Sally Rae

Rooney Earthmoving Ltd has been acquitted on three charges relating to the death of a man in an irrigation trench on a North Otago farm two years ago.

Young Oamaru snooker player Jason Todd says there are many opportunities in the sport but he cannot afford to take advantage of them.

North Otago couple Warrick and Diane McCone are bound for Beijing.

Police were yesterday following a "positive line of inquiry" after Thursday's bomb scare in central Oamaru but no charges have been laid.

Network Waitaki chairman Lindsay Malcolm and deputy chairwoman Clare Kearney have been reappointed as directors of the North Otago power lines company.

North Otago power lines company Network Waitaki has returned a net surplus after tax of $3.7 million for the financial year ending March 31.

Paerau farmers John and Susan Elliot have won the Clip of the Year title, which was presented during the Otago Merino Association's merino excellence awards in Queenstown last Friday.

A high wooden fence is being built around the Oamaru Creek penguin refuge, near Holmes Wharf, providing protection for its inhabitants.

Merino chief executive John Brakenridge is enthusiastic about the future of the merino industry but has concerns about increasing on-farm costs.

Rica the German Shepherd gives Melanie Donne a reason to get up in the morning.