Allison Rudd

A Wingatui man says he is disappointed but not surprised City Forests will not change its policy and allow him access to a lakeside fishing spot during the week.

Two energy companies have reduced generation from hydro power stations in the South as a lack of rain continues to bite.

More than $2 million has now been recovered by the Government from the sale of assets seized from convicted fraudster Michael Swann.

A Dunedin city councillor subdividing his Mosgiel property has drawn on his local-body experience to try to reduce neighbourly tensions among residents.

It was love at first sight when 17-year-old Betty Kitto and 19-year-old Jim Downes met at a dance in St Kilda in 1947.

He has run the biggest humanitarian aid camp in Somalia, worked for the United Nations in war-torn countries Liberia, Rwanda and Afghanistan and handled a $2 billion budget when he was head of the UN's reconstruction programme in Iraq.

Just off the coast of Western Australia is Rottnest Island, where bicycles and wind power reign supreme and relaxing is the name of the game. Allison Rudd took a day trip.

Water sports, children, dogs, birds and Otago's panoramic landscapes have been favourite subjects among the 516 entries in this year's Otago Daily Times Magic Moments readers' photography competition.

The Otago Regional Council is warning thousands of farmers with consent to take irrigation water from rivers to conserve as much water as possible to reduce the pressure on rapidly dwindling rivers.

Rule No 1 when you rely on tank water - do not go away on holiday and leave your hose running.