Hamish MacLean

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Council accepts ministers’ offer to help with water

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Council accepts ministers’ offer to help with water

Otago regional councillors want to work alongside council staff and ministry officials on the new national approach to freshwater management.

Transport plans now threatened

Transport plans now threatened

An airport bus connecting Dunedin and Balclutha could yet get a green light despite a $9million shortfall causing the Otago Regional Council to put the brakes on public transport trials across Otago.

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Wastewater issues probed

There is rare unity among Otago regional councillors as their patience with wastewater treatment-plant compliance wears thin, the council’s regional leadership committee co-chairman says.

Report private while ‘next steps’ considered

A photo taken in November last year shows a rat (and its reflection) in the now rebranded...

Report private while ‘next steps’ considered

The Ministry for Primary Industries’ investigation into a South Dunedin supermarket overrun by rats earlier this year has now been completed — but the ministry will not yet release its report...

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No new member for ORC

The Otago Regional Council will not replace Cr Bryan Scott, who resigned to protest government intervention.

That sinking feeling

Contractors work at the bottom of Macandrew Bay School Rd this week.

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Sea lion’s wounds investigated

A large sea lion takes a break from the hustle and bustle of St Clair Beach by lying under a...

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Sea lion’s wounds investigated

Officials are awaiting post-mortem results of a female sea lion euthanised after it was found critically injured in a remote Catlins estuary last week.

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Call for greater mana whenua role

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Call for greater mana whenua role

The Otago Regional Council should consider giving mana whenua a greater role in decision-making, a recent Te Tiriti o Waitangi audit has found.

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ORC to decide on replacement

Otago regional councillors will decide tomorrow whether to divide the pay of Cr Bryan Scott among themselves or name someone else to replace him.

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Next steps on table after govt blocks vote

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Next steps on table after govt blocks vote

Councillors will consider the Otago Regional Council’s next steps after the government blocked a contentious vote on new rules for Otago’s environment at tomorrow’s council meeting.

Options ‘fall far short’: clinician

Dr Sheila Barnett speaks during the Save Our Southern Hospital rally in the Dunedin Town Hall...

Options ‘fall far short’: clinician

Clinicians have provided feedback on the two options the government called for when it announced a $1.88 billion cap on Dunedin’s new hospital — and both "fall far short".

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Application to extend life of tip notified

The landfill is due to close before the end of the decade. Photo: ODT files

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Application to extend life of tip notified

Concerns about offensive odours and questions about the effect the Green Island landfill has on waterways have pushed the application to extend the life of Dunedin’s tip into the public realm.

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Doubling of project costs not a budget blowout, council says

The Dunedin City Council has been asked to reconsider Smooth Hill, south of Dunedin Airport, as...

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Doubling of project costs not a budget blowout, council says

Costs for four planned facilities at Green Island have more than doubled to $42m since an estimate four years ago, but the DCC says there is no budget blowout of its resource recovery project.

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Claims of ‘secret’ payments rubbished

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Claims of ‘secret’ payments rubbished

Payments of more than $5m to iwi partners were made in "secret", an Otago regional councillor says, while another says it is just a case of an "attention-seeker stirring the pot with his anti-Māori sentiments".

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Call for more scrutiny to stop invasive clams

Kaitaki Interislander ferry. PHOTO: NZ HERALD

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Call for more scrutiny to stop invasive clams

The Otago Regional Council is calling for increased scrutiny for Cook Strait crossings after the highly invasive exotic freshwater gold clam established a permanent home in the North Island.

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Chance of odour nuisance at redeveloped site ‘low’

Nuisance odour will not be an issue at a revamped resource recovery park at Green Island, a...

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Chance of odour nuisance at redeveloped site ‘low’

Nuisance odour will not be an issue at a revamped resource recovery park at Green Island, a council consultant says.

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ORC revisiting Lindsay Creek flood mitigation

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ORC revisiting Lindsay Creek flood mitigation

Green infrastructure such as parks and reserves could make up part of the Otago Regional Council’s flood defences in Dunedin’s North East Valley, the council’s chairwoman says.

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Report on rates glitch requested

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Report on rates glitch requested

Otago Regional Council staff will report to councillors why nearly 15,000 people received incorrect rates demands this year and whether the chief executive’s handling of the matter was appropriate.

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Townhouses filling void: developer

The developer behind a block of six high-end townhouses says the project will add a new layer to...

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Townhouses filling void: developer

The developer behind the Ebb-Dunedin hotel says the company’s interest in design, improving the city’s built environment "and leaving a site in a better state than we found it" can also be found in...

Set lofty goals, PM tells students

Benjamin Pickering, of Bayfield High School, chats with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.

Set lofty goals, PM tells students

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told Otago’s best and brightest secondary school students yesterday he is "incredibly optimistic" about the future.

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