A Duntroon man who continued driving a car as it fell apart around him appeared in the Oamaru District Court yesterday charged with dangerous driving and driving while suspended.
The victims of four dog attacks in the Waitaki district last month were a child and three adults, information provided by Waitaki District Council regulatory manager Lichelle Guyan shows.
It may be dry, but that is no reason to be down, according to a small group of Kurow women who have put together ''The Thirst Quencher'' on February 15 for struggling North Otago and South Canterbury farmers.
Fonterra wants to buy about 800m of public roads around its Studholme milk processing plant, if the Waimate District Council agrees to permanently close them.
A community-led plan to reopen Haven St in Moeraki has come step closer, funding having been approved by the Waihemo Community Board for the first stage of investigating drainage.
Private management of Waitaki lakes camping areas has been strongly opposed in submissions made to the Waitaki District Council.
A proposal to swap some reserve land at Oamaru Harbour with adjacent commercial land will go to a special hearings committee set up by the Waitaki District Council.
KiwiRail is replacing 1410 wooden railway sleepers with concrete ones through the Waiareka Cutting in south Oamaru in a job worth almost $300,000.
Veterans are converging on Oamaru this weekend in a national car rally that has 34 pre 1919 vehicles taking part.
Angry, mad and sad is the reaction of pupils in room 2 at Oamaru North School to a proposal to demolish the aviaries in the Oamaru Gardens.
A review of procedures for ensuring the wellbeing of pupils at Waitaki Boys' High School will result in changes from the first term this year, but employment issues remain.
Dunedin Railways could face a bill of more than $100,000 if an investigation finds its excursion steam train was responsible for a trail of line-side fires between Oamaru and Maheno on Saturday.
An on-off-on again career with hydro generation in the Waitaki Valley spanning 45 years has been the major part of John Sturgeon's more than 50 years as an electrician, starting with a Dunedin apprenticeship.
When a teenager hits Auckland for the first time, it's usually for shopping or some sort of entertainment.
Stew Mitchell believes his first contact with rowing was when he was still in a pram.
Hand-made decorations and old-fashioned games kept many families entertained at Totara Estate last month, with a Victorian Christmas theme organised by the historic farm's property manager, Anne Sutherland.
Virtually no water will be available from the lower Waitaki River for new irrigation schemes, if Environment Canterbury changes a water allocation plan for the river.
A free-range poultry farm is being built in North Otago by a company owned by the country's largest egg producer.
A 16-year-old female who went missing in Oamaru early today has been found alive and well in the Herbert area late this morning..
North Otago's economy will receive a boost from a $53.2 million expansion of the North Otago irrigation scheme, which has been greeted as ''great news'' by Mayor Gary Kircher.