World War 2 veteran Bill Herd (93), of Oamaru, shares a laugh with his great-grandchildren, St Joseph's School pupils Sebastian (12), left, and Kristiana Whiston (9) after the Anzac service at their school yesterday afternoon.
The natural health ingredient believed to be responsible for causing an Oamaru woman to go into anaphylactic shock in March could be covered by legislation ‘‘currently being planned'', the Ministry...
A University of Otago professor questioned the ‘‘independence of the science'' at hearings into consent applications for an expansion of a milk-processing plant near Waimate yesterday.
Out of sight and out of mind. South Hill's sometimes screaming peacock is still on the loose, but the bird is no longer noisy at night, nor disturbing residents.
A series of five deaths over the past 12 months on 26km of State Highway 1 between Maheno and Moeraki, in North Otago, has sparked concerns the stretch of road is dangerous.
Community groups and the Oamaru Opera House will share the Oamaru courthouse with the Oamaru District Court when it reopens.
The decision to return the Oamaru District Court to its historic home, the 132-year-old courthouse on Thames St, ticks all the boxes, Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher says.
After months of farmers crying out for rain, overcast, wet weather has badly affected crops on a North Otago orchard.
Ratepayers in several Waitaki towns could see rates relief on their next rates bills.
At Campbells Bay, in Kakanui, growing crowds of freedom campers have swelled so dramatically in the past few years the facilities can no longer keep up with demand.
A clinically led review at Oamaru Hospital this month will not find further savings for the hospital, an Oamaru general practitioner says.
The birthplace of New Zealand's frozen meat industry will revert to its Victorian roots at a celebration tomorrow, which up to 1000 people are expected to attend.
The Waitaki District Council will take on half the ‘‘cost of democracy'' as a rural drinking water supply is privatised.
The Forrester Heights subdivision would benefit only a few Waitaki residents and ‘‘is not a risk that should be spread across every ratepayer'', Waitaki deputy mayor Hugh Perkins says.
A Wellington tramper who became lost at the weekend did everything right, except carry a personal locator beacon, police said.
It is not always the "pretty things'' that capture the eye of Oamaru artist Alison Bevers.
A Dunedin hunter who called 111 after spotting a fire near his Waitaki Valley camp this summer was shocked to receive a $60,000 invoice from the Otago Rural Fire Authority this week.
For the third time since November, Waitaki Boys' High School will advertise its vacant rector position, this time, hopefully, with an extra financial inducement.
The Harbour St Jazz and Blues Festival junior talent quest winner Jayden Jesudhass, who performs as Jayden TJ, has the composure of a seasoned performer.
The Tuvalu children's group performs at the Oamaru Opera House on Saturday night.
