Hamish MacLean

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.

Evidence for freshwater provisions in the policy supporting Otago’s forthcoming land and water plan are due before the end of the month.

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.

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.

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.

The Otago Regional Council was "a mess" when Pim Borren arrived, as a rift between staff and councillors threatened to consume the organisation.

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.