Hamish MacLean

A dedicated "viewing area" for Oamaru Harbour’s growing colony of the rare Otago shag has found favour with the Waitaki District Council.

The Waitaki District Council plans to  improve access to the Forrester Gallery, create better storage for collections and mount better displays at the North Otago Museum as stand-alone...

The newest member of the board for the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust says she has a "profound respect" for heritage buildings.

"Demolition by neglect" is a real risk for some of New Zealand’s historic buildings and the Government could do more to encourage owners to maintain the country’s built heritage, Waitaki Mayor Gary...

Crafted Artisans Gallery collective founding member Mary Horn (80), of Oamaru, shows one of her untitled acrylic-on-wallpaper paintings on display at the opening reception of the revamped Harbour...

The Waitaki District Council has proposed extending its Ahuriri Ward, which already covers 54% of the entire district, but has stepped back from cutting the number of members on its two community...

Heritage New Zealand and the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust will be consulted before a roundabout is installed at the edge of the historic Oamaru Harbour precinct.

Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher's replacement on the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust will be decided by the Waitaki District Council in a public-excluded meeting today.

From metal parts past their use-by date an extinct bird of prey has spread its wings in a Herbert backyard.

An Oamaru man and woman were arrested and released without charge after the armed offenders squad swarmed a South Hill property  early yesterday afternoon.

A two-stage dredging of Oamaru Harbour will soon be under way, but the second stage will not start until March, the Waitaki District Council says.

"We'll all say ‘it’s not competitive’ — oh, but you know and I know, it’s as competitive as can be," Christchurch Poultry, Bantam and Pigeon Club president Mark Lilley says.

Two rubber roundabouts could be installed roughly 1km apart near Oamaru’s town centre.

Mackenzie, Waimate and Waitaki district councils have joined together to say one councillor is not enough for South Canterbury, as Environment Canterbury (ECan) returns to a fully democratically...

A prominent Oamaru heritage body will not support "any major developments" at Oamaru Harbour until the Waitaki District Council produces a master plan for the area.

Since being closed to the public, Oamaru’s historic Sumpter Wharf has become a breeding colony for Otago’s only endemic seabird, the Otago shag. This year, the colony, which has stymied some...