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A Waitaki firefighter has been busy helping battle a blaze 30 times the size of Oamaru raging in the United States — a wildfire on a scale never seen in New Zealand. Blair Brosnan is in Washington state where the “little giant fire” has ripped...
Oamaru’s Fiefia celebration is now so big it has had to move to a larger venue. The 13th iteration of the annual event, which celebrates Pasifika culture, took place at the Network Waitaki Event Centre this year. Large crowds of family...
A new visitor centre at Janet Frame House in Oamaru is shaping up and has received a $10,000 boost on the anniversary of the acclaimed author’s birth. The visitor centre, due to open next year, will ‘‘provide new ways to tell Frame’s story, and...
North Otago Rugby honoured ‘‘a true servant of our game’’ last weekend. Former player Samisoni ‘‘Sammy’’ Talanoa was remembered with a moment of silence before each of the union’s four home games on Saturday. Talanoa died aged 69 last week when...