Report of car crashing of bridge incorrect
A report that a car towing a boat careered off a bridge near Otematata is incorrect, police say.
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Learn-to-ride bike parks on track
Learn-to-ride bike parks on track
They may be smaller than that of Oamaru, but Kurow and Palmerston's learn-to-ride bike parks will serve exactly the same purpose.
Visiting comrades' graves worst
Visiting comrades' graves worst
For a former British Special Air Service soldier now based in Oamaru, nothing in life is harder than visiting the graves of his fallen comrades.
Ex-chef retains army connection
Ex-chef retains army connection
Before he ran the Fort Enfield Tavern, Johnny Rogers spent 22 years in the New Zealand Army as a chef.
St John to discuss plans for new site with public
St John to discuss plans for new site with public
A Waitaki district councillor has voiced her displeasure about the preferred site of a proposed new St John base in Oamaru.
Oamaru construction company placed in liquidation
Oamaru construction company placed in liquidation
An Oamaru construction company has been placed in liquidation and an investigation into its operations is forthcoming, one of the liquidators appointed to handle the process has confirmed.
Service to involve young squadron
Service to involve young squadron
Every Anzac Day, a dedicated group of Oamaru youth quietly go about their business.
Children gather for ‘special service’
Children gather for ‘special service’
Children from various social and service clubs gathered at the services section of the Oamaru Cemetery yesterday afternoon to take part in an annual posy-laying ceremony before Anzac Day.
Mystery bunny escapes detection again
Mystery bunny escapes detection again
Easter is over - but for a small North Otago primary school, the hunt for a mysterious "Easter bunny'', who has left chocolate around school grounds for the past five years, goes on.
Change coming for Waitaki boundaries
Change coming for Waitaki boundaries
Two Waitaki District Council ward boundaries are to be redrawn before this year's local body elections, the council has confirmed.
Seven hospitalised after collision on straight stretch
Seven hospitalised after collision on straight stretch
Seven people were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after two cars collided on a straight stretch of road near Omarama yesterday afternoon.
Planter boxes likely to be basis of plan
Planter boxes likely to be basis of plan
Planter boxes in keeping with the "general harbour theme" look likely to be the basis of a landscaping plan to replace the sycamore trees felled in Tyne St in early March.
Seven injured, one seriously in Omarama crash
Seven injured, one seriously in Omarama crash
Seven people were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after two cars collided on a straight stretch of road near Omarama this afternoon.
Sweet treat
Sweet treat
Sage Openshaw (3), of Oamaru, tucks into a chocolate marshmallow egg at the Oamaru Elim Church giant Easter egg hunt at the Oamaru Public Gardens yesterday.
Hundreds take part in walks of the cross
Hundreds take part in walks of the cross
Continuing a long-standing Good Friday tradition, hundreds of people in Oamaru and Queenstown took part in Easter walks of the cross yesterday.
Farmer fined over accident
Farmer fined over accident
A Palmerston farmer has been fined $33,000 after an incident which left a truck driver with a skull fracture and other significant head injuries.
$80,000 for extra staff approved
$80,000 for extra staff approved
A request for $80,000 to fund an additional staff member for the Waitaki District Council's recreation unit has been approved by the council's asset committee, and awaits final approval by the full...
Art auction in aid of victims
Art auction in aid of victims
Amid the horror of the March 15 terror attacks in Christchurch has been an outpouring of goodwill for the Muslim community and the victims' families, whose lives have been altered irrevocably.
Mothers turned away from understaffed ward
Mothers turned away from understaffed ward
New mothers who had given birth in Dunedin have since been turned away from Oamaru Hospital's maternity ward because of staff shortages, Waitaki District Health Services has confirmed.
District to host orienteers for big event
District to host orienteers for big event
New Zealand's top orienteering event comes to North Otago for the first time over Easter, bringing with it more than 500 competitors.