Steve Hepburn

Work is rolling along on the second stage of the Kaiwera Downs wind farm and it is hoped to have everything up and running by the end of winter.

Port Otago’s inland port proposal is back in the mix.

Hydro lakes are full and one of the country’s main generators says there is a sign that prices will get more affordable as a pipeline of massive investment in renewable projects comes online.

Creditors of a now defunct Otago engineering firm have called the runaway owner a ‘‘mongrel’’ and a ‘‘bastard’’ who needs to face up to the situation.

An aged-care worker at MossBrae Lifecare rest-home says staff are underpaid, overworked and undervalued, and agreed with complaints made by a resident of the home this week.

The owner of the land where part of the planned Santana Minerals goldmine is to go says he trusts the mining company and the opportunity presented by the mine is extraordinary.

Central Otago will lose its status as a premier wine region and decades of effort will be "annihilated" should a planned gold mine go ahead, French wine experts say.

A neighbour of the Mahinerangi wind farm says nothing can alter a landscape more than building a wind farm on it.

A Mossbrae rest-home resident is not happy with his care, saying there has been no hot water in his room for more than two weeks and night-time meals are inedible.

A defunct Otago engineering company owes nearly $5.4 million after its owner fled overseas, according to documents released yesterday.

Neil Broom is picking up another piece of wood but it is not a cricket bat.

All the way up north and little or nothing to do.

Tired of watching people pour scorn on the proposed Santana Minerals gold mine, Bill Sanders wanted the other side to be heard.

A regional deal between three Otago councils and central government could be signed off by the end of the month with the long-running bed tax proposal set to be back on the table.

Otago beekeepers says the job has become more intense and technical, there being seemingly more questions than answers around the varroa mite.

Sir Ian Taylor says he will not be debating with Shane Jones over the rights and wrongs of Santana Minerals, saying the MP has turned it into theatre featuring bullying and bluster.