager Richard Mabon says.

Sealing Haven St, in Moeraki, last year was probably a mistake, the Waitaki District Council's assets group manager, Neil Jorgensen, says.

How did the penguin cross the road? Underneath it, of course.

A drone photograph shows the extent of the work on the $22million Observatory Retirement Village six months after work began.

Heavy swells in June have undermined the beach at Oamaru's foreshore "significantly'', the Waitaki District Council's roading manager says.

Donning a red beret to celebrate Bastille Day is Excelsior Petanque member David Gardiner, of Oamaru.

St Hilda's Collegiate School flanker Meg Timu, daughter of former All Black John Timu, made a break for the line in the second half of the Dunedin school's round-robin game against Nelson's Waimea College at the annual girls rugby festival in Oamaru yesterday.