Hamish MacLean

Four Otago regional councillors have been chosen to guide a working group that will provide advice on a region-wide climate strategy.

Despite official rabbit counts in Otago showing numbers of the pests remaining "generally low" across rural farmland, there are fears rabbits are once again flourishing in the region.

Establishing a marine reserve off the coast of St Kilda does not mean dogs must be kept off the beach in the area, the Department of Conservation (Doc) says.

Southland Federated Farmers has called for a pause on work towards new freshwater rules for the region ahead of an anticipated reset of national direction by an incoming government.

Predator Free Dunedin’s success over its first five years has been "audible", the trust chairwoman says.

Otago is the New Zealand region by far most vulnerable to wilding pine infestation and calling on the government for more funding is a "no-brainer", Otago Regional Council chairwoman Gretchen...

The former Shiel Hill Tavern could be partly demolished to make way for five new residential units in Highcliff Rd.

Wallaby sightings have extended across Otago to near Lake Wakatipu and the Southland border in the past year, a new report from the Otago Regional Council shows.