Jono Edwards

The Otago Regional Council hopes opening up its $250,000 environmental grants fund for operational costs will offer a "point of difference" for the region’s community groups.

After being evicted from a damp house, Brendan Selwood and his two children have a warm and dry new home.

Port Otago has set a goal to be asbestos free within the year, including the likely demolition of two port buildings as well as the Fryatt St sheds.

More early-season eggs from the Otago Peninsula's little blue penguins could allow the birds to flourish.

The Otago Regional Council's former chief executive has taken up the cause criticising the council's minimum flow setting process in the Manuherikia River.

The University of Otago is hailing its involvement in the arrest of an alleged attempted armed robber as a success for its CCTV cameras.

The Otago Regional Council will be reviewed as a building consent authority after an audit found 25 non-compliances in its processes, five of which were considered ''serious''.

A bus advocacy group says it is "disappointing" a contractor used replacement buses without wheelchair access or bike racks on public routes in Dunedin.

Volunteers recently rid Stewart Island’s west coast of 16.6 tonnes of rubbish. Jono Edwards examines a trust’s efforts to return its beaches to their pristine past.

Finding storage for large equipment is the challenge facing the Otago Regional Council as it searches for yet another location for its new Dunedin headquarters.

A Dunedin family with damp housing is sleeping in the lounge and pregnant teenagers are couch surfing as the number of people waiting for housing in the city grows.

The Otago Regional Council wants to hear the public's opinion on its plans to make life jacket-wearing and vessel identification compulsory in most of Otago.

The Acting Prime Minister has weighed in on the debate on access to the Hawea Conservation Estate, saying the National Party has to face questions about how the sale was able to proceed.

Police say they are speaking to a victim about an alleged sexual assault in central Dunedin at the weekend.

Aurora has begun short-term fixes after a series of North Dunedin power cuts it says are likely related to an electricity provider’s "hour of power" promotion.

After a complaint, Football South has banned coaches making young players place their noses in dirt, but says the practice was meant as a "fun training tool" which players and parents agreed to.

The initial holes were drilled yesterday as work begins on Dunedin's $4.4million bus hub.