"Janet'', the 14m inflatable blue whale, was set up at Oamaru's Friendly Bay yesterday by Greenpeace and Oil Free Otago protesters (from left) Geraldine Tait, Rosemary Penwarden, Ryan Anderson, Abi...
Duntroon sisters Breana and Isla Smith were not sure they wanted to show their 4-month-old pet lambs at the North Otago A&P Show, in Oamaru, on Saturday.
A report outlining a new strategy for land and water management in the Mackenzie Basin tries to strike a balance between sustaining agriculture and tourism while protecting the environment.
New Zealand's leading expert on stone tool production says he is not nearly as good at making stone tools as the people who produced the circa 14th century ''state of the art'' adzes in the North Otago Museum's collection.
PGG Wrightson Seeds has promised a ''complete and utter systems review'' after Southland and Otago farmers learned this week they had grown a discontinued variety of herbicide-tolerant swedes.
Environment Canterbury has released a report detailing 25 recommendations on how to balance preserving the "outstanding national landscape and biodiversity values" of the Mackenzie Basin with needs of landowners and communities.
The Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust has served notice on a Harbour St art gallery to vacate its premises in a move that has "shocked and appalled" some in the town’s arts community.
The Waitaki District Council has started to collect money on its loan to the Observatory Retirement Village Trust after a milestone was reached when the trust hit the loan’s cap.
An increased minimum wage will cost the trust that runs the Waitaki Resource Recovery Park $26,000 a year — and the trust may need to renegotiate its funding arrangement with the Waitaki District...
Up to 24 more beds could be available for visitors in Omarama after the Waitaki District Council approved Omarama Top 10 owner Tony Chapman’s request to build six new cabins on the council reserve...
For nearly three decades, Kakanui's Debbie Shields was the friendly face at Awamoa Clothing. Hamish MacLean catches up with another North Otago local legend.
Oamaru's Tongan community probably all have family members suffering in the aftermath of the category 4 storm that ripped through the islands at the start of the week, Oamaru Tongan Community president Hotili Asi says.