Omarama has a new visitors' information centre.
A new 24-hour McDonald's restaurant, drive through and McCafe has been approved for Frankton but residents who oppose the plan still have a fortnight to appeal.
A cafe-bar and corner shop are set to be the next addition to the Lake Hayes Estate.
Port Otago has brought forward some of its capital expenditure programme this financial year, ordering two new container straddle carriers for $2.9 million, alongside a $1 million refurbishment of its oil wharf facilities in Dunedin's upper harbour.
Cromwell retailers seem happy with the latest redevelopment proposals for the town centre and want work to begin soon.
Swimmers will remain shut out of the ageing Wanaka Community Pool for at least two weeks as council contractors wait for new parts after a misdiagnosed "anticipated quick maintenance job".
Closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras could be installed in the city centre by Christmas, after the Dunedin City Council voted yesterday to access a fund last used in the 1970s.
A new entrance off State Highway 8 is one of the proposals for revitalising Cromwell's town centre that were unveiled yesterday.
An Otago Chamber of Commerce advertising campaign aimed at putting pressure on the Dunedin City Council to drop its controversial plan change 7: harbourside, is being backed by more than 160 businesses.
Minister of Education Anne Tolley officially opened Queenstown Primary School's new classroom block yesterday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's strategy committee raised questions about flood risk, traffic congestion, urban sprawl and environmental impact of a proposal to build 758 homes beside the Shotover River at a meeting in Queenstown yesterday.
Minister of Education Anne Tolley will officially open Queenstown Primary School's new classroom block today.
Development contributions, which some developers say are hindering economic growth, are to be investigated by the Waitaki District Council.
"Leave it the way it is." That was the message industrial workers in the harbourside area had for the Dunedin City Council after a series of meetings yesterday. The council...
No appeals have been received on the resource consents granted for the proposed $90 million Oceania Dairy milk-processing plant near Glenavy, with the appeal period ending this week.
A crane has been brought in to begin replacing railway bridge 217 at Burkes Bay.
The 109-year-old Britannia Theatre building in Clyde St, Balclutha, is to be demolished.
Workers at two businesses in the harbourside area of Dunedin will meet today to discuss the implications of the Dunedin City Council's proposed plan change 7: harbourside.
Detailed designs for a single-lane roundabout at the intersection of Ardmore and Brownston Sts in Wanaka should be completed by the end of June, and construction is likely to begin sometime in the 2010-11 financial year.