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Richard Saunders will become ORC's chief executive on June 1. Photo: supplied

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ORC apologises for more privacy breaches

The Otago Regional Council has admitted further privacy breaches after an investigation into how the council unwittingly came to break confidentiality and share the email addresses of hundreds of...

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Music proposed as way to calm bus hub conduct

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Music proposed as way to calm bus hub conduct

Music could be used to soothe savage behaviour at Dunedin’s city centre bus hub, a regional councillor has suggested.

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Charges brought against skipper of fishing boat

Fishing vessel Tamahine rocks in the waves at Taiaroa Head, at the tip of Otago Peninsula. It...

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Charges brought against skipper of fishing boat

The skipper of a boat that broke up on the rocks below Dunedin’s albatross centre a year ago is facing two charges.

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Vote to pursue $20m research into lakes

Otago’s deepwater lakes Hāwea (above), Wakatipu and Wānaka need management now rather than ...

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Vote to pursue $20m research into lakes

Find the money now or face "astronomically expensive restoration efforts" for Otago’s deepwater lakes later, a regional councillor says.

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Pines, wallaby programmes set to continue

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Pines, wallaby programmes set to continue

A $2 million work programme to control wilding pines and eradicate wallabies from Otago appears set to continue amid delays from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and no funding agreement...

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Council has ‘obligations to protect’ endemic species

Regional endemics to Otago include the flightless Cromwell chafer beetle. Photo: Peter McIntosh

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Council has ‘obligations to protect’ endemic species

Otago is home to 360 species found nowhere else in the world, a new report says.

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Deepwater lake monitoring options presented

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Deepwater lake monitoring options presented

Up to $20 million could be required to safeguard Otago’s iconic deepwater lakes, a report to the Otago Regional Council says.

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ORC’s pest plan ‘partially effective’

Eradicating wallabies from the region is proving a challenge for the Otago Regional Council as...

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ORC’s pest plan ‘partially effective’

The Otago Regional Council is effective at raising awareness of the threats wallabies pose to the region, less so at actually dealing with the pest, a new report says.

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Guardians approve lake drawdown changes

The Manapouri Power Station. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Guardians approve lake drawdown changes

Approved changes to operating guidelines for hydro-electricity generation at Lake Manapouri will not cause unnatural variations of lake levels, the Guardians of Lakes Manapouri, Monowai and Te Anau...

High school staff member 'misappropriated' $365k

Logan Park High School. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

High school staff member 'misappropriated' $365k

A secondary school decided not to contact police after discovering a staff member "misappropriated" almost $365,000 over five years.

$365k 'misappropriated' at Dunedin high school

Almost $365,000 was ‘‘misappropriated’’ over five years at Logan Park High School. Photo: ODT Files

$365k 'misappropriated' at Dunedin high school

A Dunedin high school this morning told parents almost $365,000 was ‘‘misappropriated’’ over five years.

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Up to $2m to go to new environmental fund

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Up to $2m to go to new environmental fund

A new $2 million fund for environmental projects will go ahead next year, but in its first year it will not be paid for by the Otago Regional Council rates take.

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Funds approved for carbon-friendly transport

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Funds approved for carbon-friendly transport

More than $60 million worth of carbon-friendly transport projects were put on DCC books as councillors sparred over combating climate change.

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Discovery of rare moth may thwart mine expansion plans

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Discovery of rare moth may thwart mine expansion plans

A rare native moth may have scuppered part of OceanaGold’s Macraes mine expansion plans.

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‘Stage on stage’ performing arts venue option

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‘Stage on stage’ performing arts venue option

The Regent Theatre Trust’s proposal of an up to 350-seat "stage on a stage" venue could put an end to the vexed question of developing a performing arts centre for Dunedin, at least in the short term.

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Mollymawk set free after three weeks’ care

A Buller’s mollymawk is taken aboard MV Sootychaser by Dunedin Wildlife Hospital wildlife...

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Mollymawk set free after three weeks’ care

After three weeks in hospital care, a Buller’s mollymawk was released 1km out to sea off Dunedin’s coast yesterday.

Cromwell building 'extensively damaged' in blaze

Firefighters at the scene in Cromwell this evening. Photo: Kim Bowden

Cromwell building 'extensively damaged' in blaze

A commercial building in Cromwell has been extensively damaged by fire this evening.

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Inland port competition fears

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Inland port competition fears

Port Otago competing with Calder Stewart to establish an inland port could have a "serious impact" on the Otago Regional Council’s financial position, a regional councillor says.

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Rabbits reinvading private land, report says

Young rabbits peer out of a burrow entrance near Millers Flat at the weekend.

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Rabbits reinvading private land, report says

Feral rabbits in rail corridors and cycle trails are reinvading private land, frustrating efforts to control the pests, Otago Regional Council staff say.

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Changing give way rule for buses unlikely: union

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Changing give way rule for buses unlikely: union

A bid to give buses the right of way when leaving bus stops has been backed by the drivers’ union.

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