Rebecca Fox

Satellite images have confirmed the iceberg seen off Macquarie Island last week is moving north, past the sub-antarctic island.

South Otago High School principal Nick Simpson's goal of providing his pupils with facilities the equal of those anywhere in New Zealand has been given a boost with funding of $1.9 million from the Government.

An "upset" Otago regional councillor has asked what processes are to be put in place to ensure the problems with a toxic home in North Dunedin do not reoccur.

Otago and Southland will get their own area councils under a new constitution adopted by the Red Cross at the weekend.

The Otago Regional Council had not advanced its plans for new office premises much since it shelved its $31 million waterfront proposal in June, chairman Stephen Cairns said.

A massive iceberg has been sighted in roughly the same original area as the icebergs which sparked huge interest in Otago in 2006.

A leopard seal rested in Company Bay recently.

Chilly weather kept temperatures down to record low levels across Otago last month, with Dunedin experiencing its coldest October since records began about 60 years ago.

A Dunedin businessman believes the Dunedin City Council is being unfair and anti-competitive by not allowing him to trade near the Railway Station on Saturday mornings.

Sisters are doing it for themselves in the Maniototo, with three dominating the area's success at the recent Manu Pounamu Young Achievers Awards.

When Noeline Stoddart joined a lengthy queue for a job operating the then new tote machines at Forbury Park in 1951, she had no idea she would still be doing the job nearly 60 years later.

Otago Fish and Game Council has told the chairman of its national council it has no confidence in its chief executive Bryce Johnson.

Twenty-three mohua (yellowhead) from the Catlins were caught and flown to Canterbury yesterday to bolster a faltering population of the endangered bird there.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary has exceeded all expectations - a 307ha sanctuary for native flora and fauna, protected from exotic predators. Rebecca Fox looks at the history of the project initiated by the Otago Natural History Trust.

While no arrests for whitebaiting at night have been made in Otago, the Department of Conservation is continuing to monitor the region's rivers for any regulation breakers.

A Dunedin architect's design for the headquarters of a Chinese fashion house will go on display at the country's fashion week in Beijing.

It is a moment that has been more than two decades in the making, and for Dr Ralph Allen, Friday's opening of Orokonui Ecosanctuary's visitor and education centre will be a worthy tribute to the people who have worked on the project.