Hamish MacLean

An Auckland company with strong links to China has bought the historic Campbell Park Estate in the Waitaki Valley.

A tribute to the 67-year-old pedestrian killed in a horrific crash in Oamaru has been placed at the scene by his family.

The rain expected to fall across Otago today will again be hit and miss for the region's farmers, some of whom still have parched pasture covering their farms despite several days of cool, wet weather.

Rebuilding Haven St, in Moeraki, was hailed as a community project unlike any other in New Zealand, but now the 400m of rebuilt road appears to be coming undone.

The Waitaki District Council has temporarily shelved plans to develop camper van parking at Oamaru's waterfront while it consults businesses in the area.

Kelly Hansen, of Christchurch, takes a photo of her boys Bowen (9, left) and Kieran Abraham (7) as they check out the last two of Pita Lagan's carved macrocarpas at Friendly Bay, Oamaru, yesterday.

Oamaru's noisy night-time show-off could be heading home again soon.

A $57,500 concrete bridge could replace the demolished pedestrian bridge over Oamaru Creek, near the town's historic precinct.

Karen Marshall (left), of Thread Maiden in Oamaru, Judith Bingham, of Oamaru, and Amanda Coldicott (right), of Christchurch, show off the penguin hussifs they are making at Enhance in Thames St during the Sustainable Skills Summer School 2016.

Wayne Doyle has been competing at the Waimate Caledonian Society's Caledonian sports day since he was 15 years old.

Finding explosives during construction of the expansion of a North Otago irrigation scheme delayed the installation of water pumps, but has not set back the scheduled completion date of the expansion, the scheme's boss says.

When the new owner of the Omarama Top 10 Holiday Park describes his new life he could be talking about the life of Riley.

Oamaru man Jeremy Holding (36) had a skateboard ramp, known as the Soul Ramp, built above his Thames St shop in 2007. It has since drawn in people from all around the country. But it is surfing that the father of two, who owns Oamaru businesses, including Housekeepers Design in the Victorian precinct, chatted about when North Otago reporter Hamish MacLean caught up with him this week.

An Oamaru man turned himself into police yesterday morning and admitted shoplifting after he saw a video of himself in an Oamaru store getting attention on social media.