Sally Rae

Work on the refurbishment of the stone wall along Marine Pde, at Oamaru Harbour, will be completed this week.

Studholme clay target shooter Natalie Rooney is aiming for a medal at the Commonwealth Games in India next month.

The Ngai Tahu Maori Rock Art Trust is awaiting a report from a geological engineer who has inspected the Takiroa rock art site, near Duntroon.

Otago Daily Times reporter Sally Rae gauges the mood on the streets of Timaru as word filters out of South Canterbury Finance's woes.

There is no questioning Reubyn Bisschops' devotion to multisport.

Dunedin's Holy Name Parish might contravene the Waitaki District Council's district plan if an attempt is made to remove the altar from the Teschemakers chapel, district councillor Peter Garvan says.

A bucket of tools made it to the front steps of the Teschemakers Chapel near Oamaru yesterday - but no further.

An attempt to remove the altar from the Teschemakers Chapel on Monday would have contravened the Waitaki District Council's district plan, Judge Jon Jackson has found.

The fight to retain the marble altar in the Teschemakers Chapel has "taken on a life of its own", Oamaru writer Nathalie Brown says.

A public meeting in Oamaru last night overwhelmingly resolved to support the retention of Teschemakers Chapel, including its fixtures and fittings, in its entirety to allow future public access and use.

Barricading the Teschemakers chapel has been suggested in a last-ditch bid to stop its marble altar from being removed.

Feeding sheep on the family farm at Kia Ora, in North Otago, will be one of the main chores today for Grant McNaughton.

Waimate war hero Eric Batchelor - aptly described as "an ordinary extraordinary person" - was farewelled yesterday with military pomp and ceremony.

Agriculture and its supporting industries were promoted to secondary-school pupils at the recent Haka Bark Up to encourage young people to consider it as a career. Sally Rae reports.

"It's just your worst nightmare, that 'cancer' word, and you just think, 'Oh my goodness; here we go again."

When Tim Beveridge was asked if he was interested in performing the lead role in the Oamaru Operatic Society's production of Les Miserables, he jumped at the opportunity.

Waitaki community safety officer Alison Banks is bound for Australia.

A former North Otago man's dream of seeing the water wheel on Old Mill Rd in Oamaru restored is a step closer.

FR Mark Chamberlain, of Dunedin's Holy Name Parish, has filed an application to set aside the interim enforcement order which stopped work on removing the altar from the Teschemakers Chapel earlier this month.