Pumas at play
Pumas at play
Pumas Tomas Vallejos (left) and Bustos Maximiliano play with Oarabile Smous (2), of Waikouaiti, in the children's ward at Dunedin Hospital yesterday during a visit by the Argentine Rugby World Cup squad.
Rebecca Fox
Six full-time Doc jobs to go in Dunedin
Six full-time Doc jobs to go in Dunedin
Six full-time positions will be lost from the Department of Conservation's Otago conservancy office in Dunedin in the department's latest reshuffle to meet government budget cuts.
Otago's winter one of driest on record
Otago's winter one of driest on record
Otago has again shown its winters are something to be envied, with the region having one of its driest on record.
91 breaches could affect environment
91 breaches could affect environment
Nearly 100 Otago resource consents involving effluent and odour discharge and water takes have been found to be non-compliant, with potential effects on the environment.
Councillor concerned about local body relationship
Councillor concerned about local body relationship
Recent criticism of the Otago Regional Council in the media has Cr Duncan Butcher concerned about the local body's relationship with the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
'Crude' appearance of weirs will improve
'Crude' appearance of weirs will improve
The "jumbled and crude" look of the new temporary weirs being installed on the lower Water of Leith will be improved by the time they are complete.
Accommodation for RWC going fast
Accommodation for RWC going fast
If you are more worried about the rugby than the thread count of the sheets you will sleep on that night, you might be struggling to find accommodation in Dunedin for the main World Cup games.
Effluent monitors installed
Effluent monitors installed
A trial of new technology to monitor and manage effluent pollution run-off has begun near Omakau and Hawea Flat.
Flightless parrot flies in for Orokonui holiday
Flightless parrot flies in for Orokonui holiday
They say he doesn't know he's a bird. Sirocco the kakapo thinks he's human.
ORC to keep FPP system
ORC to keep FPP system
The Otago Regional Council will continue to use the first-past-the-post voting system despite concerns about the confusion it might cause voters given other local bodies use an alternative system.
Council tells DCC to 'put up' over buses
Council tells DCC to 'put up' over buses
If the Dunedin City Council wants to take over Dunedin's public transport system, it "jolly well" needs to make a move before the end of the year, Otago Regional Council chief executive Graeme Martin says.
Wastewater effort pays off
Wastewater effort pays off
More than $232 million has been spent by Otago councils and industry in the past 10 years to improve wastewater discharges and, as a result, the "diabolical" water quality in parts of the region.
Cultural awareness
Cultural awareness
Lily van Buskirk (13) and Madison Hughes (13), from Columba College, try out sumo wrestling and Balmacewen Intermediate pupil Shaniia Taita (13, below) has a go at lion dancing at the Asia Awareness Day at the Edgar Centre yesterday.
New move in pest control
New move in pest control
Having one centre co-ordinating wildlife management and conservation should enable new ideas for pest management to become a reality more quickly, Otago researcher Dr Ivan Sammut says.
Celebration marks end of stadium construction
Celebration marks end of stadium construction
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull was full of praise last night for the finished Forsyth Barr Stadium but he also issued a warning - the work had only just begun if the venture was not to fail.
ORC checks possible alternative vote options
ORC checks possible alternative vote options
At an extraordinary meeting tomorrow, the Otago Regional Council will discuss whether to change the voting system it will employ for the next local body election.
Child health and poverty linked: study
Child health and poverty linked: study
As the economic downturn progresses in New Zealand, hospital admissions for children with poverty-related conditions such as asthma, pneumonia and skin infections has increased, Dr Elizabeth Craig, of the University of Otago, says.
New WOW tribute for cable tie garment
New WOW tribute for cable tie garment
A garment constructed entirely from cable ties to represent a Pohutukawa, by Wanaka artist Andi Regan, received an honorable mention at the World of Wearable Art Awards in Wellington last night.
Review undertaken after beacon clipped by vessel
Review undertaken after beacon clipped by vessel
Oyang 77 at the Leith St wharf in Dunedin this week. Photo by Craig Baxter.
A navigational beacon in Otago Harbour has been left on a lean after being clipped by Korean fishing vessel, Oyang 77, which was being piloted by Port Otago staff on Tuesday night.
Six Dunedin jobs may go in merger
Six Dunedin jobs may go in merger
Up to six positions at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of Fisheries Dunedin offices could be lost as a result of their merger last month.