Sally Rae

North Otago couple Warrick and Diane McCone are bound for Beijing.

Network Waitaki chairman Lindsay Malcolm and deputy chairwoman Clare Kearney have been reappointed as directors of the North Otago power lines company.

North Otago power lines company Network Waitaki has returned a net surplus after tax of $3.7 million for the financial year ending March 31.

Police were yesterday following a "positive line of inquiry" after Thursday's bomb scare in central Oamaru but no charges have been laid.

Merino chief executive John Brakenridge is enthusiastic about the future of the merino industry but has concerns about increasing on-farm costs.

Paerau farmers John and Susan Elliot have won the Clip of the Year title, which was presented during the Otago Merino Association's merino excellence awards in Queenstown last Friday.

Rica the German Shepherd gives Melanie Donne a reason to get up in the morning.

A high wooden fence is being built around the Oamaru Creek penguin refuge, near Holmes Wharf, providing protection for its inhabitants.

Waitaki Valley School board of trustees chairman John Watherston is "extremely confident" a comprehensive building programme will be completed by the start of the 2010 school year.

Waitaki plains sharemilkers Aaron Hawkins and Tracy Finch take pride in their stock.

It was a monumental mission.

A campaign targeting driver inattention at intersections near some of North Otago's largest workplaces is being well received.

The message is still not getting through about the need to take care at the Deborah overbridge, just south of Oamaru.

Guzzling five litres of fuel a minute, travelling by jet-boat might not be Paul Collings' most economical mode of transport but it certainly is the fastest.

Sina and Sene Fanene are an inspiration both on and off the rugby field.

Education is the key to keeping methamphetamine out of North Otago, police say.

Having her business scrutinised by three experts reminded More Wacky Ideas art gallery owner Larina Tiffen of the television series Dragon's Den.

Pressure points and bedsores will be a thing of the past at Oamaru Hospital with the acquisition of three new gel mattresses.

Damien McNamara has always been fascinated with both Oamaru's historic buildings and the Victorian era.