The Department of Conservation is pleading for people to help save one of New Zealand's rarest and most threatened fish, the tiny lowland longjaw galaxius, as didymo threatens its extinction.
The Dunedin plan change hearing ended early yesterday, after some no-shows and postponements by submitters, giving the commissioners the opportunity for a site visit.
Commissioners at the plan change hearing got the full force of the passion behind the stadium debate yesterday, as both supporters and opponents began to have their say.
The Dunedin City Council's expert witnesses yesterday finished giving evidence at the stadium and harbour arterial plan change hearing after three days of measured tones and respectful discussion.
The Dunedin City Council's evidence for the stadium plan-change ended yesterday, and evidence for the harbour arterial route began, on a day commissioners began to ask pointed questions of the local authority's expert witnesses.
Two years' work on land and under ground, on boats and under sea, is millimetres from completion, as stage one of the Tahuna outfall project winds down.
A flood of information on some of the long-argued issues about the Awatea St stadium finally arrived yesterday, as a hearing that could make or break the project began.
Dunedin motorcycle riders recapturing their youth after their "family years" got a lesson in how to ride more safely yesterday, as the Ride Right Otago course was kick-started for another riding season.
Bev Butler's entrance into the public debate on the stadium last year typified the attention to detail, the persistence, and the forthright, sometimes confrontational, manner that has marked her fight to end the project. David Loughrey looks into the background and heart of her opposition to the stadium.
It is hoped an extraordinary meeting of the Dunedin City Council on Wednesday will finally complete an agreement with the Carisbrook Stadium Trust clarifying the responsibilities of both organisations regarding the stadium project.
Two senior Dunedin City Council jobs have been filled, with the employment of a new city property manager and transportation operations manager.
A crucial hearing to decide on a zoning change for the Otago Stadium begins on Monday but, in an unusual move, the council planner's report with a recommendation on whether the change should go ahead will not be available until the first day of the hearing.
Four Dunedin business projects have benefited from an $111,875 injection of Dunedin City Council funding set aside to help the city's economy.
Fee increases of up to almost 30% for some directors of Dunedin City Council companies - a 12.4% average increase across the board - were approved yesterday, despite a last-ditch call for restraint in a tough economy.
The Dunedin City Council yesterday voted to approve using the capital value of Dunedin city as security for $92.5 million of loans, effectively meaning banks could place a claim on rates income if the city was unable to meet its repayments.
Interest on the $92.8 million the Dunedin City Council plans to borrow this year is set to cost the city $9.5 million a year for the next 20 years, and more is expected to be borrowed next year.
At the height of political activity in South Africa that led to the overthrow of the apartheid system and Nelson Mandela's election as president, Guy Hedderwick faced a choice between compulsory military service with the South African Army, or jail.
The number of Dunedin city councillors, the future of the ward system and need for community boards will all be debated in the next 10 months.
A new retail and apartment complex has been planned for a "stagnating" area of Princes St, but the development is headed for a resource consent hearing, as it involves demolishing buildings in a protected townscape precinct.
The long-awaited, much-debated stadium survey developed by two University of Otago academics will be sent to 5000 randomly selected Dunedin homes by November 17.