Karen Marshall (left), of Thread Maiden in Oamaru, Judith Bingham, of Oamaru, and Amanda Coldicott (right), of Christchurch, show off the penguin hussifs they are making at Enhance in Thames St during the Sustainable Skills Summer School 2016.
Wayne Doyle has been competing at the Waimate Caledonian Society's Caledonian sports day since he was 15 years old.
Finding explosives during construction of the expansion of a North Otago irrigation scheme delayed the installation of water pumps, but has not set back the scheduled completion date of the expansion, the scheme's boss says.
When the new owner of the Omarama Top 10 Holiday Park describes his new life he could be talking about the life of Riley.
Oamaru man Jeremy Holding (36) had a skateboard ramp, known as the Soul Ramp, built above his Thames St shop in 2007. It has since drawn in people from all around the country. But it is surfing that the father of two, who owns Oamaru businesses, including Housekeepers Design in the Victorian precinct, chatted about when North Otago reporter Hamish MacLean caught up with him this week.
An Oamaru man turned himself into police yesterday morning and admitted shoplifting after he saw a video of himself in an Oamaru store getting attention on social media.
Two top positions still need to be filled at Waitaki Boys' High School as the troubled Oamaru school prepares to begin its second full year under a commissioner.
Changes at Waitaki Boys' High School this year will not only be at the staff level.
In its 134th year, the Palmerston Waihemo A&P Show is set to expand. For the first time, the Palmerston calendar highlight will spread over two days.
Two Oamaru teenagers have been spoken to by police in relation to a fire on Cape Wanbrow yesterday.
KiwiRail has not yet confirmed the cause of a ''spectacular'' train derailment in North Otago at the weekend.
The Oamaru Union Parish, formed in 1970, will have its last service in the historic 1875 Methodist Church building in Eden St on January 24.
Tracing the footsteps of their forebears, a group of about 40 people walked down the Waitaki Valley over five days this week from Omarama to the mouth of the Waitaki River.
A pleasing symmetry exists when old cars travel historic roads, John Kennedy says.
A group of 40 people celebrated another milestone in The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail in Duntroon yesterday afternoon.
The lives of West Otago residents in remote areas could be put at risk with the new rural practice funding model that includes the centralisation of after hours care to hubs, a Clutha district councillor says.
News Dunedin's courthouse is to be restored surprised Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher "to a degree'', he says.
At the end of November, three blade shearers headed to Ben Omar station to work on some stragglers missed in the muster. Hamish MacLean caught up with them to learn about the job, the lifestyle and what is, they say, a dying art.
The Waitaki District Council has approved a new learner bike park and car park for Oamaru Harbour.
Injuries suffered by a 17-month-old Oamaru boy at home on Tuesday afternoon appear not to have been suspicious, police said yesterday.
