An Oamaru bartender entered no plea when he appeared in court this week on charges of raping and indecently assaulting a female under 16.Michael John Morunga, 32, appeared in the Oamaru District Court in relation to an incident... Read...

New property crowdfunding platform Opoly hit the funding target for its third public offering over the weekend. Read...

Five people have been transported to Dunedin Hospital in three helicopters – three in serious conditions, and two in moderate condition. Read...

The Oamaru World War II veteran died peacefully at her home on August 27, aged 96. Read...

A man accused of attempted murder following a stabbing in Oamaru will remain behind bars for at least a couple of weeks.The 28-year-old appeared in the Timaru District Court today by video link from the Dunedin police station and... Read...

A Southland woman is still not over the way her mother was neglected before her death at Oamaru Hospital.``They just mistreated her so badly, and she didn`t have to die like that,`` Joanne Watson said.Watson, of Invercargill,... Read...

A 54-year-old man died following a workplace incident at a property in Oamaru on Tuesday morning. Read...

Emergency services were alerted to the incident in Windsor, about 19km from Oamaru, but a 54-year-old man died at the scene. Read...

Oamaru Police are searching for suspects who rammed a police car at Campbell Park Estate this morning.Sergeant Tony Woodbridge said police were called to the estate, about 60km north of Oamaru, about 3am after a suspicious vehicle... Read...

Drones flying near North Otago properties at night are setting off alarm bells for some residents.Four drones were spotted in Springfield and Thousand Acre Rds, near Oamaru, in the past fortnight, flying above houses and garages.Springfield... Read...