Daniel Birchfield

A pair of new aircraft will join the New Zealand Air Academy fleet at Oamaru Airport early next year, as the training provider gears up for the arrival of its new students.

Police are remaining tight-lipped on the likelihood of charges being laid as an investigation into the deaths of two teenagers killed in a single-vehicle crash nears an end.

Police are investigating a spate of burglaries at rural properties in North Otago, including one where a ute was burned out.

More than three years after the Severn St wall in Oamaru failed, the first stage of work that will eventually led to its rebuild is set to begin.

A Catholic Oamaru secondary school has new owners, which its acting principal says is a "symbolic" handover that will have virtually no impact on how it is run.

After graduating from the New Zealand Airline Academy's Oamaru flight school, it's time for a group of now former students to spread their wings.

Now the red tape has been worked through, the ribbon can finally be cut to open an Oamaru cafe's long-awaited indoor playground.

A terse exchange in the Waitaki District Council chambers essentially ended a discussion about the council's recent annual residents' survey results this week.

Whitestone Contracting Ltd has recorded its largest pre-tax profit since the Waitaki District Council-controlled company was formed in 1991, Waitaki district councillors heard yesterday.

The new Waitaki lakes camping season appears to have got off to a smooth start, staff from both councils that run camping grounds in the Waitaki Valley say.

One person is dead after an accident involving a quad bike near Timaru today.

One person has been arrested and another remains at large after police executed two search warrants within minutes in North Otago yesterday.

A planned water supply upgrade for Lake Ohau has been put on hold.

Water quality is at or near the top of the list of priorities for those standing for the Moeraki ward in this year's Otago Regional Council elections.

Fire crews returned to check a site near Danseys Pass yesterday, following a tussock fire on Sunday.

Weston School near Oamaru might look a little different to Joan Martin these days, but one thing remains the same - the willingness of pupils to learn.

First it was compost, now it is the alleged theft of manure that is causing a stink in North Otago.

A cyclist is seriously injured after being hit by a car in Oamaru this morning.