The growth of both the rural property market and dairy industry in Waitaki could be affected by a new Environment Court ruling that will change how the high-country land tenure review system is implemented in the district.
Donner and Blitzen and the rest of Santa's reindeer will go head to head in a charity race in Oamaru today in what is believed to be a New Zealand first.
Oamaru television channel 45 South is preparing to fight through yet more bureaucratic roadblocks once all New Zealand TV signals switch to digital next year.
Engineers employed by the Ministry of Justice to evaluate the cost of earthquake-strengthening the Oamaru courthouse should put more stock in local knowledge, according to local property investors.
A month after the Centrewood spring fete was cancelled because of heavy rain, a rescheduled event seems set to attract a big crowd.
Vandals who damaged a sports field at St Kevin's College have been accused of taking advantage of the school's open-door policy, intended to allow public access to sports facilities.
A full-scale replica of the time machine in the 1963 movie The Time Machine, based on the book by H.G. Wells, will be on display in Oamaru until late December.
The dangers of synthetic cannabis products legally available over the counter have been highlighted this week, after an Oamaru teenager had to be escorted home by police after he walked into a stranger's house.
The controversial councillor behind a push to legalise cannabis has resigned from the Waimate District Council, but has vowed to fight even harder to legalise the drug.
Four days of Victorian heritage celebrations in Oamaru ended with a Victorian fete yesterday but not before the town had politely curtsied, bowed and charmed its way into the hearts of thousands of visitors.
Coalpit Hill near Oamaru became a war zone over the weekend as about 100 people took part in New Zealand's largest amateur military simulation event.
More than 50 riders are registered to take part in the annual Raleigh and Healing 20 bicycle racing national championships in Oamaru this weekend, and with big prize money on offer, organisers expect even more to register on the day.
Bustles and corsets were prominent yesterday as Oamaru stepped back in time to welcome in its annual Victorian Heritage Celebrations.
Better protection for the endangered jewelled gecko and the Otago skink is a step closer, after a private member's Bill seeking to introduce tougher sentences for wildlife smugglers passed its first reading in Parliament on Thursday.
Oamaru has lost out on 50 new jobs which could have potentially reduced the number of people on the dole in the town by 18%.
Strains of Tchaikovsky will resound around Oamaru in the new year, as musicians taking part in the annual Waitaki Music Camp perform for the public.
For one day only this week, it was a case of "no adults allowed" at the Forrester Art Gallery in Oamaru as children were given the opportunity to buy artworks created by some of the world's top artists - out of sight of their parents.
Oamaru's annual Victorian Heritage Celebrations and Victorian Fete seem set to bring in bigger crowds than ever over the next three days, after the number of people travelling to Oamaru by train doubled from last year.
Scots could well be drowning their sorrows with whisky from Oamaru this week, after suffering two humbling test match defeats against New Zealand opponents in Edinburgh on Sunday.
An Oamaru optometrist has stressed the need for correct eye-protection as people prepare to watch this week's solar eclipse.
