Copper stolen from tunnel
Copper stolen from tunnel
About 3km of copper cabling has been stolen from inside the Wingatui rail tunnel, a theft which put the thieves at risk.
Rebecca Fox
Pupils help create penguin facility
Pupils help create penguin facility
School pupils are helping restore blue penguin habitat as part of the development of a viewing facility at Pilots Beach, Taiaroa Head, which is due to open next month.
Years of work preserving city's heritage recognised
Years of work preserving city's heritage recognised
Years of work by Dunedin man Stewart Harvey helping to restore and protect the city's heritage has been recognised with a national award.
Government water policy queried
Government water policy queried
While the Government paints the state of New Zealand freshwater as a crisis, the deadline it has set for meeting water quality has been extended, Otago Regional Cr Michael Deaker says.
Inertia on public transport
Inertia on public transport
Otago regional councillors have been told not to "hold their breath" for a quick resolution to the suggestion the Dunedin City Council should take over the city's public transport services.
Tenor wins 'ODT' aria contest
Tenor wins 'ODT' aria contest
Dunedin tenor Alex Wilson, winner of the Dunedin Performing Arts Competitions Society's Otago Daily Times Aria, sings Tchaikovsky's Lenski's Aria - Kuda, Kuda at the Kings and Queens Performing Arts Centre last night.
Wiggly welcome at Regent; children's music show a hot potato
Wiggly welcome at Regent; children's music show a hot potato
Hands were clapping, heads were bopping and arms were shaking, and that was just the parents.
Unbowed by ORC court action
Unbowed by ORC court action
Berwick farmer Dan Lyders has vowed to fight on despite the Otago Regional Council taking him to court for raising a floodbank on the Meggat Burn.
Water answers sought
Water answers sought
If Tarras Water Ltd wants to meet its goal of starting its irrigation project this summer, it needs to work quickly to answer Otago Regional Council questions, councillors say.
ORC rejects wilding tree trust deed
ORC rejects wilding tree trust deed
A charitable trust deed for the Otago Wilding Tree Trust is considered "highly risky" in part by the Otago Regional Council, which will not be joining it.
More work, more staff; surplus too
More work, more staff; surplus too
Work completed by the Otago Regional Council in the past year will create a "better tomorrow" for the region "whether it is one year or 30", chief executive Graeme Martin says in the annual report.
Focus on Kaikorai Stream
Focus on Kaikorai Stream
Discharges into Kaikorai Stream, in Dunedin, are the first to be investigated as the Otago Regional Council looks at stormwater discharges into Otago's streams, lakes and rivers.
Water plan proposals restrictive and unclear, power generators say
Water plan proposals restrictive and unclear, power generators say
New water regulations mean a Project Hayes-type proposal will not be able to go ahead in the future, Meridian Energy consultant planner John Kyle says.
Authorities critical of proposed water quality plan
Authorities critical of proposed water quality plan
Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says he "will not stand" for one set of standards for rural water quality and another set for urban.
Macandrew Bay to get a spring clean
Macandrew Bay to get a spring clean
Milk bottle tops, fishing lines and forgotten crayfish pots - divers have found it all at the bottom of the sea around Otago and believe today's clean-up at Macandrew Bay will be no different.
ORC discontinuing its climate booklet
ORC discontinuing its climate booklet
The Otago Regional Council is about to cease publication of a booklet that provides climate and pasture information.
Oceana Gold, ORC settle bond agreement
Oceana Gold, ORC settle bond agreement
Otago Regional Council's bond fall-out with Oceana Gold has been settled.
New water rules called draconian
New water rules called draconian
From "draconian" to "giant experiment", both sides of the water quality debate expressed their view of the proposed policies yesterday.
Call for 'maverick' council to halt plan change
Call for 'maverick' council to halt plan change
A group of farmers and companies has called for the Otago Regional Council to halt its water quality plan change, saying it is behaving in a "maverick way" and against national and its own regulations.
Dance doyenne recovering after crash
Dance doyenne recovering after crash
Shona Dunlop MacTavish, considered the mother of modern dance in New Zealand, is in a serious but stable condition in Dunedin Hospital after her car and another were in a collision on Saturday.