Sally Rae

Hampden School's board of trustees is still evaluating whether to allow pupils to use toy guns in supervised pig-hunting role plays.

An excerpt from Lex Meikle's diary 60 years ago reads, "I got hitched. I hope I did the right thing."

Laurie and Eileen Fraser have been lucky in love - despite being married on Black Friday.

The effects of roadworks in Ribble St on their Latitude 45 cafe and wine bar have been so "disheartening" Bruce Morrison and Paul Shepherd have considered packing up and leaving.

St John in Kurow is desperately short of volunteers and a public meeting is being held in the town next month to address the issue.

The need for communication over a multimillion-dollar road safety improvement project in central Oamaru has been emphasised to New Zealand Transport Agency representatives.

Supergrans Oamaru co-ordinator Mary Tonner has signed up the newly-formed group's first client.

Dairy goats have been a passion for Margaret Tomes since she was first given a kid by a friend 20 years ago.

One of Oamaru's distinctive features - its main-street median car parking - could be greatly reduced when major roadworks are carried out on State Highway 1, between Severn and Dee Sts, later this year.

While some golfers only ever dream about hitting that elusive hole in one, Oamaru man Frank Plieger has managed to notch up two in six days.