Rebecca Ryan

A new mural depicting silhouettes of Oamaru landmarks has become quite the talking point at Short Black Cafe.

The Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust is seeking legal advice after the buyer of the Oamaru Railway Station failed to settle the contract.

In a cornfield in a quiet, rural area near Waimate, Rory Foley and a team of actors are getting ready to scare the yell out of anyone game enough to enter his horror Maize Maze.

A dog and its female owner have been seriously injured during an attack by another dog in Oamaru, the seventh reported dog attack in Waitaki in two weeks.

Fears the ''Kiwi way'' could be lost under proposed changes to the way the Waitaki Lakes camping reserves are run prompted some heated comments at a public meeting in Otematata yesterday.

The Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust expects to receive a structural strengthening report next month on 13 of its buildings in the Harbour and Tyne St area.

The tradition of a boats day on Oamaru Harbour will continue on Waitangi Day with the fifth annual Oamaru Harbour Regatta.

The North Otago RSA went into liquidation last year, but the Waitaki District RSA Welfare Trust remains dedicated to providing services to veterans and their families.

A North Otago helicopter company has boosted its firefighting capabilities to offer the biggest capacity monsoon bucket in the South Island.

A rubbish fire at Reidston led Oamaru police to a property where cannabis was allegedly being grown outdoors.

There has been a unified call from the Pukeuri community to have a lower speed limit at the Pukeuri Junction intersection of State Highways 1 and 83 and the New Zealand Transport Agency has confirmed the area is being monitored to find a long-term solution.

Members of a group called GROW North Otago have taken it upon themselves to develop and launch a video highlighting the benefits of living and doing business in Oamaru and the wider Waitaki district. The private group of new-generation business owners was established last year. Rebecca Ryan finds out who they are and what they want to achieve.

There will be something for everyone at the North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral show next month.

Making fingerless gloves to keep warm while sewing in an old, draughty factory seven years ago has turned into a full-time labour of love for New Zealand designer Kate Watts.

Frances McElhinney says her new role as director of the Oamaru Opera House fits her passion perfectly.

Musicians of all ages and abilities gathered in Oamaru for the love of music this month.

The Department of Conservation is undertaking extensive pine and larch control in the Mackenzie Basin, trialling a new formula of helicopter boom spray dubbed ''Armageddon''.