The old wooden pedestrian railway overbridge at Oamaru Harbour, believed to be one of only about a half dozen left in New Zealand, could be restored and reopened by the end of next year.
With about 140 firefighters in town, Omarama could be one of the safest places to be next March.
Volunteers are still needed to set up a patrol at Oamaru Harbour to protect blue penguins from visitors who do not go to the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony centre and viewing area.
After more than a decade, the northern boundary of Oamaru is finally being marked with an Oamaru stone welcome sign, to match the impressive structure at the south end of town.
North Otago must wait another year to know whether a cement plant with the potential to create more than 300 jobs will be built near Weston.
About 5000 salmon fingerlings released into a restored water race next to the Waitaki River yesterday will boost salmon runs in the river from 2014, it is hoped.
Age is no limit when it comes to shearing, and Te Kuiti's David Fagan showed that at the New Zealand spring shears in Waimate on Saturday when he successfully defended his open machine title.
A new command vehicle which could cost $150,000 is being planned by North Otago Search and Rescue, but it wants it to be a combined project with Waitaki District Council civil defence.
All the gentility of Victorian times came back to Oamaru yesterday when Annie's Victorian Tearooms and Store served its first customers.
A 53-year-old woman who was transferring from Dunedin to live in Auckland died when her car and a stock truck collided on State Highway 1 just north of St Andrews yesterday.
The historic Sumpter Wharf at Oamaru Harbour, believed to be the only surviving Victorian structure of its type in New Zealand, is in danger of reaching "tipping point" and partially collapsing.
Jet-boat use of four upper Waitaki rivers could be reduced under a draft proposal on which Environment Canterbury wants public feedback.
About 12,000 baby salmon will return home to the Waitaki River this weekend and a group enhancing the salmon fishery wants people to help celebrate.
Climate change and its impact on the Waitaki community and farming will be the subject of a free seminar at the Oamaru Opera House on Monday.
North Otago residents will now be able to borrow books from 35 public libraries and three book buses in two provinces under a collaborative agreement reached by their eight councils.
A Toyota Rav4 rental vehicle and a Toyota Prado towing a caravan were both badly damaged after they collided at Pukeuri yesterday.
The dwindling population of wild bees has prompted a plea to the Waitaki District Council to make it easier for people to have hives in residential areas.
Minor changes have been made to a code of practice for stock crossings in the Waitaki district after the Waitaki District Council took into account public submissions made on the draft.
The biggest change was to ease the requirement for stock underpasses on minor roads, requested by North Otago Federated Farmers.
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People not satisfied with treatment received at Oamaru Hospital have been urged to speak out by an Oamaru woman whose 65-year-old father died after being transferred from there to Dunedin Hospital.
