Daniel Birchfield

Empty retail and office spaces in Oamaru's main street are showing no signs of being filled any time soon, which concerns some Thames St retailers.

 A site near the entrance to Mill Domain at Palmerston looks set to be approved as the location for a dump station in the East Otago township.

Police have been called to an Engelbrechts Rd address in Waimate this afternoon after a person died at the property.

The manager of an Oamaru motel targeted in an aggravated robbery on Monday says his staff followed the offender's instructions and is relieved no-one was hurt.

Police are seeking a man after an alleged aggravated robbery at an Oamaru motel last night.

The owner of a horse injured when it was hit by a car on a Kakanui road says the incident has left her "terrified'' and fearful of walking or riding on the streets of the seaside community.

Those responsible for flying drones in the same area as a large hay-bale fire near Omarama yesterday have been called "foolish''.

Waitaki Boys’ High School rector Darryl Paterson is hopeful the Oamaru school will be in a position to reinstate its board of trustees in the coming months.

Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher has joined a chorus of ratepayers voicing their displeasure over the state of Oamaru’s parks, reserves and cemeteries.

Police are investigating the alleged theft of several firearms from a rural property near Palmerston.

Last Monday, speed skater  Robert Cook was basking in the Brisbane heat.

A North Otago man has been airlifted to Dunedin Hospital after his foot became stuck under a piece of heavy farm machinery this afternoon.

Fancy getting married at the Oamaru District Court?

Funding and services contract negotiations between the Southern District Health Board and Waitaki District Health Services are well advanced and expected to be completed soon.

Changes to aspects of Age Concern Waitaki's operations will not affect how it supports the district's elderly, the co-ordinator of the Oamaru-based service says.

A 21-year-old Oamaru man appeared in the Timaru District Court yesterday on six charges related to the aggravated robbery of a Timaru supermarket on January 7.

Waitaki district councillor Hugh Perkins says an investigation should be launched into why the initial estimate to earthquake strengthen the historic Oamaru courthouse was up to $6 million.