A comprehensive study into the mass mortality of yellow-eyed penguins on Otago Peninsula this summer is needed if the endangered species is to survive on the region's shores, University of Otago Associate Prof Phil Seddon says.
Curling up with a good book might be the preferred activity for many Dunedin librarians. But last night they put that and any natural shyness aside to strut their stuff in vintage clothing. The ''Geek to Chic'' fashion show at the Dunedin City Library was held as part of iD Dunedin Fashion Week.
Dunedin police will be targeting a North Dunedin intersection after an Otago Daily Times video showed numerous vehicles running red and amber lights.
More than 8000ha of rabbit-prone land in the Wanaka area will need poison laid on it this winter to bring the number of the pests under control.
Otago regional ratepayers will face a 5.34% increase in general rates if the Otago Regional Council votes to go ahead with investing in Tarras Water Ltd's irrigation scheme.
Three-year-old cancer survivor Manu Haggie just wanted to see the All Blacks, because that is ''what you do'' at Forsyth Barr Stadium.
As poaching of New Zealand green geckos has increased, higher legal protection for the brightly coloured natives is being sought at an international conference on the trade in endangered species.
An appeal to politicians to confront the critical risks facing New Zealand, its environment and way of life has been launched in Dunedin.
About 300 people, multiple nationalities and a rush of check-ins - it might have been a chaotic start to Census night at Dunedin Holiday Park but in the end, even the stragglers were caught.
Steady drizzle may have rained off the cricket in Dunedin but it failed to dampen more than the central city, leaving the rest of the area in extreme fire risk.
Rolls-Royce representatives (from left) South and East Asia Pacific general manager Dan Balmer, Team McMillan director Bob McMillan, of Auckland, and Asia Pacific regional director Paul Harris visit Dunedin yesterday with a Phantom Series II, imported just a month ago.
Fishers are being asked to have respect for their feathered friends when fishing in Otago Harbour.
A group of rescued orphaned yellow-eyed penguin chicks appear to ponder their release choices before turning tail back up a privately accessed Otago Peninsula beach yesterday - only for Penguin Place manager Lisa King to gently encourage them to head out to sea.
Many long-time Dunedin residents are scratching their heads trying to remember the last time the city experienced such a consistently good summer.
Bluff's oyster fleet is expected to return home this morning with its first haul from the opening day of the season. Two of Barnes Oysters' fleet were planning to head out just after midnight to ensure oyster lovers tasted their first new season oysters as early as possible.
Southern BMX riders have a lot of potential and earn every success they have, Olympic silver medal winner Sarah Walker says.
The Otago Regional Council's reversal of a panel recommendation not to invest in a Tarras irrigation scheme makes a ''mockery'' of the public consultation process, some submitters say.
Discovering a tourist had lit a campfire in the dunes at Sandfly Bay right next to a threatened yellow-eyed penguin colony was the last straw for volunteer Pat Dean.
The bodies of more than 40 endangered yellow-eyed penguins have been found on Otago Peninsula, raising concerns of a repeat of a ''mass mortality'' event which wiped out 60% of peninsula breeding adults in 1990.
A scheme to protect more than 450 Northeast Valley properties from flood damage has been axed after being judged by Otago regional councillors as ''far too rich'' for those who live in the area.
