Hamish MacLean

The draft reserve management plan for Katiki Point seeks ''to balance the protection of cultural and natural values ... while allowing tourism and visitor activities to continue'', Te Runanga o...

The controversial parks maintenance contract for the Waitaki district will now - for the second time - go to the open market.

In front of a crowded Kurow Memorial Hall, Waitaki District Council chief executive Fergus Power promised a "pragmatic" and "fair and just" resolution to a now controversial irrigation pipeline...

Former Waitaki mayor Alan McLay apologised to those turned away from the Rotary Club of Oamaru's candidates meeting last night at the Oamaru Opera House.

Celebrating the 50th Conservation Week, yesterday, Columba Keas Oamaru hand 30 hand-painted yellow-eyed penguin cutouts to Department of Conservation rangers as the children visit the Oamaru Blue...

The response to the inaugural Waitaki Valley Motorcycle Rally - dubbed "Thunder in the Valley" - was "pretty massive".

An Oamaru fuel company has been ordered to dig up an underground storage tank after an investigation into a suspected fuel leak at Oamaru Harbour.

Recent police raids targeting methamphetamine in South Otago have revealed the "scourge" not only targets individuals using the drug but presents a risk to the entire community.

Answering a policy question, Paul Mutch scored the biggest reaction from a relatively reserved crowd at a Waitaki mayoral forum this week.

The lack of a business case proved a problem, but the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark has been given Waitaki District Council endorsement - in the form of a commitment of further council staff time and...

To avoid another delay in the Waitaki's bid to become a Unesco Global Geopark, the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark Trust needs $190,000 in grant funding from the Waitaki District Council now.

Addressing invited guests, Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust chairman Graeme Clark opens a long-awaited addition to the massive 1882 trust-owned Loan and Merc building in Harbour St — a four-person...

A leopard seal that has been frequenting South Canterbury and North Otago coasts appears to be on the mend.

Chevrons and advanced warning signs of an approaching T-intersection will be installed in the road where two youths died in a fiery crash in Oamaru in June.