Waitaki Valley home destroyed in blaze
Waitaki Valley home destroyed in blaze
A Waitaki Valley house was destroyed in a fire this morning.
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Person freed from vehicle after South Dunedin crash
Person freed from vehicle after South Dunedin crash
Emergency services freed a person from a car in South Dunedin after a two-car crash in Melbourne St this afternoon.
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Freshwater plans evidence due by end of month
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Freshwater plans evidence due by end of month
Evidence for freshwater provisions in the policy supporting Otago’s forthcoming land and water plan are due before the end of the month.
Recycling solution not ideal: Walker
Recycling solution not ideal: Walker
Trucking recycling 200km to be sorted is "slightly different" from trucking waste the same distance to be landfilled, a Dunedin city councillor says.
Fleeing driver appeal yields information
Investigation into fleeing driver crash helped by appeal
An appeal for information into the fleeing driver crash that killed Michael McClelland has assisted the investigation.
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Longer use of landfill cheaper than taking trash elsewhere
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Longer use of landfill cheaper than taking trash elsewhere
Extending the life of Dunedin’s Green Island landfill would be at least 33% cheaper than trucking trash to a landfill out of the district, a Dunedin City Council economic assessment says.
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Timaru option in collection contract: DCC
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Timaru option in collection contract: DCC
The 10-year, $104 million kerbside collection contract the Dunedin City Council signed with Enviro NZ always included the option to sort recycling in Timaru, the Dunedin City Council says.
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‘Pretty poor’: Jobs to go at recycling facility
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‘Pretty poor’: Jobs to go at recycling facility
About a dozen jobs will go as Dunedin’s kerbside recycling is sent 200km up the road for sorting at Timaru before a new facility opens in the city in two years’ time.
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ORC in better place, departing Borren says
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ORC in better place, departing Borren says
The Otago Regional Council was "a mess" when Pim Borren arrived, as a rift between staff and councillors threatened to consume the organisation.
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Closure could aid estuary goal
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Closure could aid estuary goal
Mana whenua want to restore the Kaikorai Estuary to its traditional state and the closure of Green Island landfill could be "a significant step" towards that goal.
South Dunedin crash victim was father of young boy
South Dunedin crash victim was father of young boy
The man killed in a fatal fleeing-driver crash in South Dunedin at the weekend was the father of a 2-year-old boy.
Drove drunk with daughter in car: police
Drove drunk with daughter in car: police
A Dunedin woman nearly four times over the limit drove home from Christchurch before crashing close to home, police say.
Harder line on fleeing drivers, days after fatal crash
Harder line on fleeing drivers, days after fatal crash
A new police policy to rein in "brazen" fleeing drivers has come into effect just days after a Dunedin man died in a crash in a car that had sped away from police.
Woman knocked out in central Dunedin brawl
Woman knocked out in central Dunedin brawl
Members of the public piled on a 20-year-old man after he threw a woman to the ground, knocking her unconscious in George St.
Woman caught nearly four times over limit after Chch trip
Woman caught nearly four times over limit after Chch trip
A Dunedin woman nearly four times over the limit drove home from Christchurch with her daughter before crashing close to their house, police say.
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Delay of expected income from Contact ‘bizarre’
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Delay of expected income from Contact ‘bizarre’
Ongoing negotiations with Contact Energy that have left a more than $200,000 gap in Otago Regional Council finances at present represent a "bizarre" and unacceptable situation, a councillor says.
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Culling of black-backed gulls may not be required: DCC
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Culling of black-backed gulls may not be required: DCC
Poisoning will likely not be required to halve the estimated 10,000 southern black-backed gulls that live in the Dunedin area, a draft management plan for the species says.
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Skink habitat allegedly ploughed
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Skink habitat allegedly ploughed
An East Otago farmer is under investigation after allegedly ploughing hundreds of hectares of tussock, likely habitat for endangered endemic lizards, without consent.
Councillors defend 18% rise in rates
Councillors defend 18% rise in rates
Otago regional councillors have approved an 18% rates rise, a third straight year of significant rates increases.
ORC to consider 32 Eco funding requests
ORC to consider 32 Eco funding requests
Otago regional councillors will consider giving more than $500,000 to 32 community-led Otago environmental projects today.