One sentence of the Otago local authorities' triennial agreement has drawn derision from an Otago regional councillor and sparked a debate over language used in local government.
Communities developing irrigation infrastructure may soon be able to get up to $2 million financial assistance from the Otago Regional Council.
Otago landowners with water takes in areas difficult to access or where weather is too harsh for electronic equipment will be able to apply for exemptions to new water metering rules.
Workers felled trees on the bank of the river before Christmas in preparation for widening the true left bank in coming weeks. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
Otago regional councillors have failed to "grab the opportunity" and make a decision on the future of the Leith Lindsay flood protection scheme.
For the second year in a row, the albatross colony at Taiaroa Head has two female birds raising a chick.
Farmers who called for a review of flood and drainage rating on the Taieri plain may have got more than they asked for, with one describing the proposed changes as "significant".
"D-Day" has arrived for the proposed flood protection scheme on the Water of Leith and Lindsay Creek.
A full emergency landing was declared at Dunedin International Airport yesterday after a bird was "ingested" into a plane's engine shortly after take-off.
A proposal to increase charges for some resource consents has been voted down by a slim majority of Otago regional councillors.
A new way for people to have their say about what they think is good, bad or indifferent about the way the Department of Conservation (Doc) manages public land and native flora and fauna has just been launched in Otago and Southland.
Police are searching for a man who held up a Dunedin dairy at knife-point last night, the second armed robbery in the city in three days.
Rook numbers have dropped from 5000 to about 130 in Otago but those remaining are becoming increasingly difficult to target.
A group of students visiting Otago from the University of Peking in Beijing, China, is full of praise for the region and the activities it provides but has one complaint - the bus service.
A pedestrian and cycle bridge described as the "missing link" between Dunedin's Queens Gardens and the harbourside has been proposed by the Dunedin City Council.
While the Otago Regional Council has yet to give a discount for late resource consent processing, the issue still has applicants dissatisfied.
It will not come as any surprise to Dunedin residents that the city was the coolest of New Zealand's six main centres in January.
A Fiordland crested penguin starting its moult has been rescued from a beach at Ocean View, south of Dunedin - where it was at risk from dog attacks - and released at Sandfly Bay, on Otago Peninsula.
The pump station on the Waipori River, which keeps more than 7000ha of the Taieri Plain dry, is to get a $1.1 million refurbishment, including new pumps.
The Otago Regional Council is backing its approach to water management in Otago, saying it is "simpler and more cost-effective" than Government-backed recommendations for fresh water management.
A new enforcement tool is being developed to ensure landowners not complying with new rabbit-control regulations are compelled to do so.
