Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher was not among the 22 mayors to receive an invitation from Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis to hash out solutions in Wellington next month to the country's freedom camping problem.
In Otago’s small towns people become institutions. And in Oamaru, Pat Conn has become one. He took over his father’s Thames Highway cycle shop and has worked there since 1972. Hamish MacLean...
One of the scientists who discovered the Otago shag is concerned the group proposing a zipline near the nesting grounds of the rare birds seems intent on going ahead with the project.
A farmer's decision to burn ''about six big heaps of rubbish, spread all around the paddock'', during a total fire ban prompted firefighters to turn out to a farm near Maheno yesterday afternoon.
As Central Otago booms, the communities in the Waitaki Valley will soon hold "visioning meetings" to learn how ratepayers want to deal with the expected growth in their region.
A dilapidated Oamaru building, which its owners plan to turn into visitor accommodation, has been approved for Heritage Earthquake Upgrade Incentive Programme funding.
Class and kitsch collide at the edge of Oamaru. Jennifer Jane Rendell has on her luxury property created a collection of art and objects that rivals anything else New Zealand’s quirkiest town has to offer. Hamish MacLean scores a tour.