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".

Six overseas drivers have appeared in court over the past 24 hours after a series of crashes that have focused attention on tourist driving.

A heartbroken family are mourning the loss of 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris after a car crash involving a foreign driver in Otago.

"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.

"Another kick in the teeth for the family", is how the father of teenager William Lewis has described a parole hearing for his son's killer.

A young man spent hours in near freezing conditions after leaving a hunting group in bush near Oamaru, early this morning, drunk and with no shoes.

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

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.

A police officer talked a man into surrendering after he broke into an Oamaru supermarket with a firearm this morning.

A 71-year-old man will appear in court on 95 charges of historical sexual offending against 10 boys.

Life is never dull on the road with Grant the Cook, writes Jason Burgess.

An Oamaru man serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of a pensioner has had his parole postponed for two years.

Archaeologists yesterday battled against the tide to rescue 14th century moa bones from a "significant" historical settlement at Awamoa Creek, south of Oamaru.