The actions of a man who dropped strangers' bags into the Oamaru Police Station yesterday, after Christchurch's devastating earthquake, "reinforces the decency of human nature", police said.
Writer Fiona Farrell will return to her home town to lead a creative writing workshop in April.
Clocking an ''idiot'' driver at 198kmh, dealing with the tragedy of young accident victims and helping save a motorist's life - retiring Senior Constable Alex Wynne reckons he could write a book.
For Candy and Jonty Penney (pictured), attending the Oamaru Wine and Food Festival yesterday was all about Hollie.
Oamaru wine and food festival co-ordinator Jo Sutherland shows off the recyclable polymer glasses that will be on sale at the festival tomorrow.
When it comes to the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust's cavalcade, Ruth Hanson is raring to go.
A plea by Forest and Bird for the Government to halt tenure review proposals for two Mackenzie Basin pastoral leases has been described as "outrageous" by Bronwen Murray, one of the lessees involved.
When Anzac Day dawns in the Waiareka Valley this year and the immortal words "We will remember them" are uttered, there will be a greater understanding of just who is being remembered.
"One hell of a sale" is how long-time stock agent Glenn Hopkinson described yesterday's Omarama merino lamb sale.
Cases of gastroenteritis are continuing to be reported in Oamaru. Yesterday, Public Health South's medical officer of health, Marion Poore, said the symptoms suggested it was caused by norovirus, as both adults and children had been affected, but that was yet to be confirmed by laboratory testing.
There are still vacancies on some trails for the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust's cavalcade which finishes in Oamaru in March.
An increase in water babies in Oamaru is expected.
Taxidermy might a dying art, and it might be hard to imagine bubbly secondary school teacher Jessica Lach being fascinated with it.
When Chris Amon is reunited with one of his old Formula One racing cars this weekend, there will be a strong Kurow connection.
Herbert couple John and Bruna Oakes have played a major role in helping protect the wildlife and plant life of the Galapagos Islands.
The parties involved in mediation over the future of the Teschemakers chapel altar have agreed to an adjournment.
A 40-year-old tourist, from the United Kingdom, has undergone surgery after he was seriously injured in a hang-glider crash near Omarama.
When Doe Arnot was in her early 20s, she bought a second-hand spinning wheel and spun some very lumpy yarn which she knitted into a jersey.
The Waikouaiti Rodeo Club is preparing to paint the town pink again.
The Beattie sisters were born to ride. The Otago trio were riding horses before they could walk and, in one case, before she was born.
