A night raid on illegal whitebaiting on the Clutha River failed to net any offenders, but the Department of Conservation hopes it has sent a warning to the whitebaiting fraternity.
An investigation into Dunedin's air quality has shown there is considerable variation across the city, but what is causing the central city's air pollution problem is not yet known.
For its forthcoming election, the Otago Fish and Game Council has attracted the biggest field of candidates since its inception in 1991.
Environmental, social and economic issues have to be balanced in making recommendations on minimum flow changes to Otago's water plan, hearing panel chairman Duncan Butcher says.
An Otago regional councillor is worried its new approach to dealing with pollution in run-off from land may be like deciding to go to Mars while lacking the rocket required to get there.
Some of Otago's male New Zealand sea lions will soon be sporting individual bleached markings to help identify them on their trip south for the summer breeding season in the subantarctic.
A new approach to dealing with pollution caused by run-off from land, to be considered by the Otago Regional Council today, could have significant implications for farmers.
In an effort to protect one of the main pipelines for the city water supply, the Dunedin City Council will permanently divert a section of Whare Creek.
Saffron Lai (8) and her mother, Shiang-Feng Shen, reflected on becoming New Zealanders after a citizenship ceremony at the Dunedin Municipal Chambers this week.
Sitting among goods donated for her fundraising auction, 5-year-old Grace Hughes cannot help but smile.
More than $40,000 will go to projects in Otago in the latest round of Community Conservation Funding, which was announced yesterday.
Weather records were broken around Otago in September - not due to a lack of rainfall as had been feared but instead because of extreme temperatures.
There is no one solution to New Zealand's energy supply issues but a group of Otago scientists believes investing in "diversity" will go a long way towards easing them.
New fishing season licence holders will get a bonus week's fishing in Otago, but it does not mean an early opening of the region's brown trout fisheries.
Easterly rain predicted for the rest of this week, on top of the past couple of days of southerly showers, would help ease the dry conditions on Otago's eastern coast.
The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust has sought the support of Tourism Dunedin for its campaign to ensure the continuation of observer programmes on commercial fishing vessels.
Roaring through the surf in an inflatable rescue boat is the "ultimate challenge" for Brighton man Seth McPhee, who has been honoured with the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Volunteer of the Year award.
A write-off for the planning and design of the Otago Regional Council's proposed waterfront office building was a major reason for the local body's reduced $2.7 million operating surplus in the 2008-09 draft annual report.
Veterinarian Tony Malthus was last night named as the 2009 Coastal Otago Conservation Award winner at a function in Dunedin.
Spending winter nights in a harness on a ledge of a cliff monitoring fairy prions is normal for Graeme Loh. Rebecca Fox talks to the Coastal Otago Conservation Award finalist about his hobby.
