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    The principal of Totara School has resigned. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Principal resigns after long absence

    The under-fire principal of a troubled Otago school with a plummeting roll has resigned months after going on leave.

    Drive to keep hospital shuttle going

    Oamaru to Dunedin shuttle driver Trevor Goodin outside Dunedin Hospital in 2023. PHOTO: PETER...

    Drive to keep hospital shuttle going

    Trevor Goodin is as busy as ever, helping people get to hospital appointments in Dunedin.

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    Oxford scholarship follows career ‘punt’

    University of Otago master’s graduate Joseph Balfe has received a University of Oxford...

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    Oxford scholarship follows career ‘punt’

    From musician to neuroscientist, an Oamaru man’s career change has paid off.

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    Fundraising to start as St John station consented

    The Waitaki District Council headquarters in Oamaru's Thames St. Photo: ODT files

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    Fundraising to start as St John station consented

    Fundraising for Oamaru’s new ambulance station starts next week.

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    Colourful spectacle of science fiction and fantasy

    Set to lead the Steampunk Festival Street Parade were (front) Nick Anderson, 4, and (behind) the...

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    Colourful spectacle of science fiction and fantasy

    Fashion, fun and frivolity were on full display at the Steampunk Street Parade in Oamaru on Saturday.

    Crash test dunnies: Car ploughs into public toilets

    Photo: Waitaki District Council

    Crash test dunnies: Car ploughs into public toilets

    Some Oamaru public toilets are now closed for business after a car ploughed into them overnight.

    Breath alcohol level five times over limit

    Photo: ODT

    Breath alcohol level five times over limit

    A 31-year-old man’s long weekend holiday was cut short almost before it even started when he was caught driving while five times over the legal breath alcohol limit.

    Steampunkers converge for festival

    Sir Gideon Steamcrank (Gearlord of the Twisting Spires) aka Carl Yates (left) and James Brian,...

    Steampunkers converge for festival

    Oamaru's annual Steampunk Festival goes back in time this weekend, boosting the town’s tourism appeal in the process.

    Statue to honour VC war hero

    New Zealand Remembrance Army Waitaki regional co-ordinator Barry Gamble shows the miniature...

    Statue to honour VC war hero

    More than a century after his death at the Battle of the Somme, Oamaru war hero Sergeant Donald Forrester Brown VC is set to be honoured in his hometown with a life-size bronze statue.

    Driver caught 'five times over limit' in Oamaru

    Photo: ODT files

    Driver caught 'five times over limit' in Oamaru

    A man's King’s Birthday Weekend holiday has been cut short - almost before it even started - after he was caught by Oamaru police driving five times over the limit.

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    Statue to honour local war hero

    New Zealand Remembrance Army Waitaki regional co-ordinator Barry Gamble with the miniature...

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    Statue to honour local war hero

    An Oamaru war hero killed at the Battle of the Somme may finally take pride and place in his hometown.

    Event centre roof on track

    Network Waitaki Event Centre Trust chairman Kevin Malcolm (left) and Apollo Projects site manager...

    Event centre roof on track

    The construction of the Network Waitaki Event Centre has reached a major milestone.

    Festival mixes spectacle of circus with time travel

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Festival mixes spectacle of circus with time travel

    Oamaru’s annual Steampunk Festival goes back in time this weekend, boosting the town’s tourism appeal in the process.

    Milestone like a ‘hole-in-one’

    Centenarian Margaret Kyle (left) with her friends from the Lower Waitaki Golf Club out at lunch...

    Milestone like a ‘hole-in-one’

    If you ask Margaret Kyle, life is a lot like golf.

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    Budget rates relief ‘necessary’

    Oamaru. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

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    Budget rates relief ‘necessary’

    Rates relief for potentially hundreds of Waitaki senior citizens through Budget 2025, is "timely and necessary", Age Concern Otago says.

    Centenarian ‘good fella to be around’

    Centenarian Ken Bamford with his family (from left) grandson Louis, son Mark, grandson Will, 13,...

    Centenarian ‘good fella to be around’

    "Take things as they come."

    Drug charges

    Drug charges

    A Karitane man will face court on charges of methamphetamine and cannabis possession.

    Rates rise of 9.79% splits council

    Cr Jim Hopkins was left disgruntled at a meeting of Waitaki District Council. PHOTO: ANDREW ASHTON

    Rates rise of 9.79% splits council

    Waitaki District Council’s longest-serving councillor has been left annoyed and frustrated with fellow councillors’ inability find further ways of reducing rates bills.

    Steps taken to raise over $60k for charity

    OceanaGold Macraes Mine brigade captain and emergency response co-ordinator Steve Renton gets his...

    Steps taken to raise over $60k for charity

    There is more than one way to come out on top at the Sky Tower Stair Challenge.

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    Discovery of rare moth may thwart mine expansion plans

    Orocrambus sophistes. photo: supplied

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    Discovery of rare moth may thwart mine expansion plans

    A rare native moth may have scuppered part of OceanaGold’s Macraes mine expansion plans.
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      Cafe closed, life savings gone and $491k in debt

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