Wānaka athletes led the way at the Central Otago Sports Awards, with Zoi Sadowski-Synott and Luca Harrington winning the night’s big awards.

A prominent Otago sportsman was arrested after allegedly carrying an offensive weapon and behaving threateningly on Oamaru’s main street.

An Oamaru man who used fake hundred-dollar bills to pay for vouchers has learned a hard lesson — "if it’s too good to be true, it normally f...... is".

Oamaru police delivered a slice of justice last weekend while hungry customers were left with cold pizza.

The council needs to be "open about the challenges facing Waitaki in the coming financial year", the district’s mayor says.

Check yourself.

The New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) returned to Oamaru last weekend for the first time since 2020.

Hundreds of people have crammed into Bookarama’s new location, Eveline Church hall in Thames Highway for the Rotary Club of Oamaru’s popular annual second-hand book sale that began last Friday.

The Mackenzie District Council will take a "proactive" approach to looming amalgamation deadlines to avoid having decisions made for the district, its mayor says.