Alps 2 Ocean Ultra organiser Mike Sandri's take on this year's event is bound to send shivers down the spines of the 125 athletes competing in the endurance adventure race - it is going to be tougher than last year.
A day's fishing at the Waitaki River mouth near Glenavy took an unexpected turn for a man and his son when they had to be winched to safety by a helicopter yesterday.
For one Oamaru solicitor the return of court hearings to the town's historic courthouse today will be a proud moment. For another, it is a homecoming of sorts.
An Oamaru man is being sought by Timaru police in relation to an aggravated robbery in Timaru on January 7 that resulted in armed police swarming on to two Oamaru properties on Thursday.
An Oamaru man is being sought by Timaru police in relation to an aggravated robbery in Timaru on January 7 that resulted in armed police swarming two Oamaru properties on Thursday.
Nine new staffing roles planned at Tourism Waitaki will differ from what was originally proposed by the Waitaki District Council controlled-organisation.
The 21-year-old man killed on a rural property at Five Forks, inland from Oamaru, on Thursday was a talented rugby player and a ''good club man'', the president of his former rugby club says.
Multiple reports of family harm incidents in Oamaru over a 24-hour period may be unusual, but not entirely unexpected given the time of year, Oamaru police say.