Kayla Hodge

Racist comments on a social media post celebrating Maori language has led one Southern council to warn people they will be banned if they follow suit.

Sunday's strong winds are not believed to have caused a two-vehicle crash near Herbert, that resulted in five people being flown to Dunedin Hospital, Oamaru police say.

Another extremely dangerous suspicious fire has been lit at Oamaru’s Glen Warren Reserve.

A school leader who has taught through war, a tsunami and fires is saying goodbye to the Oamaru school he calls his family.

Broadening the community’s understanding of the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark and its significance in the district is vital, its trust’s new chairman says.

Hamish Barrell is heading across the Waitaki River.

Who better to stop a couple of thieves stealing a tractor for a getaway mission than a bunch of North Otago farmers?

A man has been charged with attempted murder following a stabbing that left two people injured, one seriously, in Oamaru yesterday morning.

A Southland woman is still not over the way her mother was neglected before her death at Oamaru Hospital.

Police have slammed the ‘‘appalling’’ behaviour of man who crashed his vehicle doing burnouts in North Otago.

Police are appealing for a mystery woman who may have key information about some suspicious Oamaru fires to come forward.

The Department of Conservation needs to ‘‘get out of their office’’ and look closer at reinstating access to Oamaru’s breakwater, harbour area committee member George Kelcher says.

A series of suspicious and dangerous fires at an Oamaru reserve are being investigated by police.

The last "soft-option" for Oamaru’s Humber St overbridge is nearly ready to beam.

A $780,000 loan from the Waitaki District Council is a ‘‘major breakthrough’’ for Whalan Lodge, trust chairman Barney McCone says.

The largest protection work in the history of Oamaru’s breakwater has been completed.