An Oamaru rest-home, under a previous management, has been faulted for its care of a patient, after an incident in 2013 when staff did nothing about a woman who brought in morphine from home to give to her terminally ill mother.
McConnell Dowell Constructors has won a top award for excellence in civil construction for its work on the Waitaki Bridges Replacement project.
About 500 kindergarten, primary and secondary school pupils from around the district took part in the 2015 North Otago Kaupapa Maori Festival Hui Ako yesterday.
A service in Christchurch yesterday marked the end of a traditional 13-day period of mourning for the family of the Waimate couple killed with their youngest child in a fire.
More than $87,000 has been raised to help three sisters who survived the Waimate fire that killed their parents and young brother earlier this month.
A halloween-themed fundraising event is being organised in Oamaru to ensure the continuity of a therapy programme for children with autism.
Waitaki District councillors got a little more familiar with Oamaru's Victorian precinct yesterday when Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust members showed them around.
Southern District Health Board commissioner Kathy Grant had an opportunity yesterday to see how health services operate in the Waitaki district when she visited Oamaru Hospital.
It's been a ''fun, creative and exciting'' five weeks for Oamaru brewer Jess Wolfgang.
Cold weather did not restrict the North Otago rugby squad's training over the weekend, with a full day of preparation for the Heartland championship in Kurow on Saturday followed by cycling 55km of the Alps 2 Ocean cycle trail in the snow yesterday.
Police have serious concerns for the wellbeing of an Omarama man who has been missing since Thursday morning.
Every weekday morning, Ashleigh Lucas meets her four Brisbane-based colleagues at Frontline Hospitality before continuing her day as a senior recruitment consultant for North Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Project to earthquake strengthen and refurbish the library and two classrooms at Waitaki Girls' High School is nearing completion.
Dance has taken Emma Holloway around the world. Now based in Dunedin, the 29-year-old is tapping into the musical theatre scene - most recently choreographing Musical Theatre Oamaru's production of The Addams Family musical. Rebecca Ryan finds out more about the life of an Otago dancer.
A joint project to redevelop the Dempsey Pavilion at the Waimate showgrounds will go ahead, with construction to start later in the year.
Internet users who access porn websites are being warned a message from police advising them they are committing offences and have been fined $200 is a scam.
North Otago athletes are being urged to attend a function in Oamaru next week to find out what financial support is available to them.
Elizabeth Soal, of Oamaru, was one of 15 New Zealanders honoured at an awards ceremony yesterday for Fellows of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
Joseph Balfe has set his sights on cracking the music industry as a solo fingerstyle guitarist and, at just 16, he is well on his way.
A woman dived out of bed when shots fired by suspected poachers rang out near her home in the Hakataramea area, police say.
