Police are investigating a suspicious fire in a stack of straw bales on a rural North Otago property earlier this week, which could cost a farmer close to $10,000.
A motorcycle poker run in North Otago today will raise money for Jade Moffatt, the Oamaru toddler born with his bowel outside his body.
North Otago Budget Advisory Service co-ordinator Marge Giles has been helping people with their finances for the past 25 years.
Prime Minister John Key and Agriculture Minister David Carter yesterday joined growing opposition to "factory farming" in the Omarama-Ohau area.
Santa Claus arrived in Oamaru on Saturday.
Eight immaculately-presented Model A Ford cars turned heads in Oamaru yesterday.
Having been banned from competing in New Zealand's national penny-farthing championships, Noel Andrew now hopes to race in Australia's national event.
Whoever is responsible for a spate of suspicious fires in Kurow needs to be caught before the consequences are "absolutely disastrous", Kurow fire chief John Sturgeon says.
There are trade-offs for being married to a vintage car "addict", Ashburton woman Phyl Ellis concedes.
An application for consent to remove five stained glass windows from the historic Teschemakers chapel is on hold while the Waitaki District Council obtains more information about the potential heritage effects.
The Waitaki District Council is seeking information leading to the apprehension of those responsible for the vandalism of war memorials in Oamaru this week.
She has performed for Robbie Williams, been part of the first New Zealand group to achieve three consecutive No 1 singles in New Zealand, and appeared in Shortland Street and Xena: Warrior Princess.
Beverley McCaw's lengthy contribution to the Otago Adverse Support Trust was acknowledged recently.
Poet Brian Turner and former All Black Anton Oliver were among the crowd at the Hampden Community Energy Society's celebrity challenge debate on Saturday night.
Rob Douglas's long association with the memorial oaks scheme in North Otago has received national recognition.
"An emotional occasion" was how Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton described Friday's launch of books, created by North Otago schoolchildren, to accompany artist Colin Wheeler's panels in the Opera House.
For the family of little Jade Moffatt, life revolves around frequent trips to and stays in hospital.
A new information line was launched in Oamaru yesterday, after being developed with the support of young people in the district.
An Oamaru youth who admitted vandalising public toilets and other property at Otematata at Labour Weekend - a time when young people ran amok in the town - has been asked to meet and apologise to police and the fire brigade.
It could only happen in Oamaru.
