Hamish MacLean

Drought-stricken farmers are facing a long winter and a "double-whammy" as rising costs and low product prices are compounded by this year’s dry conditions.

Resources Minister Shane Jones has visited the site of a planned Central Otago gold mine amid speculation the huge project is in line to be fast-tracked.

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) says Alexandra’s air quality monitoring station should be moved after it was found to be outside the most polluted part of town.

The Otago Regional Council is walking a "delicate tightrope", its chairwoman says.

A Dunedin Youth Court judge has warned that teenagers who repeatedly steal cars can expect to be locked up.

An Otago regional councillor says he has lost confidence in the council’s chairwoman and deputy chairman over their dealings with the environment minister.

The second stage of a 19-unit townhouse development in Mornington could be used for short-term visitor accommodation.

A Dunedin principal is angry parents and staff are unlikely to get the money they are owed after the high-profile collapse of an after-school care provider in recent weeks.

The misuse of Otago’s land is aggravating climate change issues in the region, an Otago regional councillor says.

The Otago Regional Council has called for a global search for innovative approaches to improve the region’s air quality.

An auto parts company has had its application to stack and store cars in the yard of Invermay, a category 1 historic home in Mosgiel, declined.