Oamaru cyclist dies after crash
Oamaru cyclist dies after crash
A 69-year-old Oamaru cyclist died in Dunedin Hospital yesterday after a collision with a car on Awamoa Rd.
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Colour style successful
Colour style successful
When Oamaru hairstylist Jalisa Frew entered the Goldwell Trend Zoom colour challenge, she decided to take a risk and do something different.
Soldier's deeds honoured in subdivision naming
Soldier's deeds honoured in subdivision naming
Tribute was paid to Waimate war hero Eric Batchelor on Saturday afternoon when a subdivision bearing his name was opened.
Kurow man 'zapped' and charged
Kurow man 'zapped' and charged
A 37-year-old Kurow man, seen by police on YouTube demonstrating a stun gun on himself, will appear in the Oamaru District Court on Wednesday, charged with unlawful possession of a restricted weapon.
Holcim plant plans progress
Holcim plant plans progress
Planning for Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd's proposed new cement plant near Weston is continuing to progress in the lead-up to the Environment Court appeal hearing.
Party safety promoted in Waitaki
Party safety promoted in Waitaki
Members of Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD) in Waitaki have been busy promoting initiatives to get their peers home safely or keep them safe while socialising.
Call for more frontline police
Call for more frontline police
Whether it is downtown Auckland or Oamaru, the message is the same - more frontline police officers are needed, New Zealand Police Association president Greg O'Connor says.
School to review toy gun role play
School to review toy gun role play
Hampden School's board of trustees is reviewing its decision to allow pupils to use home-made toy guns in a supervised pig-hunting "role play" in the playground.
One size fits all on court
One size fits all on court
At a towering 2.16m, Calum MacLeod found a talent that suited his height - playing basketball.
New head for 'solid' company
New head for 'solid' company
Clare Kearney is the new chairwoman of Network Waitaki.
Drawcard set for departure
Drawcard set for departure
K92 is leaving town.
Small hospitals face 'enormous challenges'
Small hospitals face 'enormous challenges'
Otago District Health Board chief executive Brian Rousseau says he is tremendously proud of services provided in rural areas - the challenge is to make sure they continue to exist.
74-year marriage: 'We've been lucky'
74-year marriage: 'We've been lucky'
Working together is the key to 74 years of wedded bliss, according to Oamaru couple Alfie and Win Gaze.
Resident dies just before 104th birthday
Resident dies just before 104th birthday
Centenarian Bert Shaw has died - just short of his 104th birthday.
Policy on scanner access criticised
Policy on scanner access criticised
Otago MP Jacqui Dean believes North Otago people are being subjected to unnecessary stress over access to Oamaru Hospital's CT scanner.
Clark to attend commemorations
Clark to attend commemorations
Prime Minister Helen Clark will be in Kurow on August 12 to help commemorate the birth of social security in the town during the 1930s.
Ranfurly fan's birthday fun undiminished by loss
Ranfurly fan's birthday fun undiminished by loss
It was nearly the perfect 55th birthday present for North Otago Rugby Supporters Club president Steve Rawson yesterday.
North Otago's sole scorer remembers 'deafening' noise
North Otago's sole scorer remembers 'deafening' noise
Brent McEwan was too busy working on a Duntroon dairy farm to attend yesterday's Ranfurly Shield challenge in Oamaru but he could still remember the "deafening" noise when he scored North Otago's lone try in the previous challenge 15 years ago.
New principal pleased with change
New principal pleased with change
Oamaru North School's new principal, Peter Roundhill, says he was ready for a change.
Leadership by farmers the issue, says community leader
Leadership by farmers the issue, says community leader
It was not a question of sorting out the meat industry but a question of farmers sorting themselves out, particularly in regards to leadership, community leader Lindsay Malcolm believes.