An Oamaru-based heritage group could net almost a quarter of a million dollars if a new owner can be found for the 114-year-old Oamaru Railway Station.
A year after hitting the highest score in half a century of South Island primary school cricket, Waitaki Boys' High School pupil Llewellyn Johnson (14) has his eye on helping his school to a long-awaited team achievement.
Just a week after attaining one of the top honours in the whisky world, the New Zealand Whisky Company is planning to ensure a rosy future for both its Oamaru-based premises and its Dunedin-made product.
The organisers of a North Otago music festival say they hope proceeds from the event will help fill the bellies of Oamaru families struggling to put food on the table.
Just a year after drag racing returned to Oamaru after more than a decade, the town is gaining a growing reputation among South Island hot-rodders as the place to be.
Following the recent appearance of Mars in the night sky, stargazers in the Mackenzie Basin are in a prime position to get a clear view of a rare triumvirate of celestial bodies.
Alliance Group Pukeuri meat processing plant manager Geoff Proctor addresses the crowd before opening new gates at the plant entrance yesterday, to mark 100 years to the day since the plant opened.
It was a case of local government by cellphone for most of Waitaki yesterday, after a Telecom fault left the Waitaki District Council's Oamaru headquarters without telephone lines.
It was a case of local government by cellphone for most of Waitaki yesterday, after a Telecom fault left the Waitaki District Council's Oamaru headquarters without telephone lines.
Waimate district rates could rise by just under 4.3% but residents could also have to pay a hefty special charge on top of that to fund the redevelopment of the town's sports stadium.
South Island councils are expected to offer a ''united front'' in opposing new Government building regulations that could cost councils billions of dollars to implement.
Patient costs for Oamaru residents needing CT scans could be reduced if the Southern District Health Board passes on more work to regional hospitals, a report from the Waitaki District Health Services (WDHS) says.
Oamaru firefighters believe they may have saved several vehicles and equipment worth ''hundreds of thousands of dollars'', after they turned out to a fire at a heavy goods yard workshop yesterday to find ''black, black smoke'' billowing from ''everywhere''.
Energy company Meridian yesterday confirmed it was in the final stages of selling almost 900ha of farmland originally earmarked for use in the controversial Project Aqua hydroelectricity scheme in Waitaki, netting the company tens of millions of dollars.
A week of celebrations to mark the 100-year-old link between the people of Oamaru and the Pukeuri meat processing plant began on Friday with a centennial reunion for past and present employees.