A cluster of red, white and blue balloons floated above the Oamaru racecourse yesterday afternoon as the Queen of Victorian Oamaru officially opened the town's Victorian heritage celebrations.
Lindsay and Dalaine Walker love children.
Neill Ballantyne is on a mission - to help end extreme poverty around the world.
Steampunk is taking Oamaru by storm.
A proposal to rename South Ridge on Aoraki-Mt Cook in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary, has attracted strong opposition.
Red Nose Day events planned for Central Otago on Friday include an appearance by New Zealander of the Year Ray Avery, who will speak at a function in Cromwell.
Dome Hills Station High Country Lodge, in North Otago, has won the best nationwide hotel category in the Corporate Events Guide People's Choice Awards.
The North Otago hills were alive with the sound of almost 1000 motorcycles on Saturday as Australasia's largest one-day trail ride roared into life.
It's hard to miss the bright purple gateway on the road through the Dansey Pass.
When John Chynoweth and Sharon Chambers cruised into Oamaru yesterday afternoon in their gleaming 1918 Buick car, it was hard to believe it used to be "a heap of parts".
Calling all trolley enthusiasts. A trolley derby "test run" will be held on Tuesday on the Wansbeck St course, in preparation for the main event a week today, which is part of Oamaru's Victorian heritage celebrations.
"If you make a difference for one family, then it's worthwhile." Since the death of her teenage son in 2003, Oamaru woman Helen Algar has been involved in raising public awareness about text-message bullying.
The pennies are going on parade. The penny-farthing tour leaves Kaiapoi today, arriving in Oamaru on Wednesday in time for the opening of the town's annual Victorian heritage celebrations.
The first power from Meridian Energy's proposed new hydro-electric scheme on the north bank of the lower Waitaki River would probably not be generated until between 2018 and 2020.
When a group of cycle-weary school pupils arrived at the Forks Hut, in a peaceful valley on vast Otematata Station, there were few modern conveniences to greet them. Forget PlayStations and...
Two stalwarts of the Waitaki branch of Save the Children - who joined the same day - have received national recognition.
Missing in action - one very large bicycle.
Diane Kane's backyard can be summed up, in the words of the inimitable Lynn of Tawa, as a "visual symphony".
Ben Patston is looking forward to tomorrow "big time".
From Australia to France to a holiday park near the Waitaki River - it has been quite a journey for Derek Chapple.
