Hamish MacLean

The "initial findings" of an investigation into the Otago Regional Council are in, but neither the environment minister nor the council is releasing them yet.

A young adult leopard seal resting on Warrington Beach yesterday morning made for a special sighting for a Dunedin researcher.

Human scientific and social progress halted and civilisation teetered close to collapse as war with hostile alien races and occult forces raged in Dunedin at the weekend.

Rats across the city might have sat up and taken notice of the sound of hammers pounding nails in North East Valley at the weekend.

Dunedin's brisk winter weather set just the right tone for New Zealand’s reigning highland dance champion Angus Hendry over Queen’s Birthday weekend.

Picturesque Glenorchy, at the top of Lake Wakatipu, faces concerning flooding and liquefaction threats, new investigations have revealed.

Despite calls to halve the proposed rates rise and put a hiring freeze in place, regional councillors have confirmed an 18% increase for Otago next year.

Ten further issues have been outlined for the Dunedin City Council to address when it eventually replies to submitters’ concerns about its proposal for a landfill near Brighton.

Mana whenua have been granted another seat at the governance table as the Otago Regional Council develops its pivotal land and water plan.

Nearly two-thirds of Otago residents surveyed said a proposed 18% rates rise would have a "modest" or even less of an impact on their lives.

The end date of a hearing set to decide the fate of a proposed landfill near Brighton is now unknown after commissioners agreed the Dunedin City Council had left out crucial details from its plan.

The Otago Regional Council has abandoned plans to ask Otago residents whether they want a change to how councillors are elected.

The Otago Regional Council’s new code of conduct continues to block councillors from publicly speaking out against "illegal or muddleheaded" actions of council staff.

Despite concerns about a lack of diversity in Otago Regional Council’s leadership positions, a self-described "pale, stale and male" councillor has been appointed deputy chairman.