John Davies was hoping not to encounter any bad eggs yesterday.
From living in what is believed to be the largest all-timber single-storeyed house in New Zealand to residing in a motorhome - that will be quite a transition for Roy and Bernice Vannini.
Former Waitaki mayor Alan McLay will head to earthquake-stricken Haiti later this month on behalf of Project HHH - Hearts and Hands for Haiti.
Oamaru boasts its fair share of achievers.
Waitaki Boys' High School footballer Logan Plumlee has been offered the opportunity of a lifetime - a trial with Argentinos Juniors, Argentina's premier division champion and the club where Diego Maradona once played.
Living with Parkinson's disease, Sheila McDougall has learnt how to alleviate the worst effects of shakiness.
A commercial truck driver has been charged with careless driving causing the death of young dairy farm worker Tom Fry at Richmond last month.
Otepopo School - a former winner of the Goodman Fielder best small school award - will close on September 24, Education Minister Anne Tolley announced yesterday.
A bout of tonsilitis brought North Otago couple Ron and Ruth McNally together - and they are still together after 60 years.
Pupils at St Joseph's School in Oamaru are a healthy lot - and have a certificate to prove it.
"This is a rare beast," Wes Davies said this week, as he admired a 1957 Dual Ghia at Tempero Coach and Motor Company in Oamaru.
The Waitaki District Council will discuss the issue of State Highway 1 at Big Kuri Creek, just north of Hampden, and at Richmond-Hilderthorpe - both sections of road closed recently due to flooding - with the New Zealand Transport Agency.
A group called Friends of Kakanui Church has been formed in support of the retention of the township's 140-year-old Presbyterian church.
An ice-cream eating competition will be a novel addition to the annual Port FM midwinter swim at Oamaru Harbour on Sunday.
England may be the birthplace of the Suffolk sheep breed but one English sheep stud is set to get an injection of New Zealand genetics - all the way from Hakataramea.
4WD enthusiasts got downright dirty at the Rotary Club of Waitaki's mud-plug on Saturday.
A hitchhiker killed on State Highway 1 in Hampden on Wednesday night after apparently being struck by a truck and a car was believed to be a Dunedin man.
When it comes to sausages, Sue Morton knows a thing or two about what makes a good pork banger.
A new mural, providing a burst of colour at Waihao Downs School, near Waimate, has been designed to tell the story of the district.
Oamaru man Andrew Dunn was among 21 volunteers whose contributions to a wide variety of organisations were recognised at a function in Auckland this week.