Developers behind a $3.5 million development that could regenerate the north end of Oamaru hope local businesses can start moving into new premises at a purpose-built business park by the end of this year.
Children from Five Forks school yesterday outed Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae as a fan of 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, after Sir Jerry could not resist singing along to their rendition of Leaving on a Jet Plane at the opening of the North Otago A&P Show.
Schools in Oamaru are being targeted in the next step of a Timaru man's quest to start a national campaign aimed at raising awareness of the debilitating effects of depression.
Two sections of the historic 132-year-old Kurow twin bridges will be preserved for public display once the bridges are replaced with modern structures later this year.
The potential for members of the public trying to get to conservation land to stray on to an army live-firing range has prompted the closure of two paper roads on Braemar Station.
Waitaki has lost the services of a potentially ''outstanding'' community leader, after Duntroon dairy farmer Geoff Keeling decided to quit local politics.
Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae will officially open the 150th North Otago A&P Show on Friday, as part of a four-day tour of North Otago and South Canterbury.
The crusading Oamaru mother behind the town's second anti-synthetic cannabis protest march says public support for an end to the sale of so-called legal highs is growing.
Oamaru residents were yesterday queueing up to get a close-up look at the tall ship Spirit of New Zealand, even though some had to battle through bouts of seasickness.
One of North Otago's most popular swimming holes seems set to remain unsafe for humans during summer months, after it was contaminated with bird faeces from a colony of gulls.
Residents of Oamaru will soon be given details of how to take part online in the New Zealand census on March 5.
Efforts are ongoing to find a new home for 40,000 second-hand books in Kurow, helping Canterbury residents get back in touch with their history.
Just months after the chief executive of Aoraki Polytechnic quit her post amid financial losses and a declining student roll, the polytechnic is ''excited'' about the prospects for increasing student numbers at its Oamaru campus.
An Australian artist this week gave 80 works of art to the Forrester Art Gallery in Oamaru, bringing to a close a 15-year ''obsession'' with the Antarctic and the story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
Barry Sinclair readies his 1972 Dodge Coronet for the Oamerican Car show, which began on Thursday evening.
After two years of searching for a new home, the New Zealand Organ Museum Trust has brought its collection of rare instruments, including one organ listened to by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, to Oamaru, permanently.
HMNZS Otago was yesterday battling rough seas in a gallant effort to get to Oamaru in time for Waitangi Day celebrations today.
Snow boots owned by a member of captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition have gone on display at the North Otago Museum in Oamaru.
After experiencing three lean years, rock lobster fishermen across Otago are expecting to see a rise in hauls from next year, the results of a decade-long scientific study suggest.
Oamaru Harbour will host a regatta of ''huge'' proportions on Saturday, as part of the town's centennial commemorations of the death of Captain Robert Falcon Scott in the Antarctic.
