More dead Hector's dolphins found
More dead Hector's dolphins found
Another two Hector's dolphins have been found dead in the Blueskin Bay area this week.
Rebecca Fox
Grant real boost for RSA
Grant real boost for RSA
A $396,000 grant from New Zealand Lotteries has proved a real boost for Mosgiel RSA's redevelopment plans.
Pigeons rehabilitated
Pigeons rehabilitated
Project Kereru's Nic Hurring, (left) SPCA Otago executive officer Sophie McSkimming and SPCA vet nurse and animal attendant Lisa Gerard release wood pigeons (kereru) on the SPCA's grounds at Opoho this week.
Niwa reviews sites
Niwa reviews sites
The Otago Regional Council will seek to keep important freshwater monitoring sites going if Niwa discontinues them. Niwa had reviewed its monitoring operations and was making changes to enable its ''expertise and capabilities'' to be used to the country's ''best advantage'', Niwa general manager strategy Dr Bryce Cooper said.
Feasibility study into opening of inlet
Feasibility study into opening of inlet
A study has been commissioned to find a long-term solution to the problem of Hoopers Inlet blocking.
Trialling stoat killer in West Otago
Trialling stoat killer in West Otago
A new multiresetting system aimed at killing the stoats that prey on New Zealand's native species is to be trialled in West Otago's Blue Mountains.
New head happy with state of ORC
New head happy with state of ORC
The Otago Regional Council's new chief executive has pronounced the local body to be in ''good heart''.
ORC fears `barb' in amendment to Act
ORC fears `barb' in amendment to Act
Requiring councils to perform in a way that is ''most cost-effective for households and businesses'' could see local bodies challenged in court for not taking the cheapest option, the Otago Regional Council says.
Abandoned animals a puzzle
Abandoned animals a puzzle
The discovery of a dog and its pups abandoned without shade or water in Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, recently has created a mystery the SPCA would like to solve.
St John staff thanked for saving woman
St John staff thanked for saving woman
Ann Allen knew she was in trouble when she started choking on a piece of meat.
Community rivers not industrial sewers, councillor says
Community rivers not industrial sewers, councillor says
Community rivers are not industrial sewers, Otago regional councillor Bryan Scott says.
Close encounters as dolphins spend day in Otago Harbour
Close encounters as dolphins spend day in Otago Harbour
Fishing was the last thing on kayaker Paul Hannah's mind when he realised he was accompanied by a pod of bottlenose dolphins in Otago Harbour yesterday morning.
Water quality concerns
Water quality concerns
New Zealanders will be left with a sad environmental legacy if there is not the political will to prevent further freshwater degradation, the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society says.
Invitation to dance starts it all
Invitation to dance starts it all
It might have snowed on the morning they married in December 60 years ago, but it certainly did not bode ill for Ron and Aileen McGregor.
Redeveloped museum pleases crowds, director
Redeveloped museum pleases crowds, director
Thousands of people have been transported back in time as they flowed through the revamped Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.
November cool and wet for city
November cool and wet for city
Northeners' perception of Dunedin as wet and cool will not be changed by Niwa's latest climate figures for the city.
'Duty' to raise freshwater issues
'Duty' to raise freshwater issues
If New Zealand's ecosystem continues to decline at the rate it has for the past 40 years, the country will have no native fish by 2050, Massey University freshwater ecologist Mike Joy says.
Conservation Board members' terms to expire
Conservation Board members' terms to expire
Six places on Otago's Conservation Board will become vacant next year so the hunt is on for people with an interest in conservation.
Tender price well under ORC estimate
Tender price well under ORC estimate
Lund South Construction has won the tender to build the Otago Regional Council's new council chamber and civil defence headquarters.
Flood alerts via Twitter
Flood alerts via Twitter
Otago landowners along floodways will soon be alerted to the risk of flooding through the Twitter alerts service.