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Cops identify suspects in 'suspicious' Oamaru school fire

Otago Daily Times 10 Jun 2026
Oamaru police are treating a spectacular fire which ripped through trees at Waitaki Boys' High School as suspicious ... .
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Watch: Huge blaze rips through trees near Oamaru school

RNZ 09 Jun 2026
Fire has ripped through a macrocarpa hedge at Waitaki Boys High School in Oamaru. Fire and Emergency were called to the school just before 9am on Tuesday ... ....
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Ōamaru Public Drop-In Session To Discuss Muddy Creek Flood Hazard Study

Scoop 08 Jun 2026
ORC’s Manager Natural Hazards, Dr Jean-Luc Payan, says the new study improves understanding of where flooding may occur for a range of flood scenarios and helps answer community questions about flooding in the area ....
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Truck collides with ute at Oamaru intersection

Otago Daily Times 07 Jun 2026
A truck collided with a ute on the corner of Cross St and Severn St in Oamaru this morning. Photo. Nic Duff. A truck collided with a ute in Oamaru this morning ... .
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Sentenced over sex act in Oamaru public toilet

Otago Daily Times 03 Jun 2026
The Oamaru District Court courthouse. PHOTO. DAVID BRUCE. An Oamaru man performed a sex act while watching a 15-year-old boy using a public toilet, the court has heard ... .
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Steampunk festival creates an unlikely capital for Victorian style and sci-fi oddity in New Zealand

Newsday 03 Jun 2026
ŌAMARU, New Zealand — The woman in the pink frock coat announced herself as steam curled from a strange brass contraption on her back. “I am Lady Sarsaparilla Ovabyte, of the Coventry Ovabytes,” she said. “We are purveyors of fine cordials.” ... Sign up.
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Oamaru pizza delivery driver drunk at the wheel

Otago Daily Times 08 May 2026
Photo. Getty Images. Pizza customers were left to go hungry while Oamaru police delivered a slice of justice ... .
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Serious crash blocks highway near Oamaru

Otago Daily Times 30 Apr 2026
Emergency services at the scene of the crash. Photo. Nic Duff. Emergency services are at a serious three-vehicle crash which is blocking the state highway�between Hampden and Oamaru ... .
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Nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Oamaru's blue penguin colony

RNZ 23 Apr 2026
It's been a bumper season for little blue penguins with nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Oamaru's blue penguin colony. That's up from last year's 600. Environmental team lead Henry Elsom told Checkpoint the penguins were looking "fantastic" ... ....
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Man snapped leaving 'suspicious item' at Oamaru property

Otago Daily Times 21 Apr 2026
Police released this photo of the man they want to speak to. Photo. Southern District Police. A man who tried to get into an Oamaru property late at night left a "suspicious item" behind, police say ... .
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Clarification: Ōamaru-Dunedin Bus Service Survey

Scoop 17 Apr 2026
ORC’s General Manager Regional Planning and Transport Anita Dawe says people can rest assured the Council is working in conjunction with the steering group and is communicating regularly with group members ....
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Ōamaru Community Transport Trial Extended

Scoop 25 Mar 2026
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Oamaru man injured after getting 'trapped' between car and building

Otago Daily Times 10 Mar 2026
An Oamaru man was treated at the scene of an accident by emergency services outside the Mitre 10 MEGA store in Oamaru. PHOTO. JULES CHIN. A man was injured after becoming trapped between a car and the Mitre 10 MEGA store in Oamaru today ... .
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Two injured in SH1 crash in Oamaru

Otago Daily Times 10 Mar 2026
Two people were injured in a crash on State Highway 1 in Oamaru today ... .
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Crash On SH1 Oamaru Impacting Traffic

Scoop 10 Mar 2026
Emergency services are working at the site of the crash and traffic is being diverted. Road users are asked to avoid the area if they can ....

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