Hamish MacLean

An offer for the Otago Regional Council to play a role in the review of the national direction for freshwater management remains on the table, RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says.

A decision to strip Dunedin of an Otago regional councillor should be appealed, a Dunedin city councillor says.

The vilification of farmers during Otago’s freshwater debate has been "appalling", Environment Minister Penny Simmonds says.

The contract for security at Dunedin’s bus hub has been awarded to a new provider — First Security.

Forest & Bird is worried that without a new land and water plan in place soon a gap in Otago’s planning framework could allow for an intensification of farming.

Taieri MP Ingrid Leary says there could be an effort under way to "create a perception of chaos" at the Otago Regional Council to prompt an intervention by central government.

Keeping the Green Island landfill going before a new dump for Dunedin is built at Smooth Hill would be at least 33% more economical than trucking waste to Southland, the Dunedin City Council says.

Higher rents are the biggest contributor to the annual inflation rate, but landlords say Dunedin’s rates rises are to blame.

A faction of Otago regional councillors wrote to the environment minister asking her to tell the council to re-consult on its draft land and water plan and make a crucial report available to...

Flooding in South Dunedin this month could actually be cause for optimism, the man leading the city’s response to climate change challenges in the low-lying suburb says.

An offshore salmon farm just north of Dunedin has been revealed as among a string of southern aquaculture projects boosted in the government’s controversial fast-track legislation.