Shannon Gillies

A helipad for medical emergencies would be a huge boon for the Kurow community, the fire service says.

Voooom.

Information kits are being developed for doctors nationally to help  inform women  about the risk anti-convulsant medication may have for unborn children during pregnancy.

The potential  for Oamaru’s seat of power  to be  threatened by overseas corporations  is alarming, a group  opposed  to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal...

Oamaru rest-home Rendell on Reed may be on the right track to addressing workers’ concerns, the union representing staff says.

A childhood dream to pull people out of house fires and car crashes has come true for Twizel-born Omarama Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Terry Walsh. Having a father in the Twizel Fire Brigade...

Further changes are in the wind for the redevelopment of Oamaru’s old hospital.

Starting with just a handful of businesses, the Oamaru Farmers Market has grown to  host up to 33 stallholders during peak season at its Oamaru Harbour home.

The worst question one of Oamaru’s Tattooed and Proud organisers Ross Familton ever gets asked about his tattooed body is, "does it hurt?"

Appeals in the Justin McFarlane murder case were heard in the Court of Appeal in Wellington yesterday.

A former senior Oamaru police officer says locals are giving up trying to report crimes to police since calls were diverted to a central number.

The Fire Service will not pursue a Dunedin man for the $60,000 cost of a fire in the Waitaki Valley, though it says its investigation proves he started the fire.

Waitaki Safer Community Trust is rebranding and branching out in an effort to meet the safety needs of North Otago residents.

Youthline is setting up shop in Oamaru to respond to the mental heath needs in North Otago.

More needs to be done to promote Maori as a subject and Maori educators need to be encouraged to move to rural centres such as North Otago, says a leading educator.

A multimillion-dollar expansion is under way at Oamaru’s Rainbow Confectionery factory.

Disposal of asbestos in Waitaki District Council-owned buildings  is in full swing this year, with the biggest budget in the past 10 years, but council is yet to determine exactly how...

The passenger in a car crash at Deborah, in North Otago, has died in Dunedin Hospital.

Getting up early to explore the back roads of the central South Island has been an annual event for Oamaru couple Arnold and Dorothy McKee for longer than most.