Hamish MacLean

Limiting interim consents replacing 100-year-old mining water rights to just seven years will stifle development of agribusiness in the region and have "significant repercussions" for the economy,...

A pager goes off and suddenly St John emergency medical technician Sandra Wilson’s day has changed.

If Baldwin St reclaims its title as the world’s steepest street, new rules for residents-only traffic could be revisited.

Unusual visitors could start turning up on coastal Otago beaches.

A photograph of a strange-looking bird in a Dunedin backyard is causing a flutter in birding circles.

A 24-apartment aged-care home is planned in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn, on the site of the now demolished New World building.

One person suffered minor injuries after a tractor rolled in Chain Hills Rd, near Mosgiel, this morning.

The developers of an ocean-facing 22-unit boutique luxury accommodation complex in Tyne St are ‘‘not front page people’’ and have declined to answer Otago Daily Times questions about their Oamaru...

While the mystery around fuel seeping into Oamaru Harbour remains, summer recreational water testing has begun and the results so far have been ‘‘very good’’.

A health and safety risk assessment will be done before the Waitaki District Council applies to allow the public back on to the breakwater at Oamaru Harbour.

As the Waimate District Council pursues an estimated $1.4million refit of its headquarters in Queen St to address crowded working conditions, it has purchased a nearby Gorge Rd property for...

Further development of the gold mine at Macraes is "highly probable" during the 10-year district plan under development at the Waitaki District Council.

The Waitaki’s bid for Unesco global geopark status has its first major corporate backer.

More than 150ha of Waitaki forests make the Waitaki District Council better than carbon neutral, a new report says.