Penguin refuelling for journey home
Penguin refuelling for journey home
A subantarctic erect-crested penguin carried off course on to a Northland beach is now recuperating at Moeraki's Katiki Point penguin hospital.
Rebecca Fox
Brigade takes the heat for 50 years
Brigade takes the heat for 50 years
Nearly 50 years ago the Brighton community took matters into their own hands and set up a volunteer fire brigade.
Students getting on the buses
Students getting on the buses
A 25% discount on fares seems to be drawing students on to the city's public bus system, the Otago Regional Council says.
Otago marine protected area forum group announced
Otago marine protected area forum group announced
The group which will lead the fight to change Otago's status as the only region not to have marine protection will be led by Dunedin environmental lawyer Maree Baker-Galloway.
Call for patience on plan
Call for patience on plan
Patience is being called for as the Otago Regional Council works on implementation of new water quality plan changes.
Puzzling decisions on buses
Puzzling decisions on buses
Corstophine bus users are happy but those on Otago Peninsula are puzzled by the Otago Regional Council's latest decision on public bus routes.
ORC having to pay for temporary bridge
ORC having to pay for temporary bridge
The Otago Regional Council is being forced to spend more than $100,000 on a temporary footbridge across the Water of Leith when at least two other options for crossing the waterway are nearby.
Warning over council income
Warning over council income
Being able to keep its general rate increase to 2.49% is good news but it is only thanks to the Otago Regional Council's ownership of Port Otago and its good investments, Cr Michael Deaker says.
Royal wedding dress input 'fairy-tale'
Royal wedding dress input 'fairy-tale'
The windows were covered over and the keyholes blocked while a team of specialist embroiderers worked ''vast hours'' on delicate lacework which was to end up on Kate Middleton's wedding dress.
Skinny salmon signal shortage of food
Skinny salmon signal shortage of food
''Skinny'' salmon caught in Otago Harbour may be suffering from the same lack of food as Otago's yellow-eyed penguins.
Another year of stadium rate
Another year of stadium rate
Unexpected ''interest changes'' mean Otago ratepayers will face another year of paying a special rate for Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Plan change close to final tick
Plan change close to final tick
The Otago Regional Council's water quality plan change is past its last major hurdle.
300 sea lion pup deaths prompt search for answers
300 sea lion pup deaths prompt search for answers
Three hundred endangered New Zealand sea lion pups in the Auckland Islands have died this season from a disease not yet identified , Conservation Minister Nick Smith says.
Survey's criticism of farming rejected
Survey's criticism of farming rejected
A survey criticising the impact of intensive agricultural expansion on the environment has been labelled by farming groups emotive, unethical, oversimplified and ''just plain wrong''.
Island complex to be Blake Station
Island complex to be Blake Station
The new research station to be built on the environmentally protected Auckland Islands, 465km south of Bluff, will be named after the late Sir Peter Blake.
Olveston's artist showing his work
Olveston's artist showing his work
As the first artist in residence at Dunedin historic home Olveston, Manu Berry has fallen for its ''fairy-tale'' feel and rich history.
Sea lion threat plan needed 'promptly'
Sea lion threat plan needed 'promptly'
Urgent interim measures need to be taken to protect the endangered New Zealand sea lion population given the serious rate of decline in pup numbers in the Auckland Islands, scientists and conservationists say.
Continue algae caution
Continue algae caution
People should continue to take care when walking their dogs near Otago waterways as potentially toxic algae could be present on banks as well as in the water after recent high rainfall, the Otago Regional Council says.
Fewer strong, cold sou'westers forecast
Fewer strong, cold sou'westers forecast
Fewer of the southwesterly and westerly weather patterns which have made for an unsettled summer are predicted to affect Otago this autumn, Niwa says.
Sea lion statement may be imminent
Sea lion statement may be imminent
Conservation Minister Nick Smith may break his silence later this week on the challenges facing the critically endangered New Zealand sea lion.