Police were ‘‘appalled'' by the behaviour of a 63-year-old Dunedin woman who they believe almost caused a fatal car crash just north of Hampden on Wednesday night.
More than 150 people marched through Oamaru yesterday to show their support for 3-year-old Taupo boy Moko Rangitoheriri, who was killed by his caregivers.
An Oamaru woman who lost her husband to an asbestos-linked cancer is taking legal action against ACC.
Notes left at the homes of Oamaru residents promising gifts if the receivers call a phone number have prompted a warning from Age Concern Waitaki.
Fonterra has the go-ahead to expand its milk processing plant at Studholme.
The Omarama Volunteer Fire Brigade is concerned the St John-controlled emergency call centre is withholding calls from the brigade's first response unit.
Police have located missing Oamaru man, Peter Hamilton.
An 80-year-old Oamaru woman was conned into handing over cash to a scam artist who initially spun a story about needing money to feed her baby.
The former Oamaru Columba Presbyterian Church community is still dealing with issues around the demise of their congregation in April, the Southern Presbytery says.
After 12 years of late returns, renting out cult classics and providing Oamaru with a meeting spot, Andrea and Shane Buchan are shutting the doors of their Video Ezy store.
Oamaru is losing its last video store.
Two recent seizures of methamphetamine, including 200g posted to an Oamaru address, have put the spotlight on the North Otago drug scene. Shannon Gillies takes a closer look at the issue.
Animal welfare in North and Central Otago is getting a boost thanks to the work of small business.
Palmerston's community radio station, Puketapu Radio, is having a board shake-up and has just bought its broadcasting licence, enabling announcers more freedom, the organisation's chairman says.
North Otago-born Tongans are being encouraged to connect with their Tongan ancestry and learn more about their family roots.
Thoes who had made submissions on the matter are not surprised by Fonterra's reaction to proposed conditions of consent to expand its Studholme plant.
Waimate police are seeking the driver of a car that crashed through a fence, killing six sheep and seriously injuring another.
North Otago families will lose access to the Parents As First Teachers (Paft) scheme as the Government claws back $7.3million from the nationwide programme to pump it into a system called Family Start.
Oamaru's old ‘‘hospital on the hill'' is being torn down to make way for a residential development proposed for the site. The hospital served the community for many decades, through the Depression, recessions and wars, and it was the place where hundreds of Oamaruvians were born or were nursed back to health after illness or injury. Shannon Gillies gained permission to tour the old hospital, as demolition continued, to record and compile a brief history of the hospital's life and its final days.
The first conceptual drawing of what North Otago's cultural facilities redevelopment project could look like has been released to the public.