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Council locks professor out of site
The world’s leading expert on Foulden Maar has once again been locked out of the prolific palaeontological site — but this time by the Dunedin City Council.
Hamish MacLean
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‘Dos and don’ts’ of attracting birds
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‘Dos and don’ts’ of attracting birds
Attracting birds to your yard might mean you are providing a good habitat, University of Otago zoology professor Bruce Robertson says.
‘Another gear’ waiting as Australia loom
‘Another gear’ waiting as Australia loom
Ice Fernz head coach Brooke Patron says her team has another gear.
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Wastewater failure at Hāwea plant ‘no surprise’
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Wastewater failure at Hāwea plant ‘no surprise’
A second Queenstown Lakes wastewater treatment plant’s failure provides further evidence of under-investment in infrastructure exposed by rapid population growth, a regional councillor says.
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Contributions hike a ‘kick in the guts’
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Contributions hike a ‘kick in the guts’
The Strath Taieri Community Board chairman says proposed hikes to development contributions in Middlemarch would be "a kick in the guts" for the community.
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ORC response ‘not good enough’
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ORC response ‘not good enough’
Councillors say it is "not good enough" that Otago's environmental regulator still cannot pass judgement on the quality of wastewater being dumped into the Shotover River.
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Developers 'quitting Dunedin' over DCC red tape
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DCC plans alarming developers
One of Dunedin’s biggest developers says the rising cost of doing business in the city is forcing his company to look outside Dunedin to invest.
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Population review recommended
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Population review recommended
The population in inland Otago is growing so fast another representation review could take place in just a couple of years, Otago regional councillors have been advised.
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Compliance slipping across region
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Compliance slipping across region
The Shotover wastewater treatment plant is only one of a slew of plants failing to make the grade in the region, a new report shows.
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NZ market down, fared better than others
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NZ market down, fared better than others
New Zealand’s sharemarket closed down 3.68% yesterday, but the country had a "quiet day" and fared better than its neighbours, a Dunedin financial consultant says.
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Agricultural potential of river ‘untapped’
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Agricultural potential of river ‘untapped’
The agricultural potential of North Otago - underpinned by the water available from the Waitaki River - is only in its infancy, an Otago regional councillor says.
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Direct engagement better than liaison group: ORC
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Direct engagement better than liaison group: ORC
A formal community liaison group need not be formed to manage the ongoing use and eventual closure of the Green Island landfill, the Dunedin City Council says.
Advice being prepared for ministers on ORC requests
Advice being prepared for ministers on ORC requests
Officials are preparing advice for ministers on how to work around the unintended consequences of blocking Otago’s new plan for water management.
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'It was mental': Sea lion savaged by dogs in pack attack
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'It was mental': Sea lion savaged by dogs in pack attack
Three off-leash dogs savaged a sea lion in a "pack" attack on a Dunedin beach, a witness says.
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Wastewater woes ‘problem waiting to happen for years’
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Wastewater woes ‘problem waiting to happen for years’
Queenstown's troubled wastewater treatment plant has put the Otago Regional Council between "a rock and a hard place", a regional councillor says.
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Restoration of chambers green-lit
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Restoration of chambers green-lit
Heritage New Zealand has endorsed the first stage of restoration plans for Dunedin’s "important and irreplaceable" Municipal Chambers.
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Mine extension application lacks CIA
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Mine extension application lacks CIA
OceanaGold has applied for its Macraes mine extension without a cultural impact assessment, a matter "reluctantly" acknowledged by iwi representatives.
Bird nesting condition ‘pretty full on’
Bird nesting condition ‘pretty full on’
A proposed condition to protect nesting native birds during vegetation clearance at Green Island landfill has been described as "pretty full on" by an independent commissioner.
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Evasive mothers make pup count hard to call
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Late creche arrivals, evasive mothers make pup count hard to call
Sea lion pups are being brought to Otago Peninsula nurseries later this year than in the past and several mothers have eluded Department of Conservation staff trying to keep track of the species’...
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Forbury Park development could impact school
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Forbury Park development could impact school
Forbury Park’s biggest neighbour say they have no definite idea about what should be done with the large, largely vacant land next door.