A proposal for a subdivision with spectacular views over Oamaru Harbour stalled for eight years and became a hot issue in the town before it was dropped three years ago. Hamish MacLean reports plans for Forrester Heights are back on the table.
Million-dollar homes are few and far between in Oamaru, but that could change with the development of Forrester Heights.
No definite plan exists for the roughly 26ha Cape Wanbrow reserve in Waitaki District Council planning documents.
Lord Shiva, meaning "The Auspicious One'', is one of the main Hindu deities - and he has a temper.
Oamaru Hospital has announced a 20% cut to the number of beds it provides.
An Oamaru couple have ‘‘had it up to here'' with a wild peacock they say screams "like a child being beaten'' every night.
Rumours that workers at an Oamaru meatworks have been laid off to make room for Chinese workers have been quashed by both the company and the union that represents 99% of its employees.
PGA Legends Tour players teed off at out-of-the-way Tokarahi golf course yesterday.
The Ministry of Social Development has stepped in to help some of the about 40 freezing workers laid off from an Oamaru meat works this month.
The Waitaki District Council has reversed cuts made to the trust that operates Oamaru's recycling park.
Just over a year ago, Oamaru drummer Rowan Park walked into Mainstreet Music in Lower Thames St with an idea.
Young ones these days ... they will do anything to get out of class.
Construction of Oamaru's $23million retirement village is on track and the facility is due to open in 2017.
The driver of the 4WD that left the road in a high-country crash near Omarama on Thursday, killing the lone passenger, is recovering in Dunedin Hospital, police say.
Police have released the name of a woman who died after a 4WD driven by her husband plunged 300m down a slope in a ''remote'' location near Omarama yesterday.
Installing a board of trustees could take longer than she first signalled, Waitaki Boys' High School commissioner Nicola Hornsey says.
New blood is needed on the board of the trust that oversees the heart of Oamaru's tourism district, a heritage precinct tenant says.
The owner of a Wanaka cafe where a 1-year-old boy burnt his hand on lights in the floor planned to fix the problem yesterday afternoon.
Waitaki District Council recreation manager Erik van der Spek, Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher, project leader John Baster and Tourism Waitaki operations manager Wendy Simpson test drive the latest art installation at the Oamaru waterfront.
A long-awaited expansion of the penguin colony near Oamaru Creek could become a reality this year.
