Fish and Game Otago is questioning how it can do its statutory duty of protecting trout and salmon if the Otago Regional Council fails to notify it of consent applications involving waterways.
The suitability of some of Otago's waterways for swimming is being questioned after a national report showed declining water quality at many sites.
Scientific modelling predicts a grim future for Otago Peninsula's endangered yellow-eyed penguins.
With only three days to go until local body election nominations close, there are still spots on the Otago Regional Council's Dunedin constituency to fill.
There is a chance of a warm run through to spring, Niwa's seasonal climate outlook says.
The Surfbreak Protection Society has lodged an appeal in the Environment Court against Port Otago's consents to continue depositing dredging material at Aramoana, Heyward Point and Shelley Beach.
Councils are going to have to move quickly if the tight time frames proposed in Resource Management Act changes become legislation, Otago Regional Council chairman Stephen Woodhead says.
A proposal to seek international recognition for the Taieri scroll plain and some of the district's other significant wetlands has been welcomed - but with reservations.
Conservation Minister Nick Smith wants a formal investigation into establishing a marine protected area in Otago, but there seems little chance of it happening.
Phillipa Stewart has been in New York for more than a fortnight but has yet to see any of the sights as she is focused on one thing - classical ballet.
Two stationary yellow-eyed penguins standing guard over Sandfly Bay on Otago Peninsula have been confusing penguins, tourists and volunteers alike.
Dairy effluent offences make up the biggest share of the Otago Regional Council's enforcement processes.
A more collaborative approach to public transport is needed if Dunedin is to solve its future roading problems, the Otago Regional Council says.
A ''call to action'' has been issued to southern business, local government, agricultural and tertiary education leaders from Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull as part of the fight against job losses at AgResearch's Invermay campus.
New Zealand is home to some of the world's rarest marine mammals, yet there are concerns about the level of funding for research to help protect them. Rebecca Fox talks to scientists and the Department of Conservation about the fine balance between protecting species and funding.
Discovering no New Zealand sea lion pups were born on one of only five breeding colonies in the Auckland Islands is a concern despite an overall increase in pups on the islands, University of Otago zoologist Dr Bruce Robertson says.
A Department of Conservation plan allocating commercial fishing funding for marine research has fallen short of the expectations of both scientists and fishing interests.
A record-breaking run of warm July weather has Otago's birds chirping and plants bursting into flower.
The best way to ensure security of water supply for landowners and provide habitat for endangered fish is to manage the Benger Burn and Ettrick aquifer together, the Otago Regional Council says.
Some major Otago waterways are didymo-free so it is important river and lake users keep up the ''check, clean and dry'' practice, Otago Regional Council director Jeff Donaldson says.
