Police in Oamaru have appealed for witnesses to come forward following the arrests of two teenagers in relation to an armed robbery at the Meadowbank Dairy in Oamaru on Saturday.
An 8-year-old boy from Oamaru who suffered "horrific" injuries after falling from a tractor three weeks ago is out of intensive care, and "lucky to be alive", one of the police officers who attended the incident says.
A Waimate district councillor who wants cannabis decriminalised has admitted she drove passenger buses while stoned.
Waitaki Boys High School will operate with a trimmed-down management team next term, after the school said that it could not afford to replace one ofits three deputy rectors.
North Otago irrigation scheme has become just the second beneficiary of a government scheme designed to foster sustainable economic growth in New Zealand.
Stargazers heading to Aoraki-Mt Cook to witness a once-in-a-lifetime astronomy event taking place next month have been warned not to risk permanent eye damage by looking directly at the sun.
The Oamaru Community Gardens will unveil a big sculpture on Saturday, thanks to an Oamaru guitar teacher with a passion for renewable energy.
Police confirmed yesterday the two-week Search and Rescue (SAR) operation to find missing Dunedin tramper David Palmer was focused on the correct area.
Family and friends of Dunedin tramper David Palmer, whose body was found on Saturday in the rugged Ahuriri Valley in North Otago, have thanked the many people who "helped bring him home".
Steampunk festival organisers say Oamaru will be in for a "very busy time" on the weekend of June 1, with the arrival of a second spectacular event for the town.
Volunteer grape-pickers harvesting Ostler Winery's grape harvest this year were joined by leading executives from the New Zealand Spinal Trust, as the vineyard's annual charity harvest moved into its fourth year.
After meetings with 55 international tourism buyers and Minister for Conservation Kate Wilkinson at last week's Tourism Rendezvous New Zealand (Trenz) trade show, Tourism Waitaki representatives are confident the event will result in a "huge success" for the district.
More happy feet than usual will be packed on to the public viewing platforms at the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony from the start of next month, as construction of a new grandstand nears completion.
New Zealand Police Commissioner Peter Marshall showed he was up to a challenge declined by two of his predecessors when he visited the Oamaru Police Station yesterday.
Almost two weeks after Dunedin man David Palmer went missing in the Ahuriri Conservation Park, police say his survival chances are now "extremely low."
A trip to the Waitaki Aquatic Centre in Oamaru left British actress Miriam Margolyes slightly puzzled this week, after a resident informed the former Harry Potter star that the works of Charles Dickens was "too highbrow" for the town.
The Department of Conservation has recorded a huge rise in the number of campers staying at its Glencoe camp site, near Herbert, since it was upgraded last year.
Injuries received by a former Oamaru man playing rugby for Waitaki Boys' High School may prove to have a golden lining for the New Zealand Olympic rowing team at the upcoming Olympics.
Technology and hard clues are used in a major search for a missing person, North Otago reporter Andrew Ashton discovered this week in the Ahuriri Valley.
As members of the North Otago RSA celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of its Women's Section this week with reminiscences about life during World War 2, the thief who stole an RSA poppy donation box, on Anzac day, had not returned the money.
