Jono Edwards

Farmers should move baleage from flood plains to higher ground after hundreds of bales were swept away in last month's deluge, Otago Regional Council chairman Stephen Woodhead says.

King Salmon wants to test two 3600ha Otago ocean sites for the viability of offshore salmon farming.

After criticism of its waste plan from Dunedin's mayor, the Otago Regional Council is considering scrapping it altogether.

Farmers are urging the Otago Regional Council to provide more evidence its K5 rabbit virus is working.

The Wild Dunedin committee brings a "fresh" take on meetings yesterday by holding theirs in the middle of the Water of Leith under the Clyde St Bridge in Dunedin yesterday.

Blue penguins are thriving at Pilots Beach in one of Dunedin's conservation success stories.

A family walking dogs through a Dunedin reserve of critically-endangered yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho) left a penguin field manager ''flabbergasted''.

A Northeast Valley woman is seeking help filling a Jaffa-sized hole in Dunedin's calendar.

Central Otago communities will be called upon to guide the way forward for the minimum flow process on three rivers.

In the midst of one Otago Regional Council director's resignation and another's rumoured departure, the council's chief executive and councillors are silent.

A rogue rabbit virus, confirmed in Otago, could thwart regional council plans by making the animals immune to its infection operation.

Leaked documents appear to show the Otago Regional Council increasing its commitment to a new headquarters site in Dunedin’s Anzac Ave.

The vast majority of Otago freshwater bodies could be swimmable in coming decades through an Otago Regional Council commitment.

The Otago Regional Council has increased its commitment to tackling poor air quality in smog-prone towns with a $5million project over 10 years.

The Department of Conservation has defended a "non-interference" policy towards takahe after criticism following the death of two chicks at Orokonui.

As the Otago Regional Council lags on Henley flood work, a councillor has floated the idea of retreating from the settlement altogether.

The final stage of flood work on the Water of Leith will start early next year at a cost of $2.8 million.

Becca Huxley, of Wanaka, trades plastic for cash in the Octagon yesterday as part of Dunedin's contribution to the Great Bottle Drive.

A science project undertaken by school pupils has revealed the ''poor'' water quality in Tomahawk Lagoon.