Motivating women
Motivating women
Informing, inspiring and supporting like-minded businesswomen in Otago and Southland is the aim of She's Motivated.
Rebecca Fox
Tomahawk playgroup future in doubt
Tomahawk playgroup future in doubt
The future of Tomahawk Toddlers Playgroup continues to hang in the balance after it was told by a security guard to leave the Tomahawk School grounds following a protest earlier this week.
Challenge to ODHB home help change
Challenge to ODHB home help change
Dunedin providers of home help for the elderly will "endeavour to challenge" the Otago and Southland district health boards' process in cutting housework help, Presbyterian Support Otago chief executive Gillian Bremner says.
Back to the wild after hospital stay
Back to the wild after hospital stay
Watching an endangered yellow-eyed penguin dive into the sea and make its way back to its nest, gave no indication that three weeks ago its prognosis was not so good, after a leg injury.
'Within 10 minutes, she was pretty much gone'
'Within 10 minutes, she was pretty much gone'
The Mosgiel owners of two dogs yesterday spoke about their last walks along the Silver Stream with their pets, outings that proved fatal for the canines.
Jail for ecstasy ring trio
Jail for ecstasy ring trio
Police are "extremely satisfied" they have managed to close down a Queenstown drug syndicate with international connections.
65-year milestone
65-year milestone
Dorothy and Lesley Mackle take a quiet moment from their 65th wedding anniversary celebrations in their Caversham home yesterday.
New tool will measure dairy runoff
New tool will measure dairy runoff
Otago Regional Council chief executive Graeme Martin hopes development and production of a new tool to measure runoff from land could be complete within two years.
Silver Stream algae toxic: tests
Silver Stream algae toxic: tests
Tests on the algae believed to have killed two dogs which were playing in the Silver Stream at Mosgiel have confirmed it is toxic.
US cyclists put NZ on the map
US cyclists put NZ on the map
American Peter Seed thinks New Zealanders are missing the boat by not getting out and enjoying the countryside by bicycle, so has produced a series of maps to encourage people to do so.
Neighbours disturbed by clearance
Neighbours disturbed by clearance
Everitt Enterprises has apologised to neighbours for the noise as it transported thousands of tonnes of heavy steel from its Wilkie Rd, Dunedin, premises to Otago Harbour.
Warning over toxic algae
Warning over toxic algae
Go paddling in Otago rivers but "steer clear" of anything that looks black and slimy, the Otago Regional Council advises, in the wake of toxic algae being discovered in the Silver Stream at Mosgiel.
ORC classification review year away
ORC classification review year away
It will be 2011-12 at the earliest before a rates classification review for flood and drainage works on the Taieri could be completed, Otago Regional Council corporate services director Wayne Scott said.
Positive year for geckos
Positive year for geckos
One year after the jewelled geckos were released at Orokonui Ecosanctuary, their survival and breeding is encouraging, general manager Chris Baillie says.
'Gay' couple raise chicks
'Gay' couple raise chicks
Same-sex relationships in the bird world are not unusual, Penguin Place owner Howard McGrouther says.
Vets work to heal penguin
Vets work to heal penguin
Massey University wildlife veterinarians are working hard to heal an Otago Peninsula yellow-eyed penguin attacked by a shark.
Dunedin 'pulsing' with over 4500 visitors
Dunedin 'pulsing' with over 4500 visitors
Dunedin streets teemed with people yesterday as cruise-ship and tour-bus passengers and Masters Games participants enjoyed the sunshine, sightseeing and shops.
Low rivers bring irrigation alert
Low rivers bring irrigation alert
Water users across Otago have been warned to adhere closely to their resource consent conditions to ensure river levels, which have again dwindled to low levels, do not drop any further.
Albatross double a colony milestone
Albatross double a colony milestone
It may be destined for media stardom because it is being raised by two female royal northern albatrosses, but it is also special for another reason.
Dolphin find rare for Otago
Dolphin find rare for Otago
A Southern right whale dolphin has washed up on a South Otago beach, something which has only been reported once before in Otago.