Hamish MacLean

Olympic silver medallist New Zealand shooter Natalie Rooney, of Waimate, Waimate-born rugby player Billy Guyton (centre) and Waimate Mayor Craig Rowley cut the ribbon at the Waimate Event Centre...

Legs win tug of wars, not backs, or brute strength.

The Waitaki District Council has confirmed plans to reopen Beach Rd, near Kakanui, as a two-lane road.

A "smaller step" towards making Harbour St, in Oamaru, more foot-traffic friendly could get the go-ahead in the new year, Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher says.

Religious instruction in a North Otago primary school will be reviewed in the new year after parents complained.

A "significant setback'' for the North Otago Irrigation Company's expansion brought McConnell Dowell's New Zealand managing director to the district yesterday.

More than 70 infringement notices have been issued to freedom campers in the Waitaki district since the district council’s new freedom camping bylaw came into effect on October 21.

Despite 32 years as the major supplier of fruit for the Waimate Strawberry Fare, Donald Butler says he does not know why the district produces top quality strawberries — but it does.

While Dunedin’s historic Lower Stuart St courthouse is expected to reopen early 2018, Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher will not make any predictions for Oamaru’s 133-year-old courthouse.

Waitaki Boys’ High School commissioner Nicola Hornsey has announced her departure from the school and identified her successor.

Emergency services crew load a Christchurch man with suspected serious injuries into the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter at Pukeuri, 9km north of Oamaru, shortly after 3pm yesterday. 

A Christchurch man in his 20s has been flown to Dunedin Hospital after a two-car head-on collision on a gravel road at Pukeuri, north of Oamaru, about 3.30pm today.

"Numerous affected" Harbour St area business owners will meet next week to discuss the Waitaki District Council’s contentious Victorian Precinct concept plans.

The family of a man killed in a crash after a rugby club celebration near Kurow has blamed the ''cowardice'' of the driver of the vehicle for dividing the community.

Oamaru hotelier James Glucksman poses with York Minster - in gingerbread form - in Oamaru yesterday.

The new owner of Oamaru's notorious ''screaming'' peacock has asked for anonymity.