Hamish MacLean

SH1 reopens after serious crash at Hampden

Emergency services at the scene this evening. Photo: Graham McKerracher

SH1 reopens after serious crash at Hampden

A person has been flown to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition after a crash closed part of SH1 in North Otago and farmland was used as a diversion for a while.

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Warning over climate change costs for South Dunedin

South Dunedin infrastructure is under pressure, a factor that contributed to flooding in 2015....

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Warning over climate change costs for South Dunedin

South Dunedin’s climate change-exposed infrastructure has been highlighted in a working paper on the principles and funding options for New Zealand’s managed retreat.

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Awareness and algae increasing

Potentially toxic benthic cyanobacteria (algae) in a Southland river. In freshwater,...

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Awareness and algae increasing

Already this year, two dogs’ deaths have been linked to toxic algae blooms in the South, one in the Clutha River, at Roxburgh, the other at the Upukerora River, at Te Anau.

New citizens welcomed in ceremony

New citizen Semu Paulo of Samoa with his wife Mary and son Paul Jnr (2) at the citizenship...

New citizens welcomed in ceremony

The tattoo on Semu Paulo’s left arm is a blend of Māori and Samoan aesthetics.

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Airport drops appeal against proposed landfill

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Airport drops appeal against proposed landfill

Dunedin Airport has dropped its appeal against the Dunedin City Council’s planned Smooth Hill landfill.

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BurgerFuel due to open in Dunedin next month

A Great King St building, in North Dunedin, will soon be the new home of Dunedin’s first...

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BurgerFuel due to open in Dunedin next month

After a year-long wait, New Zealand burger brand BurgerFuel is ready to enter the Dunedin market.

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Council: plan to deal with toxic tar progressing

Over the fence abutting the Hillside Rd footpath to the former Dunedin Gasworks is an underground...

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Council: plan to deal with toxic tar progressing

The Dunedin City Council says it is "making good progress" on its plan to deal with a multimillion-dollar toxic mess underground in South Dunedin.

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Aramoana dunes declining 'at alarming rate'

Aramoana League vice-president Paul Munro (left), and secretary John Davis, are concerned that,...

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Aramoana dunes declining 'at alarming rate'

Decades of neglect of ageing infrastructure is now causing damage to dunes at Otago Harbour’s entrance "at an alarming rate", a local community group says.

Full impact of marine heatwaves not yet understood

Spiking sea surface temperatures around NZ might have started to fall back closer to normal. But the impact of the extreme ocean temperatures along the southern coast this summer could take much longer to fully understand.

Cutbacks threaten wilding pines work

Funding cuts means the control of wilding pines, such as these above the Clutha River, could be...

Cutbacks threaten wilding pines work

Government cutbacks will create a nearly $1 million shortfall for Otago’s wilding pine control this year.

RHDV entertained as pest control

Otago regional councillors have asked staff to look into the possibility of removing an introduced virus, fatal to rabbits, off a national unwanted organisms list.

Landfill lifespan extension tried for

The Green Island landfill. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Landfill lifespan extension tried for

Technical reports required to extend the use-by date for the Green Island landfill are in development, the Dunedin City Council says.

Green hydrogen could become dominant fuel source

Murihiku Regeneration project co-ordinator Terry Nicholas (left) and Hyundai Motors New Zealand...

Green hydrogen could become dominant fuel source

Green hydrogen could be a key element in a sustainable economy for the South, Murihiku Regeneration project co-ordinator Terry Nicholas says.

Marine heatwave takes toll on sea sponges

A healthy, unbleached native sea sponge (left) and a bleached sea sponge. Photo: supplied...

Marine heatwave takes toll on sea sponges

Hundreds of thousands of sea sponges along the Fiordland coast may have disappeared after an extreme marine heatwave last year.

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DCC withdraws opposition to contamination consent

Simon Drew. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery/ODT files

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DCC withdraws opposition to contamination consent

The Dunedin City Council has withdrawn its opposition to a consent application to deal with ongoing contamination underground at Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd’s former oil terminal in Dunedin’s...

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Alarm raised for Otago’s ‘great’ alpine lakes

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Alarm raised for Otago’s ‘great’ alpine lakes

Nearly six years after he called them a "management blind-spot", a University of Otago freshwater scientist says Otago’s pristine alpine lakes are starting to get the attention they sorely need.

Sea dog ready for new tricks

Peter Nees (left) and Zach Stibbe. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

Sea dog ready for new tricks

Dunedin sailor Peter Nees says he has a lot to learn from his new sailing partner, 57 years his junior.

Man drowns at Balclutha swimming hole

Emergency services work at the edge of the Clutha River. Photo: Nick Brook

Man drowns at Balclutha swimming hole

Police have confirmed a man has drowned at a swimming hole in the Clutha River at Balclutha.

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Ailing rock lobsters spark fears

A small rock lobster is thrown back as the industry is now concerned marine heatwaves are...

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Rock lobster concern: animals lethargic, quality fears

Rising sea temperatures are believed to be behind a strange phenomenon that has the $140 million southern rock lobster industry concerned.

Foundations for new KiwiRail workshop under way

Construction has started on the new fabrication buildings at the Hillside workshop site in South...

Foundations for new KiwiRail workshop under way

The KiwiRail Hillside workshops redevelopment will take shape in coming weeks as construction crews pour concrete for foundation beams and excavate for locomotive pit areas.

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