Hamish MacLean

Otago regional councillors grappled with perceptions of conflicts of interest at a regulatory committee meeting yesterday.

Long-term trends show Otago air quality is improving, but Otago regional councillors have raised concerns about the region’s regularly smoky skies.

The Great King St car park in central Dunedin could be opened up for after-hours parking for Dunedin Hospital staff.

More than $2 million has been set aside to deal with a potentially significant toxic problem held underground in South Dunedin.

The controversial proposal for a landfill near Brighton Beach is back on track.

A person was taken to Dunedin Hospital after suffering from smoke inhalation in a house fire in Warrington on Saturday.

Weekend work has resumed to realign the rail line alongside State Highway 88 to Port Chalmers under Alert Level 3.

Dunedin's Dom Gauthier is waiting for a call from the Ministry of Health.

The Minister for the Environment is seeking advice on what to do about the Otago Regional Council and intends to talk to the council’s chairman about it directly.

New housing or infrastructure to meet Dunedin’s growth could be stymied through an overly prohibitive regional policy statement proposed by the regional council, the Dunedin City Council says.

Plans to build significant digital infrastructure for high-performance computing have been lodged with the Central Otago District Council.