The Dunedin Armed Offenders Squad and Oamaru police blocked off an South Hill street in Oamaru this afternoon for more than two hours after a man barricaded himself in a house and threatened to use a firearm on a young child and himself.
Dairy farmers on the lower Waitaki plains and in the Waimate district performed poorly in the latest Canterbury region dairy effluent report.
The science of climate change came to Oamaru, but a few people in an audience of about 50 gave it a hostile reception.
The wine and food festival is on again, but whether one of Oamaru's biggest events will get Waitaki District Council support is uncertain.
Waitaki District Health Services Ltd, which owns and operates Oamaru Hospital, is in a satisfactory financial state despite an operational deficit of $290,940 for the past financial year.
The Kakanui Camping Ground has been ordered to cease operating, except for five camping sites, by the Environment Court after a two-day hearing in Oamaru.
The level of Lake Benmore is being been lowered so local people can carry out repairs and maintenance around its edges, including on boat launching ramps.
All Black captain Richie McCaw has been offered the freedom of the Waitaki district by the Waitaki District Council after the team's victory in the Rugby World Cup.
Motorists might keep having to pay for parking in central Oamaru, and it will cost them considerably more if the Waitaki District Council decides to install new pay-and-display parking machines.
Oamaru has a first-class hospital with highly qualified and dedicated staff, reflected in patient satisfaction surveys and individual letters of support, Waitaki District Health Services chairman George Berry said yesterday.
History came to life at the Waimate 50 yesterday when Bruce McLaren's victory lap in the first street race in 1959 was recreated.
Kurow was not going to tempt fate before the Rugby World Cup final on Sunday night, despite its unwavering support for the All Blacks as the home town of captain Richie McCaw.
Three out of five isn't bad. Three of the gold medal winning coxed four at the Perth British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1962 were back together for the Oamaru Rowing Club's 125th reunion at the weekend.
The Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust has had to reduce the insurance cover for damage from natural disasters on the 17 heritage buildings it owns because of massive increases in premiums after the Christchurch earthquakes.
Young people camping in the Waitaki Valley have behaved themselves over Labour Weekend so far, for the second year in a row, after major problems in 2009.
A 23-year association with an event that has become New Zealand's biggest freshwater yachting regatta ended yesterday with the final day of the Meridian Aviemore Classic.
Lollies and giant rugby balls - Prime Minister John Key was in his element during a flying visit to Oamaru yesterday.
The fate of the historic Sumpter's Wharf at Oamaru Harbour could be determined on Tuesday when the Waitaki District Council decides whether to support its restoration or let it collapse.
Free parking or paying more for a space in central Oamaru are the options facing the Waitaki District Council on Tuesday.
A water management programme for the lower Waitaki River and Waimate district is close to being made public so people can have their say before final decisions are made later this year.
