Waitaki electricity consumers will have a wealth of candidates to choose from later this month when they are asked to elect a new board of trustees for the Waitaki Power Trust.
Photographs of a rare medal given to soldiers from Maheno as they returned from fighting in World War 1 are among North Otago-focused items being sought for a new book to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the war.
Police in Oamaru say the culprits behind a ''silly'' attempt to derail a Oamaru Steam and Rail Society sightseeing train could face charges under the Railway and Corridors Act.
Trampers have been warned today to make their way out of a mountain track in the Mt Aspiring National Park, after a High Alert flood warning was issued.
The accuracy of information contained in a petition urging the creation of a new reserve at Cape Wanbrow in Oamaru has come under fire for encouraging ''misinformation'' and ''scuttlebutt''.
Ratepayers in Waimate may have to bail out their local council to the tune of almost half a million dollars.
A final decision on how the Oamaru courthouse could be earthquake strengthened and reopened for hearings is being delayed because the Minister for Courts is now considering what is effectively a third option.
Members of the North Otago Returned and Services Association (RSA) will next month discuss the possibility of putting the club into liquidation, because of its poor financial position.
An Oamaru schoolboy believes his decision to sell his computer game console was the spark that led to a life-changing outlook that saw him shed almost 40kg of excess body fat in just a year and a-half.
A Saturday morning jaunt to the beach for a Waimate mother and daughter ended with their horse being thrown from a horse float following an accident on State Highway 1, but luckily the rugged animal trotted away unharmed.
Six decades after Oamaru baker Charles Diver happened on the recipe for Pineapple Chunks, ''Lolly royalty'' yesterday turned out en masse to mark the 60th anniversary of arguably New Zealand's greatest chocolatey invention.
Professor Sir Malcolm Grant, CBE, last month became the 19th knight of the realm to be educated at Waitaki Boys' High School (WHBS) in Oamaru.
Following 16 months of painstaking restoration, a 109-year-old gold stamping battery was finally this week returned to full working order.
North Otago residents are being warned to be on the lookout for two computer scams targeting senior citizens, after two elderly women, one of whom was convinced to hand over $400, were the recent targets of fraudsters.
The owners of an Oamaru building that formerly housed one of the town's best-known tearooms are distancing themselves from its closure.
Formal talks that could launch a month-long consultation phase to consider plans to build a $15 million retirement village in Oamaru will start next week.
A temporary replacement for a Danseys Pass bridge destroyed by floods is expected to be in place by the end of the month, meaning residents will no longer have to ford the Maerewhenua River.
Following a delay caused by last month's floods, the final items of equipment destined for the Friendly Bay Playground at Oamaru Harbour are expected to be lifted into place over the coming weeks.
North Otago poker players could end up betting with some of the world's best Texas hold 'em exponents in Las Vegas, after the National Pub Poker League confirmed it would set up in Oamaru.
Plans to build a new $15 million retirement village in Oamaru are being welcomed by Age Concern, as a much-needed boost to care facilities.
