Music camp turns 21
Music camp turns 21
The annual New Zealand Suzuki Institute's South Island camp celebrates its 21st birthday this week.
Sally Rae
Boar weighs in at 166kg
Boar weighs in at 166kg
When three North Otago men went wallaby shooting last weekend, they really did bring home the bacon - all 166kg (367lb) of very big boar.
Big river flows ahead
Big river flows ahead
The Waitaki River will be flushed next week when Meridian Energy releases 950cumecs of water down the river.
Couple 'sort of clicked a bit'
Couple 'sort of clicked a bit'
Yesterday may have dawned fine and sunny in North Otago but it was a different story 60 years ago, as Alan and Edna Ross well remember.
Visitors bound to get into hot water
Visitors bound to get into hot water
Things are hotting up in Omarama with the opening of a new business venture, Hot Tubs Omarama.
Elephant trainer switches to stilts
Elephant trainer switches to stilts
It would be fair to say elephants and black stilts have little in common - except Abby Smith has looked after both.
Breeding centre helps black stilt survive
Breeding centre helps black stilt survive
After being raise on a diet of white worms when didymo affected their natural diet, back on a natural diet this juvenile black stilt catches a fly. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
Human intervention, which brought the black stilt (kaki) back from the brink of extinction, has now overcome one of the problems posed by didymo - its effect on food sources which were used to feed chicks in captivity.
Gliding: Canterbury pilot loving the high life
Gliding: Canterbury pilot loving the high life
Canterbury glider pilot Derek Kraak spent a frustrating three hours above Glendhu Bay on Monday, waving to people on a beach while soaring "a wee knob".
Special visit home from Solomons
Special visit home from Solomons
Detective Warren Duncan has always wanted an overseas deployment.
Ceremony marks anniversary of Hillary's death
Ceremony marks anniversary of Hillary's death
The first anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's death was marked with a short ceremony at Aoraki-Mt Cook yesterday.
Contamination still a concern at foreshore
Contamination still a concern at foreshore
The Otago Regional Council has directed the Waitaki District Council to further investigate a former timber treatment site on Oamaru's foreshore, following concerns by environmentalist Lorraine Adams about contamination.
More spilling from lakes expected
More spilling from lakes expected
Meridian Energy expects to be spilling water from South Island hydro-electricity generating lakes for the next few days.
Tough times for those who care
Tough times for those who care
Oamaru Victim Support is desperately short of volunteers.
Cool sport, even in the heat
Cool sport, even in the heat
Former world champion Carsten Jorgensen says orienteering is a "cool" sport.
Stacks of work for new librarian
Stacks of work for new librarian
The Oamaru Public Library's newest librarian knows he has big shoes to fill.
Changes and variety keep registrar's job busy
Changes and variety keep registrar's job busy
The Bond File
Well-travelled artist a true 'southerner'
Well-travelled artist a true 'southerner'
Peter Jean Caley might have exhibited his art around the world, including Dubai, the United States and the Florence Biennale, but he is feeling right at home in an old shop in Waimate's main street.
French horn fun for family
French horn fun for family
Ben Liley jokes that he was given his son's "hand-me-up" French horn.
Minister to leave for new life with new wife
Minister to leave for new life with new wife
Popular Anglican vicar Kumar Anandanayagam will leave Oamaru this month with fond memories of the town and its people.
Traveller still calls plains home
Traveller still calls plains home
Jenny Gray reckons a good rural upbringing in North Otago "can take you anywhere".