Hamish MacLean

Hope for Otago’s yellow-eyed penguins could come from an improbable 18,000km away.

Several newly mapped or classified fault lines run through Dunedin — but the city remains among the places with the lowest risk for earthquakes in New Zealand, the Otago Regional Council says.

The consent application for a landfill near Brighton Beach will remain on hold until at least the end of next week.

International student fees for some programmes at the University of Otago are due to increase more than in previous years, as the university aligns its international fees with the global market.

The University of Otago contributes more than $1 billion to the Dunedin economy, a new university report says.

The biodiversity in a refuge for Hector’s dolphins could take up to a decade to recover from the Canterbury floods after large amounts of sediment smothered life along the coast.

Whitebaiters breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after the Government backed away from controversial recommendations advanced last year.

The flooding that severed routes to the lower South Island has brought the need for a second bridge along the Ashburton River into focus, the Minister of Transport says.

Major changes to the design and capacity of the proposed Brighton landfill south of Dunedin show the original plans were seriously flawed, opponents of the project say.

The Dunedin City Council has proposed reducing the size of its planned landfill near Brighton Beach by more than half to reduce its environmental impact.

Residents in the lower South Island will see gaps in supermarket shelves today as authorities work to reopen delivery routes overwhelmed by record rain.

Several at-risk native freshwater fish species live in the once-troubled Otokia Creek, south of Dunedin.

Yellow-eyed penguins have been inching towards the brink of extinction in Otago for years, but now major players set up to save the seabirds appear to be on uncertain footing themselves.

A move to make tikanga Maori part of training for a law degree has been welcomed by the University of Otago’s Faculty of Law.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has pledged millions in environmental remediation work in the South as southern leaders say the company is trying to clean up its image.

Biodiversity projects’ benefits are shared by everyone, but the costs are paid by landowners, Otokia Creek and Marsh Habitat Trust treasurer Viktoria Kahui says.

Two Otago Peninsula motels went under during the pandemic and without yellow-eyed penguins drawing in visitors more could be lost, Otago Peninsula Community Board chairman Paul Pope says.

Predator control work could expand by more than 30,000ha north of Dunedin with the help of the Otago Regional Council.

Plans to turn the Water of Leith in Dunedin’s tertiary precinct into a natural stream never had the financial backing of the Otago Regional Council.