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The Shotover wastewater treatment plant at Frankton. Photo: QLDC

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Riverbed works to be done on land where possible

Riverbed works to enable the ongoing discharge of treated wastewater into the Shotover River will be done on dry land as much as possible to mitigate damage to the environment, application...

‘Oh my God, that’s a moose’, Canadian hikers say

Canadian hikers Annie-Pier Bourgeois (left), Antoine Beauchamp and Chanel Sabourin-Dubois...

‘Oh my God, that’s a moose’, Canadian hikers say

Three Canadian hikers say they saw what they believe to be a moose as they completed the Kepler Track in Fiordland last month.

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‘Can’t be both’ heritage advocate and panel member

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‘Can’t be both’ heritage advocate and panel member

A housing advocacy group has raised the spectre of predetermination on a hearings panel that could add 146 properties to Dunedin’s heritage register.

‘Huge relief’ as controls lifted at poultry farm

Repopulating Mainland Poultry’s Hillgrove Farm, near Moeraki, is set to begin after the H7N6...

‘Huge relief’ as controls lifted at poultry farm

Controls have been lifted at an Otago poultry farm now that bird flu has been successfully stamped out at the site.

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Council locks professor out of site

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Council locks professor out of site

The world’s leading expert on Foulden Maar has once again been locked out of the prolific palaeontological site — but this time by the Dunedin City Council.

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‘Dos and don’ts’ of attracting birds

A hungry tūī swoops in for a meal from a sugar water feeder in north Dunedin. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

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‘Dos and don’ts’ of attracting birds

Attracting birds to your yard might mean you are providing a good habitat, University of Otago zoology professor Bruce Robertson says.

‘Another gear’ waiting as Australia loom

Ice Fernz forward Katya Blong corrals the puck as she enters the offensive zone during Thursday...

‘Another gear’ waiting as Australia loom

Ice Fernz head coach Brooke Patron says her team has another gear.

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Wastewater failure at Hāwea plant ‘no surprise’

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Wastewater failure at Hāwea plant ‘no surprise’

A second Queenstown Lakes wastewater treatment plant’s failure provides further evidence of under-investment in infrastructure exposed by rapid population growth, a regional councillor says.

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Contributions hike a ‘kick in the guts’

Barry Williams. File photo: Peter McIntosh

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Contributions hike a ‘kick in the guts’

The Strath Taieri Community Board chairman says proposed hikes to development contributions in Middlemarch would be "a kick in the guts" for the community.

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ORC response ‘not good enough’

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ORC response ‘not good enough’

Councillors say it is "not good enough" that Otago's environmental regulator still cannot pass judgement on the quality of wastewater being dumped into the Shotover River.

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Developers 'quitting Dunedin' over DCC red tape

Blue Sky property group director Lyndon Fairbairn, in front of a Musselburgh Rise development, is...

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DCC plans alarming developers

One of Dunedin’s biggest developers says the rising cost of doing business in the city is forcing his company to look outside Dunedin to invest.

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Population review recommended

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Population review recommended

The population in inland Otago is growing so fast another representation review could take place in just a couple of years, Otago regional councillors have been advised.

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Compliance slipping across region

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Compliance slipping across region

The Shotover wastewater treatment plant is only one of a slew of plants failing to make the grade in the region, a new report shows.

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NZ market down, fared better than others

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NZ market down, fared better than others

New Zealand’s sharemarket closed down 3.68% yesterday, but the country had a "quiet day" and fared better than its neighbours, a Dunedin financial consultant says.

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Agricultural potential of river ‘untapped’

The braided Waitaki River runs towards the Pacific Ocean near Glenavy. The traditional border...

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Agricultural potential of river ‘untapped’

The agricultural potential of North Otago - underpinned by the water available from the Waitaki River - is only in its infancy, an Otago regional councillor says.

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Direct engagement better than liaison group: ORC

An excavator works at the Green Island Landfill. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN

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Direct engagement better than liaison group: ORC

A formal community liaison group need not be formed to manage the ongoing use and eventual closure of the Green Island landfill, the Dunedin City Council says.