Elder abuse is a growing problem and the offending is often perpetrated by family members. One Oamaru woman breaks her silence on the extreme financial and psychological abuse she suffered from her granddaughter. Ruby Heyward reports.... Read...
Aly Gilmour and Christian Murdoch could say thank you 100 times to the three boys who found their missing toddler — and it would still not be enough.`I owe them everything,` Gilmour said.`I can`t give them enough credit for how... Read...
Eight people were involved in a single-vehicle crash, near Papakaio, north of Oamaru, at the weekend resulting in two patients being flown to Dunedin Hospital.Emergency services were called to crash at 3.10am near the intersection... Read...
Family of the Oamaru man who invented Pineapple Chunks are calling for a national day in his honour.Charles Richard Diver`s granddaughter Linda Wilson has applied to international organisations Days of the Year and National Day... Read...
A police chase that ended in a fatal crash outside Oamaru should have been abandoned earlier, the independent police watchdog says.Luke Bradley Savigny (25) was jailed for five years seven months earlier this month before the High... Read...
A woman believed to be Oamaru`s first resident to wear a burka hopes to dispel common misconceptions about the religious dress.Originally from Egypt, Nesrin Ettia moved to Oamaru in October last year to join her husband Ahmed Elsaka,... Read...
The Oamaru driver responsible for the 2018 hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old girl has admitted endangering traffic after inciting a police pursuit. Read...
RUGBY All Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett has made his return to rugby on New Zealand shores, suiting up for Coastal in the Taranaki Premier club rugby competition yesterday More...
BUSINESS Auckland Transport's recommending customers catch rail replacement buses or regular buses as train services will be very limited today More...