Hamish MacLean

Sabotaging black-backed gull eggs with oil and spraying dye on the parents in a bid to control Dunedin's exploding population has won approval from the SPCA.

A gold-mining company seeking consent to move its dredge up the Clutha River has not provided enough evidence about the effect its operation would have on the river, mana whenua say.

An investigation into allegations an East Otago farmer ploughed hundreds of hectares of tussock without consent has now dragged on for more than eight weeks.

Gore's mayor and councillors have apologised to their chief executive and expressed their "unreserved confidence" in him as the embattled council moves to put months of turmoil behind it.

After an initial deadline last week, the Dunedin City Council has now been granted until September to provide further information for its application to extend its consents to operate Green Island...

A Melbourne man with roots in Dunedin has plans to plant 20,000 kauri trees south of the city at Taieri Beach, well south of the native tree’s present range.

An Australian company has been contracted to help work out the best way to deal with toxic waste stored underground in South Dunedin.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has poured cold water over a claim that Dunedin’s fire station did not have the staff to fight fires in the city centre at the weekend.

Closing Tiwai Point or building a pumped hydro scheme at Lake Onslow are the only economically viable options on the road to 100% renewable energy, a new report says.

The completion date for a new multi-storey office space for up to 650 employees in Dunedin’s city centre has been delayed by more than a year after hold-ups during the initial groundwork.

An increased presence of armed police on Dunedin streets is due in part to an increasing willingness by some to carry and use weapons against police and others, the South’s top police officer says.

No further fishing restrictions will be put in place as a result of a Hector’s dolphin being caught by a commercial fisher earlier this year.