Emergency services were called to the North Otago farm property at around 11.20am this morning.

A drone spotted hovering ominously in a single spot near Oamaru homes has spooked at least one resident.

An estimated 2500 people showed up to protest proposed funding cuts to Oamaru hospital today.

A man who was found dead in an Oamaru shopping block on Saturday has been identified by police.

An investigation is under way in Oamaru after police discovered the body of a man in a shopping block.

A Chinese tourist has admitted causing the death of Oamaru 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris.

Ruby Jay Marris, the five year-old killed in a crash involving a foreign driver in Otago, has been remembered as “cherished and loved” and a "fun-loving princess".

"We thought we had it covered''. An investigation has been launched into what caused a steam train to start 21 fires south of Oamaru.

How to heat a castle? That was the challenge for Christchurch engineer Alan Cooke when he got the job at Riverstone Castle being built by Dot Smith outside Oamaru.

Two child car seats and a handbag were all that were left when a mother's car was allegedly stolen by a young hitchhiker she'd picked up.

A Maheno teenager is fighting for his life after being struck by a milk tanker near Maheno in Otago early yesterday.

The historic Oamaru Courthouse is to be disposed of, a decision that has been greeted with surprise and disappointment in the town.

Two cars were shunted off the back of a truck and another was badly damaged when a driver failed to correctly judge the height of an overbridge in Oamaru today.

A transgender Oamaru woman sentenced on Wednesday to nine months' imprisonment in a men's jail could apply to be moved to a women's prison.

A transgender Oamaru woman has been ordered to serve a jail sentence in a men's prison, despite a request for home detention.

'They made a courageous decision not to escape,' said police of supermarket staff in Oamaru who tried to calm a knife-wielding burglar.