Sally Rae

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.

Community housing requirements in the Waitaki district will continue to be reviewed.

Transit New Zealand needs to give a lot more thought to road closures in the event of flooding, Waitaki District Council assets committee chairman Alistair Mavor said yesterday.

A draft playground strategy prepared for the Waitaki District Council was "nonsense in its present form" and paid no heed to affordability, Cr Jim Hopkins said yesterday.

Police have released the name of the Oamaru cyclist who died on Sunday after a collision with a car on Awamoa Rd.

An emergency meeting, dubbed SOS - Save Our Street - has been called by a group of Oamaru retailers for Thursday to discuss the multimillion-dollar safety improvement project for central Oamaru.