Church communities from around Dunedin joined to bring to life the narrative of Easter with services and walks of the cross yesterday.
Muttonbirders have sought advice from GNS Science following a landslip on the Titi Islands which destroyed two houses and left two people buried up to their shoulders in mud and debris.
"It just gets better," MetService weather ambassador Bob McDavitt said of Easter's weather.
Refugees and boat people are proving to be a "hot topic" in the approaching Australian election and a New Zealander will be trying to provide some balance to the debate.
If you are driving on the Otago Peninsula on Saturday do not be surprised to see a convoy of Morris Minors.
Dunedin International Airport recorded the highest maximum temperature in the country yesterday with 29degC at 4pm.
Age Concern hopes a little advice along with the aid of a "weather station" may help the elderly keep warm and healthy this winter.
Watching a bright green and gold jewelled gecko climb on to a branch and disappear into the greenery gave their custodians some satisfaction yesterday.
"Voracious" wallabies could be making their way into Otago, raising fears the pest may establish in the region and threaten native plants, forestry, crops and pasture.
The amount of money being donated by people using the Speight's Brewery tap in Dunedin is only a drop in the ocean to what could be given, leaving an environmental fund short.
Otago's window for receiving enough rainfall to ease the dry conditions and provide needed grass growth, is closing fast.
Boat owners could face penalties under the Wildlife Act if protected birds continue to be killed in large open-weaved netting they use to deter birds from fouling their vessels' decks.
Bus-passenger numbers in Dunedin have fallen in the past year.
A breach of minimum flow restrictions on the Kakanui River continues to be investigated, Otago Regional Council, director resource management Selva Selvarajah says.
People claim to want clean, swimmable water, but if that was the case, why did they continue to pollute the region's waterways with dead animals and rubbish, Otago Regional Cr Stephen Woodhead has asked.
A recent High Court decision to uphold four of six protection measures for Hector's dolphins has been met with relief by University of Otago marine mammal specialist Associate Prof Liz Slooten.
"State of the art" hand-held water quality monitoring devices have been ordered by the Otago Regional Council and will be trialled in the field in coming months.
A preliminary report on the rating classification review promised for the Taieri should be presented during the April committee meeting round, Otago Regional Council chief executive Graeme Martin said.
Dunedin buses and the city itself are incredibly safe, so parents do not need to cart their children everywhere, Otago regional councillor Michael Deaker says.
Urban water quality will be the next target of the Otago Regional Council as it continues its push to clean up and preserve the region's waterways.