Hamish MacLean

Dunedin iwi consultancy Aukaha has provided 10 recommendations for the governance of the planned new drinking water, stormwater and wastewater provider for the South Island.

An Otago regional councillor says he is astounded by the hefty price ratepayers have paid pursuing a code of conduct complaint against one of his colleagues.

Everything hurts by about lap 15 of Crush the Cargill, the Dunedin endurance race’s founder says.

Some new staff positions scheduled to start next year have been dropped as Otago Regional Council staff have started to pull back spending in order to stick to an 18% rates rise next year.

Significant non-compliance still affects Otago’s wastewater treatment plants.

The Otago Regional Council will spend about $45 million over the next 30 years protecting the Taieri Plain from flooding.

The Dunedin City Council has a fight on its hands over its landfill plans as 272 submitters opposed its proposal and only two came out in support.

Otago Regional Council chief executive Sarah Gardner has pulled up councillors about lax mask use at its Philip Laing House offices.

Police are reminding people to stay away from wildlife on Dunedin beaches this summer after reports a motorcycle rider was harassing endangered New Zealand sea lions at the weekend.

The Otago Regional Council will review its code of conduct after an eminent Dunedin lawyer called its present version not fit for purpose.

Otago Regional Rescue Helicopters spent nearly 3000 hours in the air last year as demand for the service increased to new highs.

 Otago regional councillors have pushed back against a recommended 20% rates rise next year.

A Green Party candidate got a look, but departed councillor Marian Hobbs will not be replaced at the Otago Regional Council before the next election.

Central government agencies with deep pockets are trying to poach Otago Regional Council staff, the council’s chief executive says.

University of Otago geology PhD candidate Jonathan Griffin studies the Hyde trench at the foot of the Rock and Pillar range near Dunedin.

An independent investigator has cleared Otago regional councillor Michael Laws of wrongdoing in a code of conduct complaint against him by the council chief executive.

Work to end six decades of erosion at an Otago Peninsula beach is nearly complete.

The University of Otago has started planting Crown land on Otago Peninsula as it creates an outdoor classroom to study native ecosystems.

The incompetence of the previous leadership at the Otago Regional Council has led to an outrageous burden on both farmers and conservationists, Otago Fish & Game says.