A complaint against Dunedin's Judge Stephen O'Driscoll relating to a relationship with a Ministry of Justice employee has led the Chief District Court Judge to decide he should no longer sit in the city's courts.
New virulent strains of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) are being developed but they are a long way from becoming a realistic control tool for Otago farmers, the Otago Regional Council says.
Berwick farmer Dan Lyders is continuing his legal fight against the Otago Regional Council.
A further hole has opened up in the Esplanade at St Clair and two holes which appeared yesterday have merged into one larger opening.
A southwesterly cold blast is heading our way, possibly bringing snow to near sea level for Southland, much of Otago and exposed areas of Canterbury early next week.
Eight complaints against judges were referred to the court's heads of benches by the Judicial Conduct Commissioner last year.
Twenty-one appeals over the Otago Regional Council's proposed water quality regulations have been lodged with the Environment Court.
The underground sources of drinking water in the Wakatipu Basin need better protection, an Otago Regional Council scientist says.
Commercial eel fishers are concerned 12 years of data will be lost if the Government goes ahead with plans to split the long-fin and short-fin eel quota in the South Island.
Otago regional ratepayers will have to wait another three weeks to find out if their general rates will increase by 2.97% or 5.34%.
Having a comfortable, private and quiet space for families of premature and ill babies will make a real difference, Cromwell mother Sarah Lund says.
Prosecutions of dairy farmers for effluent pollution in Otago have halved in the past milking season but overall compliance has dropped.
A sighting of a Haast tokoeka kiwi chick at Orokonui Ecosanctuary is an important milestone for the recovery of the rare native bird, the Department of Conservation says.
Weeks of practice came down to a few minutes in the spotlight on Saturday, as Otago musicians played their hearts out for places in the Smokefreerockquest regional finals.
Compliance action might be taken against the developer of the former Montecillo war veterans' home site after two protected oaks were pruned without consent.
A survey of whitebait catches along the Clutha River is being carried out by the Department of Conservation (Doc).
Southern Clams will lodge a revised resource consent application for its proposed Bluff oyster project with the Otago Regional Council next week.
Introducing a ''living wage'' for all Dunedin City Council's low-paid employees could cost the council at least $34,000.
Crimps, staples and cleanliness have dominated the thoughts of two woolclassers at Mosgiel this week.
Dunedin Hospital's theatre block may be old but step into theatre nine and you are transported into the modern world of the latest in surgical technology.
