Hamish MacLean

The Government is staying silent over fears raised by a southern mayor that councils will be forced to give up their water assets.

As the consent application for a proposed Brighton landfill remains on hold, a Dunedin City Council investigation into the cost of using a regional landfill continues, the council says.

As closed borders continue to challenge the University of Otago, the institution has started looking at ways to attract the world’s brightest students.

One person remains in Dunedin Hospital after last week’s ill-fated hot-air balloon trip was hit with a wind gust while landing and crashed, near Queenstown.

The Otago Regional Council’s head of science has raised the possibility the council might not meet the first hurdle in its new work programme, created to allow the council to meet tight 2023...

Only limited tickets are left after strong pre-sales for the coming Springbok test, Dunedin Venues chief executive Terry Davies says.

Central Otago scientists are at the forefront of global efforts to help people understand how extreme weather is linked to human-made climate change.

The nitrate pollution limits environmental groups want for New Zealand waterways would also catch out the drinking water for nearly 400,000 people on a registered drinking water supply, a...

The Government would face pushback if it went harder or faster on its latest plastic ban, due to phase out problem plastics over the next four years, a University of Otago marine ecologist says.

The controversial proposal for a new Dunedin landfill has hit another obstacle as the city’s two councils square off over whether different sites need to be considered.

Crews from Winton and Wallacetown have put out a hedge fire in Southland.

What the Government might pay to take water infrastructure away from local councils could be clear within weeks.

Thirteen people have been arrested after a police operation targeting methamphetamine in Temuka and Oamaru.