Organisers of the North Otago A and P Show have said they intend to "pull out all the stops" for the show's 150th anniversary.
Residents across Waitaki will have to put up with potholes for at least another two weeks, as the Waitaki District Council yesterday said fixing the district's flood-damaged roading network was a higher priority.
Visitors to New Zealand's two biggest cities will be lured away to Waitaki under a new strategy due to be implemented by Tourism Waitaki.
The Waitaki Ski Club's Awakino Skifield has finally opened, and a club member says the skiing on opening weekend was "worth the wait".
Tourists in Oamaru will soon be able to get a taste of life in the Antarctic, after an original hut from Scott Base in the Antarctic was yesterday given a new home in the town.
A five-year wait for Te Runanga o Waihao came to an end yesterday, after the Government approved the creation of a new mataitai reserve that would allow the runanga to exercise more control over traditional Maori fishing grounds in Waimate.
Preparation work for a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project to modernise and increase capacity at the Iona Home and Hospital in Oamaru began this week, and the project is expected to be finished in a year's time.
Farmers, residents and businesses in North Otago and East Otago start a massive clean-up today, following two weeks of rain which caused an estimated $1 million in flood damage, but the MetService has warned more wet weather is on the radar.
All rural roads in Waitaki are effectively off-limits to motorists today, after the Waitaki District Council issued a no non-essential travel notice.
Schoolchildren in Oamaru were up at the crack of dawn on Monday to highlight an anti-drink-driving campaign.
Vegetable markets could experience a produce shortage over the next two weeks, after heavy rain over the past week left North Otago fields too wet to dig.
The creation of an irrigation pond that could provide water for a 2500ha area around Waitaki is ahead of schedule and should be operational next month.
The Anglican Bishop of Dunedin yesterday gave parishioners in Hampden a glimmer of hope Sunday services could resume at the town's 131-year-old church.
A $50,000 revamp of the grandstand at the Oamaru showgrounds is expected to be completed next month, in plenty of time for the North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association's 150th anniversary show next year.
A former Oamaru doctor returned to familiar territory yesterday, to make a documentary on Oamaru Hospital.
Farmers in Waitaki have been asked to part with old car and truck batteries to help the Waitaki Riparian Enhancement Society maintain its salmon fishery programme.
More than a week of heavy rain in North Otago has highlighted health and safety issues for both farmers and livestock.
Irrigation schemes in Otago could prove a profitable start-up investment for both local councils and foreign investors, Primary Industries Minister David Carter says.
At least a "handful" of Nazi war criminals could have lived out their lives in New Zealand without facing justice, according to the Oamaru man who led a 1992 investigation to track down Nazi collaborators.
Residents of Oamaru turned out in force yesterday to mark World Peace Day and the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.